A visit to the Guss 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 Guss Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Guss Cemetery:
40.8503, -94.8511
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Guss Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Guss Cemetery is located in Taylor County<2>.
The county seat for Taylor County is located in Bedford. Bedford lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Guss Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Guss Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Guss Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Guss Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Pierce Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The North Grove Cemetery is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove Cemetery
- Holt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Holt Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt Cemetery
- Methodist Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dallas Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Prairie Rose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bakers Cut Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Bakers Cut Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Cut Cemetery
- Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Valley Cemetery is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Cemetery
- Hawleyville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Hawleyville Cemetery is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyville Cemetery
- Nodaway Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ladoga Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Ladoga Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga Cemetery
- Washington Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Washington Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Rosehill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Rosehill Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill Cemetery
- Villisca Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Carlisle Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Carlisle Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle Cemetery
- Vise Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Vise Cemetery is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vise Cemetery
- Gravity Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Gravity Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravity Cemetery
- Brooks Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Baldwin Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Baldwin Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Brooks.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94202 <5>
- Findley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Findley Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Findley Cemetery
- Aron View Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Aron View Cemetery is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aron View Cemetery
- Memory Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Memory Cemetery is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memory Cemetery
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 Guss Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Guss Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Guss
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Guss is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guss
- Iveyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Iveyville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iveyville
- Hawleyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hawleyville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyville
- Nodaway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nodaway is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- New Market
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- New Market is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Ladoga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ladoga is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- Gravity
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gravity is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Brooks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brooks is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Villisca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hepburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hepburn is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Clarinda Junction ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clarinda Junction is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarinda Junction
- Sharpsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sharpsburg is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Corning
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clarinda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mercer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Queen City ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Queen City is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Conway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Conway is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Tenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tenville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenville
- Quincy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Carbon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Carbon is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Bedford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sciola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sciola is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sciola
- Siam
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Siam is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- Lenox
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Stanton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Strand
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Strand is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strand
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 Guss Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Taylor County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Guss Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bedford
- Clarinda
- Conway
- Corning
- Gravity
- New Market
- Nodaway
- Sharpsburg
- Stanton
- Villisca
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Guss Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Taylor 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 Guss Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #457184 (Guss Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #457184 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: Taylor
- Est. Elev: 380 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Guss
- Location given for Guss Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.8502657 Lon: -94.8510869
- 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 Taylor, 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- Guss 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. |