A visit to the Memorial Park 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 Memorial Park Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Memorial Park Cemetery (FG ID #95449).
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 Memorial Park Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Memorial Park Cemetery:
41.2656, -95.8261
The Memorial Park Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Council Bluffs.
The cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County<2>.
Adjacent to the Memorial Park Cemetery and just to the north is the Ridgewood Cemetery.
The county seat for Pottawattamie County is located in Council Bluffs. Council Bluffs lies just to the west of the Memorial Park Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Memorial Park Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Memorial Park Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Memorial Park Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Graybill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Graybill Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graybill Cemetery
- Garner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Garner Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Cemetery
- Evans Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lewis Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Columbanus Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Weston St. Columbanus Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hazel Dell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Hazel Dell Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell Cemetery
- Crescent Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Crescent Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Cemetery
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lewis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Lewis Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Cemetery
- St. Paul's Evangelical Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mormon Pioneer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Douglas County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Jewish Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Golden Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bohemian Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Graceland Park Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bellevue Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Plumer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Plumer Cemetery is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer Cemetery
- Keg Creek Twp. Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Downsville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Downsville Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downsville 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 Memorial Park Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Memorial Park Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Chautauqua
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Council Bluffs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Carter Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Weston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crescent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dumfries
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Home Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Avery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Avery is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- McClelland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bellevue
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gilmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gilmore is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Mineola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Omaha
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Honey Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Honey Creek is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Ralston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hentons ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hentons is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hentons
- Treynor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Underwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Briggs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Briggs is located in Douglas County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
- La Vista
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Folsom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Folsom is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Irvington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Papillion
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pigeon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Portal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Portal is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portal
- La Platte
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Silver City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
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 Memorial Park Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Pottawattamie County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Memorial Park Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bellevue
- Council Bluffs
- Omaha
- Papillion
- Ralston
- Silver City
- Underwood
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 Memorial Park Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Pottawattamie 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 Memorial Park Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #95449
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 Pottawattamie, 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- Memorial Park 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. |