Moonville Cemetery - This one is located close to the cemetery (It is not buried and is just outside the bounds of the cemetery). It has a small trinket to take with you.

Geocache: N 39° 18.396 W 082° 19.503

The cemetery is located on an unnamed road directly off of Hope-Moonville Road a little over a 1/4 mile from the bridge (Moonville Bridge). It is accessible with a car seasonally, but the road is not maintained and is little more than a dirt path. There is a small dirt parking area/turnaround at the cemetery.

Cemetery road:

39.305562, -82.324234

Moonville Cemetery

Samuel Coe, a mill owner in the town of Moonville, knowing that his property was rich in these natural resources, granted permission for the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad to develop a railroad for free through his isolated land.  He had already talked the county into building a road to his mill in 1858 to open up business for the community. In return, he had an economical means to ship his coal to buyers. Earlier plans had the Cincinnati Marietta Railroad mapped around Hope Hollow. But financially strapped, the railway rerouted into Coe and Ferguson property.

The road and the railway opened up Moonville to become a small community. Folks like the Stillwells, Maces, Joiners and the Jones family joined the Fergusons and Coes in settling the area. Many came to work the coal mine, some simply came to farm. Many died there and are buried in the Moonville Cemetery.

Keep me posted when you find it!

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