Strong Cemetery was conceived of when Reuben/Ruben Strong (1780-1835) (The owner of the land on which it is located) (MemorialID#58647185) went Bear Hunting with William Whicker (Whickcar) (1760-1851) (Memorial ID#82205945) the last Revolutionary War War Veteran receiving a Pension in the State of Indiana. William convinced Reuben that the land - located near a bend in the Mississinewa River - was a favorable location for a cemetery. Both Reuben (First to be buried in the Cemetery as he died within a year of purchasing the land) and William and several of their family members are buried in Strong Cemetery. An article on the Strong Family History was published in the Muncie Star Newspaper on 30 Apr 1964 featuring Reuben Strong's Great Grandson, J. Walter Strong, who was the local Superintendent of Schools.

Indiana Cemetery Locations, Volume 2, published by the Indiana Genealogical Society (01 April 2006), gives the primary cemetery name as Strong Cemetery.

The cemetery is listed in the Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and in the State Historical Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) with Cemetery Record Number CR-18-9 (Strong).

The Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Inventory (IHSSI) survey number for Strong Cemetery is 034-528-25001 with the dataset compiled in 1985.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 444277 (Strong Cemetery).