A visit to the Homewood 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 Homewood Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Homewood Cemetery:
40.9222, -94.0430
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Homewood Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Homewood Cemetery is located in Union County<2>.
The county seat for Union County is located in Creston. Creston lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Homewood Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Homewood Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Homewood Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Homewood Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Leas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Leas Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leas Cemetery
- Cornwall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Cornwall Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Cemetery
- Hopeville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Hopeville Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville Cemetery
- Reasoner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Reasoner Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reasoner Cemetery
- Pumptown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Pumptown Cemetery is located in Ringgold County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumptown Cemetery
- O'Grady Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The O'Grady Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Grady Cemetery
- Gregg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Gregg Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Cemetery
- Otterbein Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Otterbein Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterbein Cemetery
- Westervelt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Westervelt Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westervelt Cemetery
- West Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The West Union Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union Cemetery
- Abel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Abel Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel Cemetery
- Warrick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Warrick Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrick Cemetery
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- Claypool Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Claypool Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool Cemetery
- Ellston Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tennessee Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Tennessee Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee Cemetery
- Troy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Troy Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Cemetery
- Thayer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Thayer Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer Cemetery
- Norris Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tingley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Tingley Cemetery is located in Ringgold County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tingley Cemetery
- Grand River Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Grand River Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River Cemetery
- Young Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Young Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Cemetery
- Sanders Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Sanders Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Cemetery
- Murray Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Homewood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Homewood Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Hopeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hopeville is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
- Ellston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ellston is located in Ringgold County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38 people
- Beaconsfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Beaconsfield is located in Ringgold County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaconsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Thayer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Thayer is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Grand River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grand River is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Tingley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lacelle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lacelle is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacelle
- Murray
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Murray is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 681 people
- Arispe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Arispe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arispe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Afton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shannon City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shannon City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Van Wert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Van Wert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Wert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Kellerton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Green Bay ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Green Bay is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
- Lorimor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lorimor is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorimor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Knowlton ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Knowlton is located in Ringgold County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowlton
- Decatur City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Decatur City is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Weldon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Weldon is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Osceola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Barney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Barney is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney
- Diagonal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ayr
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Creston
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- East Creston is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Creston
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 Homewood Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Union County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Homewood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Afton
- Arispe
- Creston
- Diagonal
- Ellston
- Grand River
- Kellerton
- Knowlton - Historic
- Leon
- Leon lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Homewood Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Leon.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Continue List (6 more)
- Mount Ayr
- Murray
- Osceola
- Shannon City
- Tingley
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 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 Homewood Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Union 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 Homewood Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1969548 (Homewood Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1969548 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: Union
- Est. Elev: 302 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Tingley NE
- Location given for Homewood Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.9222157 Lon: -94.043005
- 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 Union, 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 from Point A (ie- Homewood 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. |
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