A visit to the Greenwood 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 Greenwood Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Greenwood Cemetery:
41.5933, -95.8378
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Harrison County<2>.
The county seat for Harrison County is located in Logan. Logan lies just to the northeast of the Greenwood Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Greenwood Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the Greenwood Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Greenwood Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Old Frazier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Old Frazier Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Frazier Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- Calhoun Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Calhoun Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Cemetery
- Logan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Logan Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- The Oak Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Town Cemetery
- St. John Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95638 <5>
- Linwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Linwood Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood Cemetery
- Harris Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Harris Grove Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove Cemetery
- McGavern Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The McGavern Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGavern Cemetery
- Magnolia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Branson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Henderson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Henderson Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the east of Logan.
- The Bethel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethel - Knauss Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94244 <5>
- Greenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenwood Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Logan.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2143930 <5>
- Silver Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Silver Hill Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill Cemetery
- St. Bridgett Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The St. Bridgett Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Bridgett Cemetery
- Crook Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Crook Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crook Cemetery
- Elan Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Elan Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elan Cemetery
- Grange Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cox Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Cox Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Cemetery
- Valley View Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Valley View Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley View Cemetery
- Hawkins Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Hawkins Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkins Cemetery
- Cowan - Pardee Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Biglers Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Biglers Grove Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biglers Grove Cemetery
- Purcell Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Purcell Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell 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 Greenwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Greenwood Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Missouri Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Logan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Loveland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Loveland is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
- Magnolia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Magnolia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- California Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- California Junction is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California Junction
- Pigeon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pigeon is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Modale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Honey Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Honey Creek is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Woodbine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mondamin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- De Soto ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- De Soto is located in Washington County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- De Soto has also been known as:
- DeSoto
- Fort Calhoun
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Persia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Persia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Neola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Yorkshire
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Yorkshire is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
- Orson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Orson is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orson
- Blair
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Blair is located in Washington County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,948 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blair <6>
- Crescent
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pisgah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Underwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Portsmouth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Minden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Little Sioux
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Briggs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Briggs is located in Douglas County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
- Weston
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Weston is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
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 Greenwood Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Harrison County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Greenwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Blair
- Blair lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Greenwood Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Blair.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- De Soto - Historic
- Fort Calhoun
- Little Sioux
- Logan
- Magnolia
- Missouri Valley
- Neola
- Pisgah
- Underwood
- Woodbine
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 Greenwood Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Harrison 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 Greenwood Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #456748 (Greenwood Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #456748 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: Harrison
- Est. Elev: 330 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Beebeetown
- Location given for Greenwood Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.5933246 Lon: -95.8377873
- 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 Harrison, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Greenwood 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. |