A visit to the Fontanelle Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Fontanelle Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Fontanelle Cemetery (FG ID #94795).
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 Fontanelle Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Fontanelle Cemetery:
41.2906, -94.5412
The Fontanelle Cemetery is located in Adair County<2>.
The county seat for Adair County is located in Greenfield. Greenfield lies just to the east northeast of the Fontanelle Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Fontanelle Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Fontanelle Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Fontanelle Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Bryant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Penn Ave. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sears Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Old Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Prussia Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Witt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Avondale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cutler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Adair County Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Garner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Canby Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Winn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Orient Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Grove Center Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
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 Fontanelle Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Fontanelle Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Fontanelle
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Greenfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bridgewater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gilead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Orient
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Williamson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Massena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Arbor Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dewey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Carl
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hebron is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Zion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Stanzel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Etna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Etna is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
- Adair
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Casey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Anita
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Webster
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cromwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Menlo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Norway Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cumberland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Prescott
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Creston
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- East Creston
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Stuart
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
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 Fontanelle Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Adair County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Fontanelle Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Anita
- Bridgewater
- Casey
- Creston
- Cromwell
- Fontanelle
- Greenfield
- Massena
- Menlo
- Menlo lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Fontanelle Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Menlo.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
- Orient
- Prescott
- Stuart
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Fontanelle Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Adair 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 Fontanelle Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #94795
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #456662 (Fontanelle Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #456662 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: Adair
- Est. Elev: 410 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Fontanelle
- Location given for Fontanelle Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.2908209 Lon: -94.5402462
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Adair, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fontanelle 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |