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A visit to the Garfield Township Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Garfield Twp. Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Garfield Twp. Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Garfield Twp. Cemetery

Lat:   42.9539°   (42° 57' 14")

Lon:   -94.9394°   (-94° 56' 21")

The Garfield Twp. Cemetery is located in Clay County<2>.

The county seat for Clay County is located in Spencer. Spencer lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the northwest of the Garfield Twp. Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km] of the Garfield Twp. Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Garfield Twp. Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Logan Twp. Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Logan Twp. Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Logan Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Logan Twp. Cemetery is located in Clay County
  • Osborn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Osborn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Osborn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Osborn Cemetery is located in Clay County
  • Poland Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Poland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Poland Cemetery is located in Buena Vista County
  • Burr Oak Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burr Oak Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burr Oak Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Burr Oak Cemetery is located in Clay County
  • Swan Lake Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Swan Lake Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Swan Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Swan Lake Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County
  • Silver Lake Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Silver Lake Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Silver Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Silver Lake Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Calvary Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
  • Garton Graveyard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garton Graveyard
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garton Graveyard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Garton Graveyard is located in Buena Vista County
  • Rosehill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rosehill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rosehill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Rosehill Cemetery is located in Clay County
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County
  • Laurens Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laurens Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Laurens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Laurens Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • St. Josephs Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Buena Vista County
    • Smith Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Smith Cemetery is located in Buena Vista County
    • Rush Lake Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rush Lake Cemetery
      • The Rush Lake Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rush Lake Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Mallard.
      • The Rush Lake Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Stratton Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2145197 <5>
    • Fanny Fern Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fanny Fern Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fanny Fern Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Fanny Fern Cemetery is located in Clay County
    • Lone Tree Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Tree Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lone Tree Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lone Tree Cemetery is located in Buena Vista County
    • Dickens Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dickens Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dickens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Dickens Cemetery is located in Clay County
    • Fairfield Twp. Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairfield Twp. Cemetery
      • The Fairfield Twp. Cemetery is located in Buena Vista County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairfield Twp. Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Albert City.
      • The Fairfield Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Fairfield Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94730 <5>
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
    • Calvary Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Calvary Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
    • Crown Hill Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crown Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crown Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Crown Hill Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Garfield Twp. Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Garfield Twp. Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Webb
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
    • Webb is located in Clay County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
  • Marathon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon
    • Marathon is located in Buena Vista County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
  • Gillett Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett Grove
    • Gillett Grove is located in Clay County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
  • Ayrshire
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ayrshire have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayrshire
    • Ayrshire is located in Palo Alto County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ayrshire <6>
  • Laurens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Curlew
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curlew
    • Curlew is located in Palo Alto County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
  • Cornell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
    • Cornell is located in Clay County
  • Sioux Rapids
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Albert City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Greenville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
    • Greenville is located in Clay County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenville <6>
  • Mallard
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mallard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard
    • Mallard is located in Palo Alto County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mallard <6>
  • Ruthven
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Dickens
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens
      • Dickens is located in Clay County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
    • Rossie
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rossie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossie
      • Rossie is located in Clay County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
    • Rembrandt
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Havelock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Havelock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havelock
      • Havelock is located in Pocahontas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Havelock <6>
    • Linn Grove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Plover
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
      • Plover is located in Pocahontas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
    • Spencer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Emmetsburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emmetsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmetsburg
      • Emmetsburg is located in Palo Alto County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,667 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emmetsburg <6>

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 Garfield Twp. Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Clay County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Garfield Twp. Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Garfield Twp. Cemetery:

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 Garfield Twp. Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #463353  (Garfield Township Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #463353 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Rush Lake West
    • County: Clay         Elev: 419
    • Location given for GNIS #463353 (Garfield Township Cemetery)

The official website for Clay County: www.co.clay.ia.us/

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/

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 Clay, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Garfield Twp. Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9539, Longitude: -94.9394       In this case, the coordinates for the Garfield Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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