A visit to the Chief Tama Grave ...
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 Chief Tama Grave ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Chief Tama Grave:
40.8756, -91.0918
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Chief Tama Grave can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Chief Tama Grave is located in Des Moines County<2>.
The county seat for Des Moines County is located in Burlington. Burlington lies just to the south southwest of the Chief Tama Grave .
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Name Variations for Chief Tama Grave ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
We have seen the following variation for Chief Tama Grave:
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Chief Tama Grave.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Chief Tama Grave, with the nearest first.
- Walker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Walker Cemetery is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Cemetery
- Criner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Criner Cemetery is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criner Cemetery
- Meyers Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Meyers Family Cemetery is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyers Family Cemetery
- Walker Farm Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Walker Farm Plot is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Farm Plot
- Latty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Latty Cemetery is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latty Cemetery
- Burlington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Burlington Cemetery is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington Cemetery
- Steingreaber Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wykerts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Wykerts Cemetery is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wykerts Cemetery
- Bazel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Bazel Cemetery is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazel Cemetery
- Freitag Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Freitag Cemetery is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freitag Cemetery
- Franklin Mills Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Flint River Twp. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Memorial Park is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park
- Aspen Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burlington RC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Burlington RC Cemetery is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington RC Cemetery
- North Sixth Street Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sixth Street Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Burlington Jewish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Thie Farm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Thie Farm Cemetery is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thie Farm Cemetery
- St. John's United Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Mary's Cemetery is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Cemetery
- Dravis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Dravis Cemetery is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dravis Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Chief Tama Grave.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Chief Tama Grave, with the nearest first:
- Burlington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gulf Port
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gulf Port is located in Henderson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Port
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- West Burlington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gladstone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sperry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sperry is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sperry
- Dodgeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dodgeville is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Kline
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kline is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline
- Kingston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kingston is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Oquawka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Middletown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Middletown is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Patterson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Patterson is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Carman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Mediapolis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Olena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Olena is located in Henderson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Biggsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Biggsville is located in Henderson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Danville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Danville is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
- South Augusta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Augusta is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Augusta
- Rozetta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rozetta is located in Henderson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozetta
- Wever
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lomax
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lomax is located in Henderson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 393 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lomax <6>
- Iowa Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Iowa Junction is located in Henderson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Junction
- Stronghurst
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Milroy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Milroy is located in Henderson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milroy
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 Chief Tama Grave. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Des Moines County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Chief Tama Grave.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Biggsville
- Burlington
- Danville
- Lomax
- Media
- Media lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Chief Tama Grave.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Media.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Media
- Mediapolis
- Oakville
- Oquawka
- Stronghurst
- West Burlington
- Yarmouth
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 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 Chief Tama Grave:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Des Moines 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 Chief Tama Grave:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1995171 (Chief Tama Grave)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1995171 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: Des Moines
- Est. Elev: 207 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Kingston
- Location given for Chief Tama Grave:
- Lat: 40.8755935 Lon: -91.091812
- 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 Des Moines, 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- Chief Tama Grave) 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. |