A visit to the Massillon 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 Massillon Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Massillon Cemetery:
41.9153, -90.9210
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Massillon Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Massillon Cemetery is located in Cedar County<2>.
The county seat for Cedar County is located in Tipton. Tipton lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the southwest of the Massillon Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Massillon Cemetery.
Name Variations for Massillon Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
Massillon Cemetery has also been known as:
- Massillon Center Cemetery
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Massillon Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Massillon Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Center Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cemetery
- St. James Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The St. James Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. James Cemetery
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- Brink Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lowden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Lowden Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowden Cemetery
- Van Horn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Van Horn Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Horn Cemetery
- Mayflower Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Mayflower Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Cemetery
- Oxford Junction Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dayton Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Elliott Parr Grave
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Elliott Parr Grave is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Parr Grave
- Zion Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Zion Church Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Church Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Onion Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Onion Grove Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onion Grove Cemetery
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- Rustic Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Rustic Park Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Park Cemetery
- Lost Nation Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Lost Nation Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Nation Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
- Smithtown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Smithtown Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithtown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Smithtown Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Lost Nation.
- The Smithtown Cemetery has also been known as:
- Smithtown Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #786005 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Massillon Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Massillon Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Lowden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Toronto
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Toronto is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toronto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Oxford Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oxford Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Mills
- Oxford Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oxford Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
- Lost Nation
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clarence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wheatland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wheatland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 724 people
- Hale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hale is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Calamus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Calamus is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Wyoming
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elwood is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Big Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Rock is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Baldwin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Monmouth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Monmouth is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Stanwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bennett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bennett is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Bliedorn ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bliedorn is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliedorn
- Olin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- New Liberty is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Dixon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dixon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Buckhorn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Buckhorn is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Tipton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Onslow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Grand Mound
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sunbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sunbury is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
- Welton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- North Welton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- North Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Welton
- Maquoketa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Center Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Center Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Junction
- Estimated population in 2015: 111 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 Massillon Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cedar County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Massillon Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bennett
- Clarence
- Lost Nation
- Lowden
- Maquoketa
- Monmouth
- Olin
- Olin lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Massillon Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Olin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olin
- Stanwood
- Tipton
- Wheatland
- Wyoming
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Massillon Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Cedar 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 Massillon Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2001687 (Massillon Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2001687 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: Cedar
- Est. Elev: 226 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Oxford Junction
- Location given for Massillon Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.9152978 Lon: -90.920981
- 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 Cedar, 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- Massillon 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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