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A visit to the Alden Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Alden Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Alden Cemetery (FG ID #155694)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Alden Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Alden Cemetery

Lat:   42.5227°   (42° 31' 21")

Lon:   -93.3866°   (-93° 23' 11")

The Alden Cemetery is located in Hardin County<2>.

The county seat for Hardin County is located in Eldora. Eldora lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the southeast of the Alden Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Alden Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Alden Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Buckeye Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buckeye Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buckeye Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Buckeye Cemetery is located in Hardin County
  • Oakland Valley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakland Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakland Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Oakland Valley Cemetery is located in Franklin County
  • St. Marks Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marks Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Marks Cemetery is located in Hardin County
  • Union Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Union Cemetery is located in Hardin County
  • Friends Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Friends Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Friends Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Friends Cemetery is located in Hardin County
  • Olson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Olson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Olson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Olson Cemetery is located in Franklin County
  • Otis Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Otis Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Otis Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Otis Grove Cemetery is located in Franklin County
  • Cottage Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cottage Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cottage Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Cottage Cemetery is located in Hardin County
  • Morgan Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morgan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morgan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Morgan Cemetery is located in Franklin County
  • Morgan Twp. Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morgan Twp. Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morgan Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Morgan Twp. Cemetery is located in Franklin County
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Williams Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Sherman Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sherman Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sherman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sherman Cemetery is located in Hardin County
    • Tipton Norwegian Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tipton Norwegian Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tipton Norwegian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Tipton Norwegian Cemetery is located in Hardin County
    • Jackson Heights Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson Heights Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackson Heights Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Jackson Heights Cemetery is located in Hardin County
    • Jones Park Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jones Park Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jones Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Jones Park Cemetery is located in Hardin County
    • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Franklin County
    • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Hardin County
    • Mt. Hope Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hope Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Franklin County
    • St. Pauls Lutheran Church Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Rose Grove Lutheran Church Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bethany Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lincoln Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lincoln Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lincoln Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lincoln Cemetery is located in Hardin County
    • Oakwood Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakwood Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Hardin County
    • North Lawn Memory Gardens Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Lawn Memory Gardens Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Lawn Memory Gardens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The North Lawn Memory Gardens Cemetery is located in Hardin County
    • Maynes Grove Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maynes Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maynes Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Maynes Grove Cemetery is located in Franklin County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Alden Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Alden Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Alden
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Oakland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Popejoy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Popejoy have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popejoy
    • Popejoy is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
  • Iowa Falls
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iowa Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Falls
    • Iowa Falls is located in Hardin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,940 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iowa Falls <6>
  • Buckeye
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buckeye have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
    • Buckeye is located in Hardin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
  • Williams
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Bradford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bradford have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
    • Bradford is located in Franklin County
  • Dows
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Owasa
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Eagle City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
    • Eagle City is located in Hardin County
  • Reeve
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Reeve. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeve
    • Reeve is located in Franklin County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Reeve
    • From the Alden Cemetery to Reeve
  • Blairsburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blairsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsburg
    • Blairsburg is located in Hamilton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

Nearby communities with newspapers ...

The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Alden Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hardin County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Alden Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Alden Cemetery:

Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Alden Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1997709  (Alden Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1997709 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Popejoy
    • County: Hardin         Elev: 352
    • Location given for GNIS #1997709 (Alden Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #155694

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Hardin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Alden Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5227, Longitude: -93.3866    
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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