A visit to the Peoria 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 Peoria Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Peoria Cemetery (FG ID #1996482)
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 Peoria Cemetery ...
The Peoria Cemetery is located in Mahaska County<2>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Appel Cemetery
- Baldwin Cemetery
- Black Oak Cemetery
- Campbell Cemetery
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
- Cemetery Hill Cemetery
- The Cemetery Hill Cemetery is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cemetery Hill Cemetery
- Centennial Cemetery
- Chase Cemetery
- The Chase Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Cemetery
- Chester Cemetery
- The Chester Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Cemetery
- Dairygrove Cemetery
- The Dairygrove Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairygrove Cemetery
- Dearinger Cemetery
- The Dearinger Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearinger Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
- Graceland Cemetery
- The Graceland Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceland Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Jackson Cemetery
- The Jackson Cemetery is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Cemetery
- New Salem Cemetery
- The New Salem Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem Cemetery
- New Sharon Friends Cemetery
- Oak Wood Cemetery
- The Oak Wood Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Wood Cemetery
- Parsons Cemetery
- The Parsons Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
- Sand Ridge Cemetery
- The Sand Ridge Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge Cemetery
- Stewart Cemetery
- Virerson Cemetery
- The Virerson Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virerson Cemetery
- Weatherwax Cemetery
- The Weatherwax Cemetery is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherwax Cemetery
- Woodland Cemetery
- The Woodland Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Peoria Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Beacon
- Cordova
- Cordova is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordova
- Evans
- Fishville
- Galesburg
- Harvey
- Harvey is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Howell ‑ Historic
- Howell is located in Marion County
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- Killduff
- Lacey
- Leighton
- Lynnville
- Monroe
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- New Sharon
- Olivet
- Oskaloosa
- Otley
- Pella
- Peoria
- Reasnor
- Searsboro
- Sully
- Taintor
- Tracy
- Union Mills
- University Park
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 Peoria Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Mahaska County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Peoria Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Lynnville
- Monroe
- Oskaloosa
- Pella
- Searsboro
- Sully
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 helpful 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 Peoria Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Mahaska 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 Peoria Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1996482
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1970898 (Peoria Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1970898 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: Mahaska
- Est. Elev: 249 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Peoria
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 Mahaska, 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 from Point A (ie- Peoria Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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