A visit to the Rockville 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 Rockville Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Rockville Cemetery (FG ID #2374194).
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 Rockville Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rockville Cemetery:
42.4181, -91.1447
The Rockville Cemetery is located in Delaware County<2>.
The county seat for Delaware County is located in Manchester. Manchester lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Rockville Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Rockville Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Rockville Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rockville Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Paul Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- Worthington Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Vanduesen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Vanduesen Cemetery is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanduesen Cemetery
- St. Francis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The St. Francis Cemetery is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Francis Cemetery
- St. Francis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Willard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Reform Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Zion Reform Cemetery is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Reform Cemetery
- St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Plum Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Sand Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Johns Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Allison Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hopkinton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Rockville Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rockville Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Rockville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Worthington
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Summit Village Dyersville Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dyersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hopkinton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Farley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Earlville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Vienna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Delhi
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Petersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cascade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Almoral
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Delaware
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Delaware is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Epworth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bankston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bankston is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Holy Cross
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Holy Cross is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Monticello
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fillmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Luxemburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Luxemburg is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Oneida
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oneida is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Argand
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Graf
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Graf is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Holy Cross
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Cross is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Colesburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Peosta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Greeley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
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 Rockville 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 Rockville Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cascade
- Delhi
- Dyersville
- Earlville
- Epworth
- Greeley
- Hopkinton
- Monticello
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Rockville Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Delaware 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 Rockville Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2374194
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2000011 (Rockville Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2000011 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: Delaware
- Est. Elev: 297 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Dyersville West
- Location given for Rockville Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.4180531 Lon: -91.1445838
- 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 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- Rockville 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. |