Colored Cemetery in Thorntown, Indiana

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Coordinates: 40.13836, -86.62406
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Just on the other side of the Montgomery County/Boone County line and past Sugar Plain Friends Church in Montgomery County, lies Thorntown's Colored Cemetery. Marked only by a small black and white sign to announce its presence, it is located on the west side of County Road 825 West in Boone County, one-half mile north of State Road 47 on the way to the Old Mill Run Park entrance.

The Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/welcome.html has useful supporting information available in the form of a history and burial list as well as a ground penetrating radar analysis:
https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/d6fbf/N/Thorntown_colored_cemetery.pdf
https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/d6fbe/N/AR-06-00255.pdf