A visit to the Greenfield 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 Greenfield Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Greenfield Cemetery (FG ID #94941).
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 Greenfield Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Greenfield Cemetery:
41.2888, -94.4548
The Greenfield Cemetery is located in Adair County<2>.
The county seat for Adair County is located in Greenfield. Greenfield lies just to the north northwest of the Greenfield Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Greenfield Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the Greenfield Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Greenfield Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Adair County Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fontanelle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Penn Ave. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Orient Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Old Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boley Farm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Boley Farm Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boley Farm Cemetery
- Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Prussia Center Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bryant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grove Center Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hebron Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Grand River Center Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sears Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Avondale Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cutler Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hill of Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Loucks Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Canby Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Witt Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Roberts Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fairview 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 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Greenfield Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Greenfield Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Greenfield
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fontanelle
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Orient
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Arbor Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hebron is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Gilead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stanzel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bridgewater
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Williamson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Webster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Macksburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Casey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Carl
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pitzer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Creston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- East Creston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Stuart
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Menlo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Massena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dewey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cromwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Adair
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Etna
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Etna is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
- Dexter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Anita
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
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 Greenfield Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Adair County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Greenfield Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Anita
- Bridgewater
- Casey
- Casey lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Greenfield Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Casey.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey
- Creston
- Cromwell
- Dexter
- Fontanelle
- Greenfield
- Macksburg
- Massena
- Menlo
- Orient
- Stuart
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 Greenfield Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Adair 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 Greenfield Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #94941
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #457122 (Greenfield Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #457122 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: Adair
- Est. Elev: 415 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Greenfield
- Location given for Greenfield Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.2897102 Lon: -94.4546872
- 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 Adair, 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 from Point A (ie- Greenfield 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. |