A visit to the Omer - Thorsen Farm 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 Omer - Thorsen Farm Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Omer - Thorsen Farm Cemetery:
42.8736, -94.4086
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Omer - Thorsen Farm Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Omer - Thorsen Farm Cemetery is located in Humboldt County<2>.
The county seat for Humboldt County is located in Dakota City. Dakota City lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the southeast of the Omer - Thorsen Farm Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Omer - Thorsen Farm Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Omer - Thorsen Farm Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Old Rolfe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Old Rolfe Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Rolfe Cemetery
- Apostolic Christian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Bend Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The West Bend Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bend Cemetery
- St. Olaf Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The St. Olaf Cemetery is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Olaf Cemetery
- Bode Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Bode Memorial Park is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bode Memorial Park
- Riverside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- Clinton - Garfield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Margarets Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Margarets Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Margarets Cemetery
- Powhatan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Powhatan Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhatan Cemetery
- Garfield Twp. Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Lincoln Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Cemetery
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- Marble Valley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Marble Valley Cemetery is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Valley Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Weaver Twp. Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Weaver Twp. Cemetery is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver Twp. Cemetery
- Rutland Twp. Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Rutland Twp. Cemetery is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland Twp. Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- Ellington Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Ellington Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellington Cemetery
- The Ellington Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ellington Twp. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2196380 <5>
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Calvary Cemetery is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Calvary Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Omer - Thorsen Farm Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Omer - Thorsen Farm Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Ottosen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ottosen is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottosen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Bradgate
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bradgate is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradgate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- West Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bode
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bode is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bode
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Rolfe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rutland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rutland is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Gilmore City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Plover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Plover is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Arnold
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Arnold is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Livermore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Livermore is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Rodman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rodman is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Whittemore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Whittemore is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittemore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Humboldt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dakota City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Irvington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Irvington is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington
- Mallard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Havelock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pioneer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pioneer is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
- Pocahontas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cylinder
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cylinder is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cylinder
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Lu Verne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Algona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hardy
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hardy is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Curlew
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Curlew is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curlew
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 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 Omer - Thorsen Farm Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Humboldt County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Omer - Thorsen Farm Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Algona
- Algona lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Omer - Thorsen Farm Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Algona.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algona
- Bode
- Bode lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the East (E) of the Omer - Thorsen Farm Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bode.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bode
- Bradgate
- Gilmore City
- Havelock
- Humboldt
- Livermore
- Lu Verne
- Mallard
- Plover
- Pocahontas
- Rolfe
- Rolfe lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Omer - Thorsen Farm Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Rolfe.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolfe
- West Bend
- Whittemore
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 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 Omer - Thorsen Farm Cemetery:
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- 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 Omer - Thorsen Farm Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1926142 (Omer-Thorsen Farm Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1926142 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: Humboldt
- Est. Elev: 351 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bradgate
- Location given for Omer-Thorsen Farm Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.8735818 Lon: -94.4085821
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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 Humboldt, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Omer - Thorsen Farm 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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