A visit to the Mount Vernon 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 Mt. Vernon Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery:
41.9192, -91.4096
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Linn County<2>.
The county seat for Linn County is located in Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Mt. Vernon Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Mt. Vernon Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Vernon Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. John Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lisbon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Lisbon Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lisbon Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Lisbon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #831032 <5>
- St. John's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The St. John's Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John's Cemetery is located in Lisbon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2470924 <5>
- Abbe Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Abbe Creek Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbe Creek Cemetery
- Andre Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Craig Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Craig Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Cemetery
- Ivanhoe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Ivanhoe Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe Cemetery
- Moore - Skillman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- St. Peter & Pauls Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Peter & Pauls Catholic Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peter & Pauls Catholic Cemetery
- The St. Peter & Pauls Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St.s Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
- Sv Petra a Pavla Hrbitov
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2260687 <5>
- Sutliff Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Sutliff Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutliff Cemetery
- The Sutliff Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cedar Twp. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96457 <5>
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Pioneer Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Pioneer Grove Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Grove Cemetery
- The Pioneer Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pioneer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95811 <5>
- Piper - Kohl Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Piper - Kohl Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper - Kohl Cemetery
- White Oak Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The White Oak Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Cemetery
- Linn Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Linn Grove Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Grove Cemetery
- Paralta Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Paralta Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paralta Cemetery
- Campbell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
- Rogers Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Facklers Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Vernon Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Mount Vernon
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lisbon
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bertram
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bertram is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Martelle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Martelle is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martelle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Solon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mechanicsville is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,116 people
- Ely
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Springville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cedar Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Morley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Morley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Squaw Creek Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Squaw Creek Village is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squaw Creek Village
- Morse
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Morse is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Fairview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fairview is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Western
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Western is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western
- Viola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Viola is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Marion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shueyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Shueyville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shueyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 655 people
- Elmira
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Elmira is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Buchanan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Buchanan is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Stanwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Stone City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Stone City is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
- Cedar Rapids
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lincolnway Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lincolnway Village is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnway Village
- Oasis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Oasis is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Olin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Anamosa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
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 Mt. Vernon Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Linn County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Anamosa
- Cedar Rapids
- Lisbon
- Marion
- Mechanicsville
- Mount Vernon
- Olin
- Olin lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Olin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olin
- Solon
- Solon lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Solon.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Springville
- Stanwood
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 either 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 Mt. Vernon Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Linn 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 Mt. Vernon Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2048117 (Mount Vernon Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2048117 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: Linn
- Est. Elev: 257 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Mount Vernon
- Location given for Mount Vernon Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.9191749 Lon: -91.4096144
- 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 Linn, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Mt. Vernon 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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