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A visit to the Glenwood 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 Glenwood Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Glenwood Cemetery (FG ID #94877)

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 Glenwood Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Glenwood Cemetery

Lat:   42.7409°   (42° 44' 27")

Lon:   -93.9249°   (-93° 55' 29")

The cemetery is located in Wright County<2>.

As an estimate, the Glenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Goldfield.

The county seat for Wright County is located in Clarion. Clarion lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east of the Glenwood Cemetery .

Establishment of the Glenwood Cemetery ...

The Glenwood Cemetery was established in 1877.

Name Variations for Glenwood Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Glenwood Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Goldfield Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Glenwood Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Wright County Burying Grounds
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Lake Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lake Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lake Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lake Church Cemetery is located in Humboldt County
  • Schwenck Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schwenck Family Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Schwenck Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Schwenck Family Cemetery is located in Wright County
  • Eagle Grove Twp. Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eagle Grove Twp. Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eagle Grove Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Eagle Grove Twp. Cemetery is located in Wright County
  • Holmes Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Norway Lake Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norway Lake Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norway Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Norway Lake Cemetery is located in Humboldt County
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Willicksen Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willicksen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Willicksen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Willicksen Cemetery is located in Humboldt County
  • Norway Twp. Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norway Twp. Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norway Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Norway Twp. Cemetery is located in Humboldt County
  • Vernon Twp. Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vernon Twp. Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vernon Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Vernon Twp. Cemetery is located in Humboldt County
  • Hardy Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hardy Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hardy Trinity Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hardy Trinity Lutheran Cemetery is located in Humboldt County
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...

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 Glenwood Cemetery.

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

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 Glenwood Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wright County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 Glenwood 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 Glenwood Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #456930  (Goldfield Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #456930 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: Eagle Grove
    • County: Wright         Elev: 342
    • Location given for GNIS #456930 (Goldfield Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #94877

The official website for Wright County: www.wrightcounty.org/

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

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 Wright, 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' (or 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Glenwood Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7409, Longitude: -93.9249    
<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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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.
<7>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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