A visit to the Brooks 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 Brooks Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Brooks Cemetery (FG ID #94334).
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 Brooks Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Brooks Cemetery:
40.9724, -94.7956
The Brooks Cemetery is located in Adams County<2>.
The county seat for Adams County is located in Corning. Corning lies just to the east northeast of the Brooks Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Brooks Cemetery.
Establishment of the Brooks Cemetery ...
The Brooks Cemetery was established in 1861.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Brooks Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Brooks Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Baldwin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Old Brooks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Old Brooks Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Brooks Cemetery
- Oak Hill Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nodaway Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Methodist Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Rose Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oakland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Old Queen City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Queen City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Queen City Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City Cemetery
- Old Quincy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Icarian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Larson Burial Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Findley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Findley Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Findley Cemetery
- Rosehill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Rosehill Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill Cemetery
- Pierce Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Guss Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Guss Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guss Cemetery
- Strand Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Villisca Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bakers Cut Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Bakers Cut Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Cut Cemetery
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Etna Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Brooks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Brooks Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Brooks
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Corning
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Iveyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Quincy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Nodaway
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Nodaway is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Carbon
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Queen City ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Queen City is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Mercer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Strand
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Villisca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Guss
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Center is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Center
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Prescott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Etna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Etna is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
- Sciola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Clarinda Junction ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Clarinda Junction is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarinda Junction
- Stringtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Stringtown is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Carl
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lenox
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hepburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hepburn is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Sharpsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dewey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hawleyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hawleyville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyville
- Ladoga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gravity
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Grant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grant is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Stanton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
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 Brooks Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Adams County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Brooks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Corning
- Grant
- Gravity
- Nodaway
- Prescott
- Sharpsburg
- Stanton
- Villisca
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Brooks Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Adams 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 Brooks Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #94334
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #454844 (Brooks Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #454844 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: Adams
- Est. Elev: 367 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Brooks
- Location given for Brooks Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.9727646 Lon: -94.7955311
- 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 Adams, 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- Brooks 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. |