A visit to the Penn Avenue 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 Penn Ave. Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Penn Ave. Cemetery (FG ID #95782).
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 Penn Ave. Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Penn Ave. Cemetery:
41.2301, -94.5041
The Penn Ave. Cemetery is located in Adair County<2>.
The county seat for Adair County is located in Greenfield. Greenfield lies just to the north northeast of the Penn Ave. Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Penn Ave. Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Penn Ave. Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Penn Ave. Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Old Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fontanelle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cutler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Orient Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Greenfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Avondale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bryant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Witt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Garner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Winn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Campbell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bohemian National Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boley Farm Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Boley Farm Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boley Farm Cemetery
- Adair County Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sears Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spaulding Center Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Lawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Prairie Lawn Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Lawn Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Penn Ave. Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Penn Ave. Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Orient
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gilead
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fontanelle
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Williamson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgewater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Zion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Carl
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hebron is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Dewey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cromwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Creston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Stanzel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Arbor Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Massena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mount Etna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Etna is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
- East Creston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Prescott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Webster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Macksburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Stringtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Stringtown is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Queen City ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Queen City is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
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 Penn Ave. Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Adair County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Penn Ave. Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bridgewater
- Casey
- Creston
- Cromwell
- Fontanelle
- Greenfield
- Kent
- Macksburg
- Massena
- Orient
- Prescott
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Penn Ave. Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Adair 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 Penn Ave. Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #95782
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #460069 (Penn Avenue Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #460069 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: Adair
- Est. Elev: 398 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Nevinville
- Location given for Penn Avenue Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.2302656 Lon: -94.5041328
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Adair, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Penn Ave. 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. |