A visit to the Forest 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 Forest Home Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Forest Home Cemetery:
41.5378, -92.6155
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Forest Home Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Forest Home Cemetery is located in Poweshiek County<2>.
The county seat for Poweshiek County is located in Montezuma. Montezuma lies just to the northeast of the Forest Home Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Forest Home Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Forest Home Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Forest Home Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Beason Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Beason Cemetery is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beason Cemetery
- Little Mt. Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- West Liberty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The West Liberty Cemetery is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty Cemetery
- Mill Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Mill Grove Cemetery is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Grove Cemetery
- Sheley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Sheley Cemetery is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheley Cemetery
- Bone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Bone Cemetery is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone Cemetery
- McCoy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The McCoy Cemetery is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoy Cemetery
- McDonald Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The McDonald Cemetery is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald Cemetery
- Stewart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Stewart Cemetery is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Stewart Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northwest of New Sharon.
- Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Highland Cemetery is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- The Highland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Masonic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95054 <5>
- Searsboro IOOF Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- New Sharon Friends Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Tilford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Tilford Cemetery is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilford Cemetery
- Masonic and IOOF Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Jackson Twp. Cemetery is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Twp. Cemetery
- Cemetery Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Cemetery Hill Cemetery is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cemetery Hill Cemetery
- Union Mills Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Union Mills Cemetery is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills Cemetery
- Harper Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Harper Cemetery is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Cemetery
- Ewart Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Ewart Cemetery is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewart Cemetery
- Lower Blue Point Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Blue Point Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Weatherwax Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Weatherwax Cemetery is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherwax Cemetery
- Jackson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Jackson Cemetery is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Cemetery
- Barnes City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Barnes City Cemetery is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Barnes City Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Barnes City.
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Forest Home Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Forest Home Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- New Sharon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Montezuma
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Searsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Searsboro is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Taintor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Taintor is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taintor
- Union Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Union Mills is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- Barnes City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lacey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lacey is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
- Lynnville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Peoria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Peoria is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Gibson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gibson is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Deep River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Deep River is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Malcom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Sully
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Indianapolis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Indianapolis is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianapolis
- Coal Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coal Creek is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
- Tilton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tilton is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Grinnell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Thornburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Thornburg is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Brooklyn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Killduff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Killduff is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killduff
- Leighton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fishville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fishville is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishville
- Oskaloosa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rose Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 161 people
- What Cheer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Guernsey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland Acres
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland Acres is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 161 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 Forest Home Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Poweshiek County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Forest Home Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Barnes City
- Brooklyn
- Deep River
- Grinnell
- Lynnville
- Malcom
- Montezuma
- Oskaloosa
- Searsboro
- Sully
- Sully lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Forest Home Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Sully.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sully
- What Cheer
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 helpful 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 Forest Home Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Poweshiek 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 Forest Home Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #456672 (Forest Home Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #456672 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: Poweshiek
- Est. Elev: 265 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Montezuma
- Location given for Forest Home Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.5377782 Lon: -92.6154671
- 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 Poweshiek, 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- Forest 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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