A visit to the Blairsburg 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 Blairsburg Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Blairsburg Cemetery (FG ID #94281).
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 Blairsburg Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Blairsburg Cemetery:
42.4921, -93.6458
The Blairsburg Cemetery is located in Hamilton County<2>.
The county seat for Hamilton County is located in Webster City. Webster City lies just to the west southwest of the Blairsburg Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Blairsburg Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> of the Blairsburg Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Blairsburg Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Liberty Twp. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rose Grove Lutheran Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Pauls Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cass Center Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cass Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Cass Creek Cemetery is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cass Creek Cemetery
- First Presbyterian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- French Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Community Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Graceland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Calvary Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Homewood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bethany Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland Valley Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Otis Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Otis Grove Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis Grove Cemetery
- Woolstock Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saratoga Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Blairsburg Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Blairsburg Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Blairsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Blairsburg is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Williams
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Webster City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kamrar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Woolstock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jewell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Oakland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Popejoy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Popejoy is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popejoy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Dows
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Buckeye
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Buckeye is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Galt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Stanhope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stanhope is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Radcliffe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sherman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sherman is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Clarion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Randall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rowan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Solberg ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Eagle Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Duncombe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Brushy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Iowa Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Holmes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
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 Blairsburg Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hamilton County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Blairsburg Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alden
- Clarion
- Dows
- Dows lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Blairsburg Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Dows.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dows
- Duncombe
- Eagle Grove
- Ellsworth
- Jewell
- Radcliffe
- Randall
- Stanhope
- Webster City
- Williams
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 websites either 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 Blairsburg Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Hamilton 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 Blairsburg Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #94281
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #454676 (Blairsburg Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #454676 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: Hamilton
- Est. Elev: 378 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Blairsburg
- Location given for Blairsburg Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.4924767 Lon: -93.6457692
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Hamilton, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blairsburg 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |