A visit to the Ripper 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 Ripper Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Ripper Cemetery:
40.6958, -93.2291
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Ripper Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Ripper Cemetery is located in Wayne County<2>.
The county seat for Wayne County is located in Corydon. Corydon lies just to the northwest of the Ripper Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Ripper Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Ripper Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Sharp Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Sharp Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Cemetery
- Bollman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Bollman Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bollman Cemetery
- Shriver Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Shriver Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shriver Cemetery
- Hickerson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hickerson Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickerson Cemetery
- Richardson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Richardson Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson Cemetery
- Moss Sturgeon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Moss Sturgeon Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Sturgeon Cemetery
- The Moss Sturgeon Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sturgeon Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96439 <5>
- Rankin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Rankin Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin Cemetery
- Harris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Harris Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Cemetery
- Tharp Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Tharp Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tharp Cemetery
- Southlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Southlawn Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southlawn Cemetery
- Promise City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Promise City Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promise City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Promise City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Promise City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95900 <5>
- Corydon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Corydon Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corydon Cemetery
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- Allerton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Allerton Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allerton Cemetery
- Thomas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Thomas Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Cemetery
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lacey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Lacey Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Cemetery
- Banta Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Banta Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta Cemetery
- Shoultz Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Shoultz Cemetery is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoultz Cemetery
- The Shoultz Cemetery has also been known as:
- Schultz Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96311 <5>
- Dodrill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hazel Dell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Hazel Dell Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell Cemetery
- Medicineville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Medicineville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Genoa Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Genoa Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa Cemetery
- Crossroads Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Crossroads Cemetery is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads 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 Ripper Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Ripper Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Seymour
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Promise City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Promise City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promise City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Corydon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allerton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Genoa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Hodge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hodge is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
- Powersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Powersville is located in Putnam County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Jerome
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jerome is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Plano
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saint John
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Saint John is located in Putnam County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Millerton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Millerton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Clio
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Clio is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Confidence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Confidence is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confidence
- Numa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Numa is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Brazil
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Brazil is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazil
- Mystic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mystic is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Lucerne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lucerne is located in Putnam County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Cincinnati
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cincinnati is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cincinnati
- Population from the 2020 Census: 345 people
- Sunshine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sunshine is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Walnut City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut City is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut City
- Lineville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lineville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lineville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- South Lineville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Lineville is located in Mercer County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lineville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 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 Ripper Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wayne County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Ripper Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Allerton
- Centerville
- Clio
- Clio lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Ripper Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Clio.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Corydon
- Humeston
- Lineville
- Lucerne
- Powersville
- Russell
- Seymour
- Unionville
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 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 Ripper Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Wayne 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 Ripper Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1970557 (Ripper Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1970557 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: Wayne
- Est. Elev: 314 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Seymour West
- Location given for Ripper Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.6958404 Lon: -93.2290991
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Wayne, 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 from Point A (ie- Ripper 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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