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A visit to the Plum Creek 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 Plum Creek Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Plum Creek Cemetery (FG ID #95868)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Plum Creek Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Plum Creek Cemetery

Lat:   42.4344°   (42° 26' 3")

Lon:   -91.2625°   (-91° 15' 45")

The Plum Creek Cemetery is located in Delaware County<2>.

The county seat for Delaware County is located in Manchester. Manchester lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Plum Creek Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Plum Creek Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Plum Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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 Plum Creek Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Plum Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Earlville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Delhi
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delhi have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
    • Delhi is located in Delaware County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delhi <7>
  • Delaware
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delaware have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
    • Delaware is located in Delaware County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
  • Hopkinton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Rockville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Almoral
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Almoral. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almoral
    • Almoral is located in Delaware County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Almoral
    • From the Plum Creek Cemetery to Almoral
  • Worthington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Dyersville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dyersville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyersville
    • Dyersville is located in Dubuque County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,441 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyersville <7>
  • Summit Village Dyersville Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summit Village Dyersville Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Village Dyersville Park
    • Summit Village Dyersville Park is located in Dubuque County
  • Oneida
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oneida have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
    • Oneida is located in Delaware County
  • Petersburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • New Vienna
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Manchester
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Golden
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Golden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
      • Golden is located in Delaware County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Golden
      • From the Plum Creek Cemetery to Golden
    • Argand
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Argand. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argand
      • Argand is located in Jones County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Argand
      • From the Plum Creek Cemetery to Argand
    • Greeley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greeley have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeley
      • Greeley is located in Delaware County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 240 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greeley <7>
    • Holy Cross
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holy Cross have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
      • Holy Cross is located in Delaware County
    • Ryan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Farley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Monticello
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monticello have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
      • Monticello is located in Jones County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,873 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monticello <7>
    • Colesburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Wood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Prairieburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cascade
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Luxemburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luxemburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
      • Luxemburg is located in Dubuque County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 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 Plum Creek Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Delaware County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Plum Creek Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Plum Creek Cemetery:

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 Plum Creek Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #460333  (Plum Creek Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #460333 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Earlville
    • County: Delaware         Elev: 321
    • Location given for GNIS #460333 (Plum Creek Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #95868

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/

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 Delaware, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Plum Creek Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4344, Longitude: -91.2625    
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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