A visit to the Moorehead 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 Moorehead Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Moorehead Cemetery:
42.3569, -95.4892
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Moorehead Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Moorehead Cemetery is located in Ida County<2>.
The county seat for Ida County is located in Ida Grove. Ida Grove lies just to the southeast of the Moorehead Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Moorehead Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> of the Moorehead Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Moorehead Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Ida Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Ida Grove Cemetery is located in Ida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Grove Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Ida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Hayes Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- OLGC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The OLGC Cemetery is located in Ida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for OLGC Cemetery
- Battle Twp. Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Battle Twp. Cemetery is located in Ida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Twp. Cemetery
- Hayes Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Hayes Cemetery is located in Ida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes Cemetery
- Grant Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Grant Cemetery is located in Ida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Cemetery
- Galva City Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Galva City Cemetery is located in Ida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galva City Cemetery
- Galva Twp. Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Galva Twp. Cemetery is located in Ida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galva Twp. Cemetery
- Galva Twp. Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Galva Twp. Cemetery is located in Ida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galva Twp. Cemetery
- Holstein Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The Holstein Cemetery is located in Ida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holstein Cemetery
- Norwegian Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Norwegian Cemetery is located in Ida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwegian Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Galva Lutheran Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cushing Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Cushing Cemetery is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushing Cemetery
- Rock Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- The Rock Cemetery is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cemetery
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Otter Creek Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- The Otter Creek Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek Cemetery
- Odebolt Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- The Odebolt Cemetery is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odebolt Cemetery
- Cook Center Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Danbury Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Danbury Cemetery is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Bethel Lutheran Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Bethel Lutheran Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethel Lutheran Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Kiron.
- The Bethel Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94253 <5>
- Richland Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- The Richland Cemetery is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- Schaller Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Schaller Cemetery is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schaller Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Moorehead Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Moorehead Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Ida Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Battle Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arthur
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Arthur is located in Ida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Holstein
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Galva
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Odebolt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Odebolt is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odebolt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Cushing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cushing is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Schleswig
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Kiron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Danbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Schaller
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ricketts
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ricketts is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Boyer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Boyer is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyer
- Correctionville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Herring ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Herring is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Early
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Deloit
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Deloit is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Washta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Washta is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Anthon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mapleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Charter Oak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Quimby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Quimby is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quimby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Oto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Oto is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
- Wall Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wall Lake is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 753 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 Moorehead Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Ida County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Moorehead Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Anthon
- Battle Creek
- Charter Oak
- Correctionville
- Danbury
- Early
- Early lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Moorehead Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Early.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Early
- Holstein
- Ida Grove
- Kiron
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Continue List (6 more)
- Mapleton
- Odebolt
- Schaller
- Wall Lake
- Washta
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 professional and volunteer 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 Moorehead Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Ida 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 Moorehead Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1983125 (Moorehead Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1983125 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: Ida
- Est. Elev: 394 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Ida Grove
- Location given for Moorehead Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.3569316 Lon: -95.4891671
- 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 Ida, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Moorehead 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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