A visit to the Beardsley 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 Beardsley Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Beardsley Cemetery:
41.2625, -93.9749
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Beardsley Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Beardsley Cemetery is located in Madison County<2>.
The county seat for Madison County is located in Winterset. Winterset lies just to the north northwest of the Beardsley Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Beardsley Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Beardsley Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Beardsley Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Peru Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Peru Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Cemetery
- King Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The King Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
- Winterset City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Winterset City Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset City Cemetery
- The Winterset City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rock City Cemetery
- Winterset Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #167485 <5>
- Sayre Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Sayre Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre Cemetery
- Gordon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Gordon Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Cemetery
- Clark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Clark Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Union Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Union Chapel Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Chapel Cemetery
- Primitive Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hamblin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Hamblin Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamblin Cemetery
- Bullock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Bullock Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock Cemetery
- Hooten Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Hooten Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooten Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hooten Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the southwest of Winterset.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95118 <5>
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Barney Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Barney Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney Cemetery
- Hartman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Hartman Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartman Cemetery
- Viney Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Viney Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viney Cemetery
- Close Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Close Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Close Cemetery
- McGinnis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The McGinnis Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGinnis Cemetery
- Young Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Young Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Cemetery
- Farson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Farson Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farson Cemetery
- St. Charles Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The St. Charles Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Charles Cemetery
- Blair Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Blair Chapel Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Chapel Cemetery
- Montpelier Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Beardsley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Beardsley Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- East Peru
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Peru is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Peru
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Winterset
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ord
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ord is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ord
- Barney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Barney is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney
- Truro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Patterson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Saint Charles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lorimor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lorimor is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorimor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Macksburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Macksburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Bevington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Marys
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Saint Marys is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- New Virginia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Pitzer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pitzer is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitzer
- Martensdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Churchville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Churchville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
- Webster
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Webster is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Murray
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Murray is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 681 people
- Stanzel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Stanzel is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanzel
- Thayer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Thayer is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Prole
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Prole is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prole
- Hebron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hebron is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Zion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Zion is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Earlham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Booneville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Van Meter
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- DeSoto
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
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 Beardsley Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Madison County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Beardsley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Earlham
- East Peru
- Lorimor
- Macksburg
- Murray
- Truro
- Truro lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Beardsley Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Truro.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truro
- Winterset
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Beardsley Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Madison 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 Beardsley Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #454428 (Beardsley Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #454428 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: Madison
- Est. Elev: 335 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Patterson
- Location given for Beardsley Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.2624912 Lon: -93.9749487
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Beardsley Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | 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. |
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