A visit to the Hopeville 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 Hopeville Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Hopeville Cemetery:
40.9458, -93.9869
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Hopeville Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Hopeville Cemetery is located in Clarke County<2>.
The county seat for Clarke County is located in Osceola. Osceola lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Hopeville Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Hopeville Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Hopeville Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Hopeville Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Reasoner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Reasoner Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reasoner Cemetery
- Gregg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Gregg Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Cemetery
- Homewood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Homewood Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood Cemetery
- Leas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Leas Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leas Cemetery
- Warrick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Warrick Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrick Cemetery
- Sanders Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Sanders Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Cemetery
- Claypool Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Claypool Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool Cemetery
- O'Grady Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The O'Grady Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Grady Cemetery
- Westervelt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Westervelt Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westervelt Cemetery
- Tennessee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Tennessee Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee Cemetery
- Troy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Troy Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Cemetery
- Thayer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Thayer Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer Cemetery
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- West Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The West Union Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union Cemetery
- Otterbein Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Otterbein Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterbein Cemetery
- Pumptown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Pumptown Cemetery is located in Ringgold County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumptown Cemetery
- Lacelle Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Lacelle Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacelle Cemetery
- Murray Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cornwall Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Cornwall Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Abel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Abel Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel Cemetery
- Young Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Young Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Cemetery
- McKee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The McKee Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKee Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 19 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Hopeville Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Hopeville Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Hopeville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hopeville is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
- Lacelle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lacelle is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacelle
- Thayer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thayer is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Murray
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Murray is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 681 people
- Grand River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grand River is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Ellston
(9 miles [14.5 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Beaconsfield is located in Ringgold County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaconsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Van Wert
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Van Wert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Wert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Green Bay ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Green Bay is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
- Tingley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Afton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Arispe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Arispe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arispe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Lorimor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lorimor is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorimor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Weldon
(13 miles [20.9 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shannon City
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Barney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Barney is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney
- Kellerton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- 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
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 Hopeville Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Clarke County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Hopeville Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Afton
- Afton lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Hopeville Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Afton.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Arispe
- Diagonal
- East Peru
- Ellston
- Grand River
- Kellerton
- Knowlton - Historic
- Leon
- Leon lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Hopeville Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Leon.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Lorimor
- Mount Ayr
- Murray
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Continue List (4 more)
- Shannon City
- Tingley
- Truro
- Truro lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Hopeville Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Truro.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truro
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 helpful 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 Hopeville Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Clarke 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 Hopeville Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1822923 (Hopeville Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1822923 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: Clarke
- Est. Elev: 344 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hopeville
- Location given for Hopeville Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.9458273 Lon: -93.9868926
- 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 Clarke, 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- Hopeville 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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