A visit to the Ellison 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 Ellison Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Ellison Cemetery:
41.6561, -95.6264
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Ellison Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Ellison Cemetery is located in Harrison County<2>.
The county seat for Harrison County is located in Logan. Logan lies just to the west of the Ellison Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Ellison Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Ellison Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Ellison Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hawkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Hawkins Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkins Cemetery
- Henderson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Henderson Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Cemetery
- Mefferd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Mefferd Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mefferd Cemetery
- Cowan - Pardee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the east of Logan.
- The Bethel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethel - Knauss Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94244 <5>
- Chambers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Chambers Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenwood Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Logan.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2143930 <5>
- Valley View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Valley View Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley View Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- McGavern Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The McGavern Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGavern Cemetery
- Woodbine Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Woodbine Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Cemetery
- Harris Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Harris Grove Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Lytle Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Lytle Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytle Cemetery
- Cass Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Cass Twp. Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cass Twp. Cemetery
- Silver Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Silver Hill Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill Cemetery
- Logan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Logan Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Cemetery
- Cox Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Cox Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Cemetery
- Schley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Schley Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schley Cemetery
- Washington Twp. Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Washington Twp. Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Twp. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Washington Twp. Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Panama.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96604 <5>
- Biglers Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Biglers Grove Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biglers Grove Cemetery
- Linwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Linwood Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Ellison Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Ellison Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Portsmouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Persia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Persia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Woodbine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Logan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Yorkshire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Yorkshire is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
- Panama
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tennant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tennant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Westphalia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Westphalia is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Minden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Shelby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Earling
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Earling is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Dunlap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Magnolia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Magnolia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Neola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Missouri Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pigeon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pigeon is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Harlan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Corley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Corley is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
- Loveland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Loveland is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
- Harlan Junction ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harlan Junction is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan Junction
- Underwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Defiance
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Defiance is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
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 Ellison Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Harrison County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Ellison Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Avoca
- Dow City
- Dunlap
- Harlan
- Logan
- Magnolia
- Missouri Valley
- Neola
- Pisgah
- Shelby
- Underwood
- Woodbine
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 Ellison Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Harrison 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 Ellison Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #456321 (Ellison Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #456321 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: Harrison
- Est. Elev: 413 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Woodbine
- Location given for Ellison Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.6561006 Lon: -95.6263943
- 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 Harrison, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ellison 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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