A visit to the Calvary 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 Calvary Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Calvary Cemetery:
42.3333, -92.4669
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Calvary Cemetery is located in Black Hawk County<2>.
The county seat for Black Hawk County is located in Waterloo. Waterloo lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Calvary Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Calvary Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Calvary Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Calvary Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Blessing Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Blessing Cemetery is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blessing Cemetery
- Lincoln Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Lincoln Cemetery is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Cemetery
- Larch Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Larch Hill Cemetery is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larch Hill Cemetery
- Hudson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Weiss Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Weiss Cemetery is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiss Cemetery
- Eagle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Eagle Cemetery is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Cemetery
- Cedar Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Cedar Valley Cemetery is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley Cemetery
- Reinbeck City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Reinbeck City Cemetery is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinbeck City Cemetery
- The Reinbeck City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Reinbeck Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #546844 <5>
- Dinsdale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Dinsdale Cemetery is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinsdale Cemetery
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Zion Lutheran Cemetery is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Lutheran Cemetery
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Hillcrest Cemetery is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Cemetery
- Geneseo Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Geneseo Cemetery is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneseo Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- St. Marys of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Amity Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Amity Cemetery is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Cemetery
- Buckingham Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Buckingham Cemetery is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham Cemetery
- Spencer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Spencer Cemetery is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Cemetery
- Orange Twp. Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Orange Twp. Cemetery is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Twp. Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Grant Twp. Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Grant Twp. Cemetery is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Twp. Cemetery
- Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Hill Cemetery is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Cemetery
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Olivet Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Waterloo.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1262931 <5>
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 Calvary Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Calvary Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Voorhies
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Voorhies is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voorhies
- Blessing
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Blessing is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blessing
- Hudson
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dinsdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dinsdale is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinsdale
- Eagle Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Eagle Center is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Center
- Reinbeck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Buckingham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Buckingham is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
- Traer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Morrison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fredsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fredsville is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredsville
- Lincoln
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Waterloo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Dike
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dysart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Evansdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- La Porte City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gilbertville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gilbertville is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 725 people
- Elk Run Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Run Heights is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Run Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,135 people
- Cedar City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cedar City is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
- Raymond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Raymond is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- North Cedar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- North Cedar is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cedar
- Grundy Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gladbrook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clutier
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- New Hartford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sinclair
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sinclair is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinclair
- Holland
(17 miles [27.4 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 Calvary Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Black Hawk County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Calvary Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cedar Falls
- Dike
- Dike lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Calvary Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Dike.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dike
- Dysart
- Gladbrook
- Grundy Center
- La Porte City
- Reinbeck
- Traer
- Waterloo
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 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 Calvary Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Black Hawk 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 Calvary Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2046210 (Calvary Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2046210 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: Black Hawk
- Est. Elev: 305 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Buckingham
- Location given for Calvary Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.3333207 Lon: -92.4668571
- 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 Black Hawk, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Calvary 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |