A visit to the Polishville 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 Polishville Cemetery ...
The Polishville Cemetery is located in Jefferson County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Antioch Cemetery
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
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- Armstrong Cemetery
- The Armstrong Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
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- Chilcott Cemetery
- The Chilcott Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
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- Courtney Cemetery
- The Courtney Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
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- Friends Cemetery
- The Friends Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
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- To give a relative sense of its location, the Friends Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Pleasant Plain.
- The Friends Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasant Plain Friends Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94829 <2>
- German Methodist Cemetery
- Germanville Catholic Cemetery
- Haynes Cemetery
- The Haynes Cemetery is located in Henry County
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- Hillcrest Cemetery
- Hope Cemetery
- The Hope Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
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- Kurtz Cemetery
- The Kurtz Cemetery is located in Henry County
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- Lower Richwoods Cemetery
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- Perlee Cemetery
- The Perlee Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
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- Peterson Cemetery
- The Peterson Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
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- St. Josephs Cemetery
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
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- St. Peter's & Paul's German Catholic Cemetery
- Salina Cemetery
- The Salina Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
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- Shively Cemetery
- The Shively Cemetery is located in Henry County
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- Shuppy Cemetery
- The Shuppy Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
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- Union Cemetery
- The Union Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
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- Upper Richwoods Cemetery
- Walnut Cemetery
- The Walnut Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
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- Westenhaver Family Cemetery
- Wheeler Cemetery
- The Wheeler Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
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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 Polishville Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Brighton
- Coppock
- Coppock is located in Washington County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Crawfordsville
- Fairfield
- Glasgow
- Glasgow is located in Jefferson County
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- Havre
- Havre is located in Washington County
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- Libertyville
- Libertyville is located in Jefferson County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Lockridge
- Maharishi Vedic City
- Maharishi Vedic City is located in Jefferson County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,288 people
- Oakland Mills
- Oakland Mills is located in Henry County
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- Olds
- Olds is located in Henry County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Ollie
- Ollie is located in Keokuk County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
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- Packwood
- Packwood is located in Jefferson County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Perlee
- Perlee is located in Jefferson County
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- Pleasant Plain
- Pleasant Plain is located in Jefferson County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Richland
- Rome
- Rome is located in Henry County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Rubio
- Rubio is located in Washington County
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- Swedesburg
- Swedesburg is located in Henry County
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- Talleyrand
- Talleyrand is located in Keokuk County
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- Washington
- Wayland
- West Chester
- West Chester is located in Washington County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Westwood
- Westwood is located in Henry County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 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 Polishville Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Jefferson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Polishville Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Birmingham
- Brighton
- Crawfordsville
- Fairfield
- Lockridge
- Mount Pleasant
- Pleasant Plain
- Richland
- Stockport
- Washington
- Wayland
- West Chester
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Polishville Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Jefferson 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 Polishville Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #460350 (Polishville Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #460350 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: Jefferson
- Est. Elev: 220 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Salina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Polishville Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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