A visit to the Bowman 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 Bowman Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bowman Cemetery:
40.6248, -91.5929
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bowman Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bowman Cemetery is located in Lee County<2>.
Open a Google Map centered on the Bowman Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Bowman Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bowman Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- J A Davis Grounds Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Donnell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Donnell Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnell Cemetery
- McKeehan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The McKeehan Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeehan Cemetery
- Butler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Butler Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Cemetery
- Cook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Cook Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Cemetery
- Embury Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Embury Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embury Cemetery
- Evangelical Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Evangelical Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evangelical Cemetery
- McCulloch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The McCulloch Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCulloch Cemetery
- Primrose Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Primrose Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose Cemetery
- Reid Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Reid Farm Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reid Farm Cemetery
- Frost Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Frost Grove Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost Grove Cemetery
- Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Mennonite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Mennonite Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mennonite Cemetery
- Beeler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Beeler Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeler Cemetery
- H Banla Grounds Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Charleston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Charleston Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston Cemetery
- Cook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Cook Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Cemetery
- Acklan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Acklan Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acklan Cemetery
- Croton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Croton Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Croton Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Croton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1450329 <5>
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- South Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The South Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cemetery
- Everhardt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Everhardt Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everhardt Cemetery
- St. Peters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Cemetery
- Franklin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Franklin Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Cemetery
- Bonnell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Bonnell Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnell Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Bowman Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bowman Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Donnellson
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Charleston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Charleston is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Primrose
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Primrose is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose
- Croton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Croton is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croton
- Franklin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Athens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Athens is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Argyle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- New Boston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Boston is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Dumas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dumas is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Jeffersonville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jeffersonville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonville
- Farmington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Vincennes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Vincennes is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincennes
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mount Hamill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mount Hamill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hamill
- Former names for Mount Hamill:
- Courtwright
- Hamill
- Anson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Anson is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anson
- Peaksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Peaksville is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Revere
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pilot Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pilot Grove is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Big Mound
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Big Mound is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Mound
- Saint Paul
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Saint Paul is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Russellville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Russellville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Russellville has also been known as:
- Doantown
- Saint Francisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Francisville is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francisville
- Montrose
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nauvoo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Houghton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Houghton is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- White Lane ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- White Lane is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lane
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 Bowman Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lee County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bowman Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Donnellson
- Farmington
- Montrose
- Nauvoo
- West Point
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 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 Bowman Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Lee 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 Bowman Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #454774 (Bowman Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #454774 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: Lee
- Est. Elev: 203 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Argyle
- Location given for Bowman Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.6247597 Lon: -91.5929373
- 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 Lee, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bowman 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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