A visit to the Rose Hill 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 Rose Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rose Hill Cemetery:
41.7317, -95.2769
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Rose Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Shelby County<2>.
The county seat for Shelby County is located in Harlan. Harlan lies just to the south southwest of the Rose Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Rose Hill Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the Rose Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rose Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Slates Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Slates Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slates Cemetery
- Rabbit Hallow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Danway Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Danway Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danway Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- Harlan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bowmans Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Bowmans Grove is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmans Grove
- Poplar Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Poplar Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Cemetery
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The St. Boniface Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Boniface Cemetery
- Red Line Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Red Line Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Line Cemetery
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- Union Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Union Twp. Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Twp. Cemetery
- Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- Lincoln Twp. Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Lincoln Twp. Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Twp. Cemetery
- Folck Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Folck Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folck Cemetery
- Merrills Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Astor Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Astor Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Washington Twp. Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Washington Twp. Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Twp. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Washington Twp. Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Panama.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96604 <5>
- Fairview Twp. Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Rose Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rose Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Kirkman
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kirkman is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Irwin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Harlan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westphalia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Westphalia is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Defiance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Defiance is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Earling
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Earling is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Fiscus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fiscus is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiscus
- Astor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Astor is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor
- Corley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Corley is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
- Panama
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Botna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Botna is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botna
- Manilla
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Tennant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tennant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Kimballton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Portsmouth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Horn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Buck Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buck Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Aspinwall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Aspinwall is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspinwall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Harlan Junction ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Harlan Junction is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan Junction
- Gray
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Manning
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Rose Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Shelby County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rose Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Audubon
- Avoca
- Dow City
- Harlan
- Irwin
- Kimballton
- Manning
- Shelby
- Walnut
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Rose Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Shelby 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 Rose Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #460793 (Rose Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #460793 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: Shelby
- Est. Elev: 422 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Harlan
- Location given for Rose Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.7316542 Lon: -95.2769417
- 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 Shelby, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rose Hill 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |