A visit to the Grove Center 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 Grove Center Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Grove Center Cemetery (FG ID #94964).
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 Grove Center Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Grove Center Cemetery:
41.3890, -94.4161
The Grove Center Cemetery is located in Adair County<2>.
The county seat for Adair County is located in Greenfield. Greenfield lies just to the south southwest of the Grove Center Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Grove Center 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 Grove Center Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Grove Center Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Loucks Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Adair County Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Prussia Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Timber Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Timber Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Cemetery
- Greenfield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Canby Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Roberts Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Stanfield Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Stanfield Cemetery is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfield Cemetery
- Fontanelle Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grand River Center Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Menlo Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Menlo Cemetery is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo Cemetery
- Quaker Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Quaker Cemetery is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Cemetery
- Bryant Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boley Farm Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Boley Farm Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boley Farm Cemetery
- North Oak Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Oak Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rosehill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Rosehill Cemetery is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Grove Center Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Grove Center Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Arbor Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Greenfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stanzel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stuart
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Casey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Menlo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fontanelle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Webster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Orient
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pitzer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dexter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Zion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Glendon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Adair
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgewater
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Macksburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Earlham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gilead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wiscotta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Redfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Williamson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Anita
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
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 Grove Center 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 Grove Center Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Anita
- Anita lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Grove Center Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Anita.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Bridgewater
- Casey
- Casey lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Grove Center Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Casey.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey
- Dexter
- Earlham
- Fontanelle
- Greenfield
- Macksburg
- Menlo
- Orient
- Redfield
- 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 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 Grove Center 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 Grove Center Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #94964
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #457161 (Grove Center Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #457161 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: 405 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Rosserdale
- Location given for Grove Center Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.3891547 Lon: -94.4160759
- 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Grove Center 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. |