A visit to the Garden Prairie 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 Garden Prairie Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Garden Prairie Cemetery:
42.7311, -91.7649
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Garden Prairie Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Garden Prairie Cemetery is located in Fayette County<2>.
The county seat for Fayette County is located in West Union. West Union lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the north of the Garden Prairie Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Garden Prairie Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Garden Prairie Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Garden Prairie Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Arlington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Arlington Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Cemetery
- Corn Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Corn Hill Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Hill Cemetery
- Long Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Long Grove Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Grove Cemetery
- Stanley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Taylorville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Taylorville Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville Cemetery
- Grandview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The St. Francis Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Francis Cemetery
- Center Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Center Grove Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Grove Cemetery
- Oakdale Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Oakdale Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale Cemetery
- Otsego Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Otsego Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego Cemetery
- The Otsego Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Otsego Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95742 <5>
- Kint Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Kint Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kint Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Reeds Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Reeds Cemetery is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Cemetery
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rothfusz Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Rothfusz Cemetery is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothfusz Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- Wadena Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Wadena Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadena Cemetery
- Lima Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Lima Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dunhams Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Floral Hills Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Spangler Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Spangler Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler Cemetery
- Madison Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Madison Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Cemetery
- County Corners Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- County Corners Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- County Courners Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Garden Prairie Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Garden Prairie Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Arlington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Arlington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 393 people
- Stanley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stanley is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Maryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maryville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryville
- Maynard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fayette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Aurora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Aurora is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Oelwein
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wadena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hazleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lamont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Randalia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Randalia is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Strawberry Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Donnan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Donnan is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnan
- Volga
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Volga is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Westgate
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Westgate is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westgate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Illyria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Illyria is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illyria
- Brainard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Brainard is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brainard
- Fairbank
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dundee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forestville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forestville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- West Union
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Oran
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Oran is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oran
- Osborne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Osborne is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne
- Elgin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Doris
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Doris is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doris
- Winthrop
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Winthrop is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 848 people
- Mederville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mederville is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mederville
- Hawkeye
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hawkeye is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 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 Garden Prairie Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Fayette County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Garden Prairie Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Arlington
- Elgin
- Elgin lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Garden Prairie Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Elgin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Fairbank
- Fayette
- Hawkeye
- Lamont
- Maynard
- Oelwein
- Stanley
- Strawberry Point
- Volga
- Volga lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Garden Prairie Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Volga.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
- West Union
- Westgate
- Winthrop
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Garden Prairie Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Fayette 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 Garden Prairie Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #456825 (Garden Prairie Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #456825 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: Fayette
- Est. Elev: 358 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Stanley
- Location given for Garden Prairie Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.7310942 Lon: -91.7648849
- 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 Fayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Garden Prairie 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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