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A visit to the Maas 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 Maas Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Maas Cemetery:

41.7861, -91.9838

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Maas Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Maas Cemetery is located in Iowa County<2>.

The county seat for Iowa County is located in Marengo. Marengo lies just to the west of the Maas Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Maas Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Maas Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Maas Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Mitchel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • The Mitchel Cemetery is also located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchel Cemetery
  • Nelson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • The Nelson Cemetery is also located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson Cemetery
  • South Amana Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Maas - Iowa River Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • The Maas - Iowa River Cemetery is also located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maas - Iowa River Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Maas - Iowa River Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of South Amana.
    • The Maas - Iowa River Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Maas Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95368 <5>
  • West Amana Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Old Marengo Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • The Old Marengo Cemetery is also located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Marengo Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Marengo Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southeast of Marengo.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2289922 <5>
  • Norwegian Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • The Norwegian Cemetery is also located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwegian Cemetery
  • Kummer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • The Kummer Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
    • The Kummer Cemetery is also located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kummer Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Kummer Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of South Amana.
    • The Kummer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Kumer Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2414292 <5>
  • High Amana Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Bishop Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Bishop Cemetery is also located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Cemetery
    • The Bishop Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Denzler Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94272 <5>
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • The Calvary Cemetery is also located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • The IOOF Cemetery is also located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Scottish Presbyterian Pioneer Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • The Scottish Presbyterian Pioneer Cemetery is also located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottish Presbyterian Pioneer Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Scottish Presbyterian Pioneer Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the south of South Amana.
      • The Scottish Presbyterian Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Old Scotch Cemetery
      • Old Scotch Pioneer Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2231567 <5>
    • Conn Pioneer Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • The Conn Pioneer Cemetery is also located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conn Pioneer Cemetery
      • The Conn Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Conn Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2323692 <5>
    • Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • The Trinity Lutheran Cemetery is also located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
      • The Trinity Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Trinity Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96500 <5>
    • Niles - Sprague Pioneer Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • The Niles - Sprague Pioneer Cemetery is also located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles - Sprague Pioneer Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Niles - Sprague Pioneer Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Homestead.
      • The Niles - Sprague Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Granny Sprague Cemetery
      • Granny Sprague Pioneer Cemetery
      • Linus Niles - Sprague Cemetery
      • Niles Cemetery
      • Niles - Granny Sprague Cemetery
      • Niles - Sprague Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2153858 <5>
    • Middle Amana Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Titler Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Homestead Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Amana Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • The Amana Cemetery is also located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amana Cemetery
      • The Amana Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Amana.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2228228 <5>
    • Lenox Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • The Lenox Cemetery is also located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Cemetery
      • The Lenox Cemetery has also been known as:
      • New Jerusalem Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95274 <5>

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 18 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Maas Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Maas Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • South Amana
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • South Amana is also located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Amana
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
    • South Amana has also been known as:
    • Sud-Amana
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Amana <6>
  • West Amana
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • West Amana is also located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Amana
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
  • High Amana
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • High Amana is also located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Amana
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
    • High Amana has also been known as:
    • Amana vor der Hohe
    • Hoch-Amana
    • Hohe-Amana
  • Conroy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Conroy is also located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conroy
  • Middle Amana
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Middle Amana is also located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Amana
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 543 people
    • Middle Amana has also been known as:
    • Mittel-Amana
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middle Amana <6>
  • Marengo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Amana
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Amana is also located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amana
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
    • Amana has also been known as:
    • Main Amana
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amana <6>
  • Homestead
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Homestead is also located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
    • Homestead has also been known as:
    • Haupt-Amana
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homestead <6>
  • Watkins
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Watkins is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
  • East Amana
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • East Amana is also located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Amana
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
    • East Amana has also been known as:
    • Ost Amana
  • Williamsburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Norway
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Walford
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Walford is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,436 people
    • Blairstown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Ladora
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Oxford
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Dayton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Dayton is also located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
    • Luzerne
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Luzerne is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzerne
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 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 Maas Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Iowa County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Maas Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Maas Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Iowa:
  • Pages specific to Iowa 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 Maas Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #458707  (Maas Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #458707 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: Iowa
      • Est. Elev: 223 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Middle Amana
      • Location given for Maas Cemetery:
      • Lat: 41.7861169     Lon: -91.9837906
      • 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 Iowa, 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 from Point A (ie- Maas 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.