A visit to the Old Bethel 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 Old Bethel Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old Bethel Cemetery:
41.3333, -92.0835
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Old Bethel Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Old Bethel Cemetery is located in Keokuk County<2>.
The county seat for Keokuk County is located in Sigourney. Sigourney lies just to the west of the Old Bethel Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Old Bethel Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Old Bethel Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Old Bethel Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Baden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Baden Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden Cemetery
- Center Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Center Ridge Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ridge Cemetery
- Stoermer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Stoermer Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoermer Cemetery
- Garibaldi Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Garibaldi Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garibaldi Cemetery
- St. Elizabeths Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Walton Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walton Cemetery
- Knox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Knox Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox Cemetery
- County Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The County Home Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Home Cemetery
- Doggett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Doggett Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doggett Cemetery
- St.s Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lafayette Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Lafayette Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Clark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Clark Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
- Brater Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Brater Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brater Cemetery
- Lafayette Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Lafayette Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Cemetery
- Sigourney East Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Trueblood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Trueblood Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trueblood Cemetery
- Shockley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Shockley Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shockley Cemetery
- Talleyrand Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Talleyrand Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talleyrand Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Pleasant Grove Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- The Pleasant Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- West Cemetery
- West Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95821 <5>
- Pennington Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Pennington Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pennington Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Sigourney.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95783 <5>
- East Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The East Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cemetery
- Van Orsdall Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Reed Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Reed Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Cemetery
- Keota Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Keota Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keota Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys 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 Old Bethel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Old Bethel Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Harper
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harper is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Talleyrand
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Talleyrand is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talleyrand
- Sigourney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Keota
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- South English
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- South English is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South English
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Webster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Webster is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Hayesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hayesville is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Ollie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ollie is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ollie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Kinross
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kinross is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Nugent
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nugent is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nugent
- Rubio
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rubio is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubio
- Richland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Nira
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nira is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nira
- Keswick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pekin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pekin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Linby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Linby is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linby
- North English
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Delta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Delta is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
- Martinsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Martinsburg is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Packwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Packwood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- West Chester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- West Chester is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Aurora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Aurora is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- What Cheer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ambrose
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ambrose is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose
- Wellman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Thornburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Thornburg is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 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 Old Bethel Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Keokuk County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old Bethel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Delta
- Keota
- Keota lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Old Bethel Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Keota.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keota
- Keswick
- Martinsburg
- North English
- Richland
- Sigourney
- South English
- Wellman
- West Chester
- What Cheer
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Old Bethel Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Keokuk 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 Old Bethel Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1976310 (Old Bethel Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1976310 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: Keokuk
- Est. Elev: 229 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Harper
- Location given for Old Bethel Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.3333452 Lon: -92.0835114
- 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 Keokuk, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old Bethel 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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