A visit to the Garner 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 Garner Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Garner Cemetery:
41.2956, -95.8003
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Garner Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Garner Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County<2>.
The county seat for Pottawattamie County is located in Council Bluffs. Council Bluffs lies just to the west southwest of the Garner Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Garner Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Garner Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Garner Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Green Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Green Valley Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Council Bluffs.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96122 <5>
- Evans Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Walnut Hill Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Walnut Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Council Bluffs.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96591 <5>
- Ridgewood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Ridgewood Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ridgewood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Council Bluffs.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95946 <5>
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Memorial Park Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Memorial Park Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Council Bluffs.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95449 <5>
- Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Memorial Park is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park
- Cedar Lawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Cedar Lawn Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cedar Lawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Council Bluffs.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94432 <5>
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Graybill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Graybill Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graybill Cemetery
- Hazel Dell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Hazel Dell Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell Cemetery
- St. Columbanus Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Weston St. Columbanus Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crescent Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Crescent Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Cemetery
- Lewis Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Lewis Twp. Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Twp. Cemetery
- The Lewis Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lewis Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95281 <5>
- Downsville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Downsville Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downsville Cemetery
- Hardin Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Hardin Twp. Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin Twp. Cemetery
- Hardin Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Hardin Twp. Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin Twp. Cemetery
- Pottawattamie County Home Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- McIntosh Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The McIntosh Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Cemetery
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lewis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Lewis Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Cemetery
- St. Paul's Evangelical Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The St. Paul's Evangelical Church Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul's Evangelical Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Paul's Evangelical Church Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the southeast of Council Bluffs.
- The St. Paul's Evangelical Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Paul's Evangelical Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2256269 <5>
- Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- The Zion Cemetery has also been known as:
- Evangelical Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1991112 <5>
- Fisher Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Fisher Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Garner Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Garner Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Chautauqua
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Chautauqua is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
- Council Bluffs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Weston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Weston is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Crescent
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Carter Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- McClelland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Home Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Home Park is located in Douglas County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Park
- Dumfries
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dumfries is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumfries
- Underwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Honey Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Honey Creek is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Treynor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Omaha
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Omaha is located in Douglas County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 478,393 people
- Omaha has also been known as:
- Omaha City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Omaha <6>
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Avery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Avery is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Bellevue
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mineola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pigeon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pigeon is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Briggs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Briggs is located in Douglas County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
- Ralston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gilmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gilmore is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Irvington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Irvington is located in Douglas County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington
- La Vista
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hentons ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hentons is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hentons
- Folsom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Folsom is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Loveland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Loveland is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
- Neola
(14 miles [22.5 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 Garner Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Pottawattamie County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Garner Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bellevue
- Council Bluffs
- Neola
- Omaha
- Ralston
- Underwood
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Garner Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Pottawattamie 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 Garner Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #456847 (Garner Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #456847 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: Pottawattamie
- Est. Elev: 365 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Council Bluffs North
- Location given for Garner Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.2955529 Lon: -95.8002881
- 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 Pottawattamie, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Garner 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |