A visit to the Craig 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 Craig Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Craig Cemetery:
41.9250, -91.4724
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Craig Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Craig Cemetery is located in Linn County<2>.
The county seat for Linn County is located in Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Craig Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Craig Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Craig Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Craig Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Moore - Skillman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Abbe Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Abbe Creek Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbe Creek Cemetery
- Ivanhoe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Ivanhoe Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe Cemetery
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- Campbell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
- Rogers Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. John Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lisbon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Lisbon Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lisbon Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Lisbon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #831032 <5>
- St. John's Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The St. John's Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John's Cemetery is located in Lisbon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2470924 <5>
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Facklers Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Peter & Pauls Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The St. Peter & Pauls Catholic Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peter & Pauls Catholic Cemetery
- The St. Peter & Pauls Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St.s Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
- Sv Petra a Pavla Hrbitov
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2260687 <5>
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Andre Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Martin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Martin Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Sutliff Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Sutliff Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutliff Cemetery
- The Sutliff Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cedar Twp. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96457 <5>
- Linn Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Linn Grove Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Grove Cemetery
- Oakland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Paralta Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Paralta Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paralta Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Craig Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Craig Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Mount Vernon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bertram
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bertram is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Lisbon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ely
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Solon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Squaw Creek Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Squaw Creek Village is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squaw Creek Village
- Martelle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Martelle is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martelle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Western
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Western is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western
- Springville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Marion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lincolnway Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lincolnway Village is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnway Village
- Shueyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shueyville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shueyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 655 people
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Cedar Rapids
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mechanicsville is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,116 people
- Swisher
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cou Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cou Falls is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cou Falls
- Morse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Morse is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Cedar Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Morley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Morley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Fairview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Viola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Viola is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Louisa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Louisa is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisa
- Sunset Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Village is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Hiawatha
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Liberty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elmira
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Elmira is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Stone City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stone City is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
- Robins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Robins is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,570 people
- Cedar Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cedar Hills is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hills
- Grand View Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Grand View Village is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View 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 Craig Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Linn County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Craig Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cedar Rapids
- Lisbon
- Marion
- Mechanicsville
- Mount Vernon
- Solon
- Springville
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 either 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 Craig Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Linn 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 Craig Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2048103 (Craig Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2048103 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: Linn
- Est. Elev: 258 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Mount Vernon
- Location given for Craig Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.9250062 Lon: -91.4723954
- 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 Linn, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Craig 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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