A visit to the Fairview 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 Fairview Cemetery ...
The Fairview Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Bohemian Cemetery
- Cedar Lawn Cemetery
- Crescent Cemetery
- The Crescent Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Cemetery
- Evans Cemetery
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Garner Cemetery
- The Garner Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Cemetery
- Golden Hill Cemetery
- Graceland Park Cemetery
- Graybill Cemetery
- The Graybill Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graybill Cemetery
- Green Valley Cemetery
- The Green Valley Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley Cemetery
- Hazel Dell Cemetery
- The Hazel Dell Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell Cemetery
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
- Lewis Twp. Cemetery
- Memorial Park Cemetery
- Memorial Park
- The Memorial Park is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park
- Mormon Pioneer Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Douglas County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Jewish Cemetery
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
- Ridgewood Cemetery
- St. Columbanus Church Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
- St. Mary's Cemetery
- Walnut Hill Cemetery
- Weston St. Columbanus Catholic Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Fairview Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Avery
- Avery is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Bellevue
- Briggs
- Briggs is located in Douglas County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
- Carter Lake
- Chautauqua
- Council Bluffs
- Crescent
- Dumfries
- Folsom
- Folsom is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Gilmore
- Gilmore is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Hentons ‑ Historic
- Hentons is located in Mills County
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- Home Park
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- Honey Creek
- Honey Creek is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Irvington
- La Platte
- La Vista
- McClelland
- Mineola
- Omaha
- Papillion
- Pigeon
- Portal
- Portal is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portal
- Ralston
- Treynor
- Underwood
- Weston
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 Fairview Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Pottawattamie County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Fairview Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bellevue
- Council Bluffs
- Omaha
- Papillion
- Ralston
- Underwood
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 Fairview Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Pottawattamie 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 Fairview Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #456481 (Fairview Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #456481 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: Pottawattamie
- Est. Elev: 342 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Council Bluffs North
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Pottawattamie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Fairview Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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