A visit to the Saint Donatus Catholic 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 St. Donatus Catholic Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. Donatus Catholic Cemetery (FG ID #1640401).
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 St. Donatus Catholic Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Donatus Catholic Cemetery:
42.3645, -90.5355
The St. Donatus Catholic Cemetery is located in Jackson County<2>.
The county seat for Jackson County is located in Maquoketa. Maquoketa lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the south southwest of the St. Donatus Catholic Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Donatus Catholic 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 St. Donatus Catholic Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Donatus Catholic Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Efferding Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Efferding Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Efferding Cemetery
- Federman Farms Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Catherines Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Green Cemetery is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- North Spruce Creek Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Potter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Potter Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Cemetery
- St. Nicholas Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Preston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Preston Cemetery is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Cemetery
- French Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The French Cemetery is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Cemetery
- St. Theresa Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Holy Rosary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Holy Rosary Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Rosary Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- East Hill Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spruce Creek Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Weinert Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Weinert Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinert Cemetery
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Michaels Cemetery is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michaels Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mines of Spain Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rooney Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Rooney Cemetery is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rooney Cemetery
- Old City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Old City Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City Cemetery
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 St. Donatus Catholic Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Donatus Catholic Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Saint Donatus
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wilkins
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Galena Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Massey
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- La Motte
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Smiths
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Aiken
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bremen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Galena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Bellevue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Menominee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cattese
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Zwingle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bellevue
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Key West
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Dubuque
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dubuque
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hazel Green
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hazel Green is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Washington Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Washington Mills is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mills
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 St. Donatus Catholic Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Jackson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Donatus Catholic Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bellevue
- Dubuque
- East Dubuque
- Galena
- Galena lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the St. Donatus Catholic Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Galena.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 St. Donatus Catholic Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Jackson 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 St. Donatus Catholic Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1640401
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2001024 (Saint Donatus Catholic Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2001024 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: Jackson
- Est. Elev: 241 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: La Motte
- Location given for Saint Donatus Catholic Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.3644543 Lon: -90.535684
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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 Jackson, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- St. Donatus Catholic 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. |