A visit to the County Home 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 County Home Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the County Home Cemetery:
41.7972, -91.1390
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the County Home Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The County Home Cemetery is located in Cedar County<2>.
The county seat for Cedar County is located in Tipton. Tipton lies just to the south southeast of the County Home Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the County Home Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the County Home Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from County Home Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Red Oak Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Red Oak Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak Cemetery
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Sand Hill Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill Cemetery
- Masonic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Masonic Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonic Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Kiser Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Kiser Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Bradley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Bradley Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley Cemetery
- Virginia Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stanwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Stanwood Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Stanwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Stanwood.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96418 <5>
- Wood Bridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Wood Bridge Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Bridge Cemetery
- Wood Bridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Wood Bridge Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Bridge Cemetery
- Goodale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Goodale Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodale Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Bolton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Bolton Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Cemetery
- Cass Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Cass Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cass Cemetery
- Mathews Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Mathews Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews Cemetery
- Wright Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Wright Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Cemetery
- York Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The York Prairie Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Prairie Cemetery
- Shawver Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Shawver Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawver Cemetery
- Eureka Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Eureka Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Clarence Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Clarence Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the County Home Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from County Home Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Tipton
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Buchanan
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Buchanan is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Stanwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cedar Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Valley is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Clarence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rochester is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Cedar Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Bennett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bennett is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Mechanicsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,116 people
- Springdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Springdale is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Lime City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lime City is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Former names for Lime City:
- Lime Kilns
- Munn
- Lowden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Olin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- West Branch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Centerdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Centerdale is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerdale
- Sunbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sunbury is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
- Oasis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oasis is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- New Liberty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- New Liberty is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Morse
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Morse is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Elmira
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Elmira is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Atalissa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Moscow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Moscow is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Wilton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Morley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Morley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Wheatland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wheatland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 724 people
- Toronto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Toronto is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toronto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Oxford Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Mills
- Hale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hale is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Lisbon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
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 County Home Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cedar County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The County Home Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bennett
- Clarence
- Lisbon
- Lowden
- Mechanicsville
- Olin
- Olin lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the North (N) of the County Home Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Olin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olin
- Rochester
- Stanwood
- Tipton
- West Branch
- Wheatland
- Wilton
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 County Home Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Cedar 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 County Home Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2001677 (County Home Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2001677 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: Cedar
- Est. Elev: 251 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Tipton West
- Location given for County Home Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.7972421 Lon: -91.1390464
- 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 Cedar, 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- County Home 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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