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Scioto-Strader Cemetery is located down a long lane off Hiner Road, about 0.2 mile west of OH-104, outside Grove City, Ohio (Jackson Township, Franklin County).
Scioto-Strader Cemetery is a very peaceful cemetery since it sits so far from the road. Unfortunately, it's almost hidden location has caused it to be subject to a lot of vandalism. There are many broken gravestones, and there were quite a few broken beer bottles littering the ground. It always makes me sad to see a cemetery trashed like this one.
One of the most interesting things about Scioto-Strader Cemetery is the storage shed located towards the front. This storage building was used to store bodies (in coffins of course!) during the winter months when the ground was too frozen and hard to dig. Today the building sits empty.
Although the cemetery has been vandalized, it's still very well taken care of by the Jackson Township trustees.
***Update****
In March 2006 one of the message board members informed me of some very sad news...Scioto-Strader Cemetery was horribly damaged by vandals. Most of the gravestones (even the large ones) have been badly damaged. Here are a couple links about the damage at the cemetery:
It makes me sick to see any burial ground desecrated like this. I'll never be able to understand how/why someone could be so disrespectful. If you have any information regarding the vandalism, please contact Crime Stoppers at 614-645-8477. A reward is being offered.
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