A visit to the Church of the Brethren 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 Church of the Brethren Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Church of the Brethren Cemetery:
42.5611, -95.9292
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Church of the Brethren Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Church of the Brethren Cemetery is located in Plymouth County<2>.
The county seat for Plymouth County is located in Le Mars. Le Mars lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the northwest of the Church of the Brethren Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Church of the Brethren Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km] of the Church of the Brethren Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Church of the Brethren Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The St. Michaels Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michaels Cemetery
- Kingsley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Kingsley Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Cemetery
- Elkhorn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Elkhorn Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- Fairfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Fairfield Cemetery is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Cemetery
- Arlington Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Arlington Cemetery is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Cemetery
- Good Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Good Hope Cemetery is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Cemetery
- Grand Meadow Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Grand Meadow Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Meadow Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Wolf Creek Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Wolf Creek Cemetery is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Correctionville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- St. Josephs Catholic Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sunset View Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Sunset View Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset View Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Lincoln Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- The Lincoln Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lincoln Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the east of Hinton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95301 <5>
- Lucky Valley Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- The Lucky Valley Cemetery is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Valley Cemetery
- St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Church of the Brethren Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Church of the Brethren Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Kingsley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pierson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pierson is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Moville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Correctionville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fielding
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fielding is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fielding
- Washta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Washta is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- O'Leary
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- O'Leary is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Leary
- Anthon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lawton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lawton is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
- Cushing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cushing is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Quimby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Quimby is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quimby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Climbing Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Climbing Hill is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climbing Hill
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bronson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bronson is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Mary Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mary Hill is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Hill
- Remsen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Oto
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Oto is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
- Oyens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Oyens is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Marcus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Le Mars
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Merrill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- James
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- James is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Holstein
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cleghorn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cleghorn is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleghorn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Evergreen Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Village is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
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 Church of the Brethren Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Plymouth County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Church of the Brethren Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Anthon
- Anthon lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Church of the Brethren Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Anthon.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthon
- Correctionville
- Hinton
- Hinton lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Church of the Brethren Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hinton.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Holstein
- Kingsley
- Le Mars
- Marcus
- Marcus lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Church of the Brethren Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Marcus.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Moville
- Remsen
- Washta
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Church of the Brethren Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Plymouth 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 Church of the Brethren Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1906937 (Church of the Brethren Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1906937 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: Plymouth
- Est. Elev: 435 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Kingsley
- Location given for Church of the Brethren Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.5611014 Lon: -95.9291818
- 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 Plymouth, 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 from Point A (ie- Church of the Brethren 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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