A visit to the Bishop 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 Bishop Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bishop Cemetery:
42.2222, -94.6419
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bishop Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bishop Cemetery is located in Calhoun County<2>.
The county seat for Calhoun County is located in Rockwell City. Rockwell City lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the north of the Bishop Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bishop Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Bishop Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bishop Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Lanesboro Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Lanesboro Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro Cemetery
- Old Cedar Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Old Cedar Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Cedar Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Lohrville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94698 <5>
- Lake City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Mary's Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Cemetery
- Salisbury Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Salisbury Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Cemetery
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Liberty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The East Liberty Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Liberty Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- Lake Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Lake Creek Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Creek Cemetery
- Cottonwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Cottonwood Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Cemetery
- The Cottonwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lake Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94528 <5>
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Dickson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Dickson Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Cemetery
- Dillavou Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Dillavou Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillavou Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dillavou Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Ralston.
- The Dillavou Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kendrick Twp. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94586 <5>
- Immanuel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Immanuel Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Cemetery
- Holy Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Holy Family Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Family Cemetery
- Highland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Highland Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- Reading Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Reading Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading Cemetery
- Logan Twp. Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Logan Twp. Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Twp. Cemetery
- West Lawn Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The West Lawn Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lawn Cemetery
- The West Lawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Glidden Cemetery
- Merle Hay Cemetery
- Merle Haye Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96638 <5>
- Piper Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Piper Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper Cemetery
- Roby Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The Roby Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby Cemetery
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 Bishop Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bishop Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Wightman
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wightman is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- Lanesboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lanesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Lohrville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rands
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rands is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rands
- Lidderdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lidderdale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lidderdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Churdan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Churdan is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churdan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- Sherwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sherwood is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Rinard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rinard is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Rockwell City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Glidden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ralston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ralston is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Farnhamville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Farnhamville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnhamville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Yetter
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yetter is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yetter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Grant City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Grant City is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Auburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Scranton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Farlin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Farlin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farlin
- Carroll
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll Community Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Slifer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Slifer is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slifer
- Somers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Somers is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Twin Lakes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Twin Lakes is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Lytton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lytton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Breda
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Breda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 471 people
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 Bishop Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Calhoun County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bishop Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Breda
- Carroll
- Churdan
- Farnhamville
- Glidden
- Lake City
- Lohrville
- Lytton
- Rockwell City
- Scranton
- Somers
- Yetter
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Bishop Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Calhoun 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 Bishop Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1995879 (Bishop Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1995879 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: Calhoun
- Est. Elev: 368 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Lanesboro
- Location given for Bishop Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.2222047 Lon: -94.6419229
- 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 Calhoun, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bishop 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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