A visit to the Fulton Township 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 Fulton Twp. Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Fulton Twp. Cemetery (FG ID #2231935).
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 Fulton Twp. Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Fulton Twp. Cemetery:
42.4273, -94.3158
The Fulton Twp. Cemetery is located in Webster County<2>.
The county seat for Webster County is located in Fort Dodge. Fort Dodge lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the northeast of the Fulton Twp. Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Fulton Twp. Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Fulton Twp. Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Our Lady of Good Council Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fulton Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Calvary United Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mizpah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Danish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Danish Cemetery is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danish Cemetery
- Callender Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Callender Cemetery is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callender Cemetery
- Elkhorn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Elkhorn Cemetery is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn Cemetery
- The Elkhorn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Elkhorn Twp. Cemetery
- Graceland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- Our Saviour Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Our Saviour Cemetery is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Our Saviour Cemetery
- Old Lizzard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Old Lizzard Cemetery is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Lizzard Cemetery
- Trinity Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- C C Carpenter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Olafs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Olafs Cemetery is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Olafs Cemetery
- Willowledge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Willowledge Cemetery is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowledge Cemetery
- Burns Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Burns Family Cemetery is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Family Cemetery
- Cedar Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Cedar Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cemetery
- Oakland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Corpus Christi Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- St. James Catholic Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jackson Center Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gowrie Twp. Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Gowrie Twp. Cemetery is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowrie Twp. Cemetery
- Otho Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Otho Cemetery is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otho Cemetery
- Ft. Dodge Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Lawn Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Fulton Twp. Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Fulton Twp. Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Moorland
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Callender
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tara
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Somers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Somers is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Slifer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barnum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Knierim
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Knierim is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knierim
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Otho
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Palm Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kalo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Coalville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fort Dodge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Rinard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rinard is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Gowrie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cypsum City ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cypsum City is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypsum City
- Farnhamville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Farnhamville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnhamville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Burnside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clare
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Clare is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Harcourt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Harcourt is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harcourt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Border Plains
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Evanston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Manson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lehigh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
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 Fulton Twp. Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Webster County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Fulton Twp. Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Callender
- Farnhamville
- Fort Dodge
- Gowrie
- Knierim
- Lehigh
- Manson
- Somers
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Fulton Twp. Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Webster 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 Fulton Twp. Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2231935
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1996854 (Fulton Township Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1996854 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: Webster
- Est. Elev: 348 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Moorland
- Location given for Fulton Township Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.4271954 Lon: -94.3158003
- 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 Webster, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fulton Twp. 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. |