A visit to the Bear Creek Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed 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 Bear Creek Cemetery ...
The Bear Creek Cemetery is located in Dallas County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Calvary Cemetery
- Dexter Cemetery
- The Dexter Cemetery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Cemetery
- Earlham Cemetery
- East Linn Cemetery
- Ellis Cemetery
- The Ellis Cemetery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Cemetery
- Gibson Cemetery
- The Gibson Cemetery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Cemetery
- Harper Cemetery
- The Harper Cemetery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Cemetery
- Longmire Cemetery
- The Longmire Cemetery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longmire Cemetery
- McKibben Cemetery
- The McKibben Cemetery is located in Dallas County
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- Morrisburg Cemetery
- The Morrisburg Cemetery is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisburg Cemetery
- North Branch Cemetery
- The North Branch Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch Cemetery
- North Oak Grove Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Oakland Cemetery
- The Oakland Cemetery is located in Dallas County
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- Old Penn Center Cemetery
- Panther Creek Cemetery
- Penn Center Methodist Church Cemetery
- The Penn Center Methodist Church Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Center Methodist Church Cemetery
- The Penn Center Methodist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Penn Center Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- South Oak Grove Cemetery
- Spillers Cemetery
- The Spillers Cemetery is located in Dallas County
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- Wiscotta Cemetery
- The Wiscotta Cemetery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscotta Cemetery
- Worthington Cemetery
- The Worthington Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Bear Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Adel
- Arbor Hill
- Arbor Hill is located in Adair County
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- Booneville
- Dale
- Dale is located in Guthrie County
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- Dallas Center
- DeSoto
- Dexter
- Earlham
- Glendon
- Glendon is located in Guthrie County
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- Linden
- Linden is located in Dallas County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Menlo
- Minburn
- Minburn is located in Dallas County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 357 people
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Panora
- Panther
- Panther is located in Dallas County
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- Pitzer
- Pitzer is located in Madison County
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- Redfield
- Stanzel
- Stanzel is located in Adair County
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- Stuart
- Van Meter
- Waukee
- Webster
- Webster is located in Madison County
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- Winterset
- Wiscotta
- Wiscotta is located in Dallas County
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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 Bear Creek Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Dallas County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bear Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Adel
- Casey
- Dallas Center
- Dexter
- Earlham
- Guthrie Center
- Menlo
- Minburn
- Panora
- Redfield
- Stuart
- Waukee
- Winterset
- Yale
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Bear Creek Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Dallas County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
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 Bear Creek Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1823060 (Bear Creek Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1823060 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Dallas
- Est. Elev: 327 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Redfield
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Dallas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bear Creek Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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