A visit to the Harvey 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 Harvey Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Harvey Cemetery (FG ID #2292095).
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 Harvey Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Harvey Cemetery:
41.6155, -93.5045
The Harvey Cemetery is located in Polk County<2>.
The county seat for Polk County is located in Des Moines. Des Moines lies just to the west southwest of the Harvey Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Harvey Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Harvey Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Harvey Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Rising Sun Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Rising Sun Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun Cemetery
- Sims Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Sims Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Cemetery
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Laurel Hill Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill Cemetery
- Oakwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- New Altoona Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The New Altoona Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Altoona Cemetery
- Berwick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Berwick Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Stuart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Stuart Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuart Cemetery
- Canfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Canfield Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield Cemetery
- Altoona Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Altoona Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona Cemetery
- Greenwood Friends Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Memory Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Avon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Powers - Warren Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bondurant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Oralabor Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Oralabor Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oralabor Cemetery
- Pinehill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Pinehill Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehill Cemetery
- St. Ambrose Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The St. Ambrose Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Ambrose Cemetery
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Emmanuel Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmanuel Cemetery
- Woodland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elm Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Elm Grove Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove Cemetery
- Spry Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Spry Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spry Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Harvey Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Harvey Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Rising Sun
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Altoona
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Country Estate Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Levey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Levey is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levey
- Berwick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Des Moines
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bondurant
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Marquisville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Adelphi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carlisle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Carney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Saylorville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saylorville is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saylorville
- Mitchellville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Santiago
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ankeny
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Runnells
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lakewood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vandalia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Johnston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Norwalk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hartford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oswalt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Valeria
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Valeria is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valeria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Elkhart
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
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 Harvey Cemetery. The following communities are located in Polk County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Harvey Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Altoona
- Ankeny
- Des Moines
- Johnston
- Mitchellville
- Runnells
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 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 Harvey Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Polk 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 Harvey Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2292095
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 Polk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Harvey 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. |