A visit to the Saint John 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 St. John Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. John Cemetery:
42.4747, -94.8675
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. John Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. John Cemetery is located in Calhoun County<2>.
The county seat for Calhoun County is located in Rockwell City. Rockwell City lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the east southeast of the St. John Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. John Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km] of the St. John Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. John Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Cedar Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Cedar Cemetery is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cemetery
- The Cedar Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cedar River Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2129912 <5>
- Garfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Garfield Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield Cemetery
- Cooke Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Cooke Cemetery is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooke Cemetery
- First M E Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Crown Hill Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Hill Cemetery
- Oakland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Oakland Cemetery is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- Oakland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Oakland Cemetery is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Sac City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95687 <5>
- Cory Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lutheran Emanuel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Cedar Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Cedar Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cemetery
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- St. Peters Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Twin Lakes Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Newell Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Newell Cemetery is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell Cemetery
- Nemaha Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Pomeroy.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96531 <5>
- St. Columbkille's Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Varina Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- The Varina Cemetery is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina Cemetery
- Newell Catholic Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- Memorial Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- The Memorial Park is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park
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 St. John Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. John Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Lytton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lytton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Sac City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jolley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jolley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Fonda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sherwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Pomeroy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Yetter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Yetter is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yetter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Twin Lakes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Newell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nemaha
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Nemaha is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Varina
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Varina is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Rockwell City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Lake View
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grant City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Grant City is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Early
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Auburn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lake City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Juniata
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Juniata is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata
- Sac City Junction ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sac City Junction is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac City Junction
- Rands
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rands is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rands
- Manson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Palmer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wall Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wall Lake is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 753 people
- Lakeside
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 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 St. John Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Calhoun County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. John Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Breda
- Breda lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the St. John Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Breda.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
- Early
- Fonda
- Lake City
- Lake View
- Lytton
- Manson
- Nemaha
- Newell
- Pocahontas
- Pomeroy
- Rockwell City
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Continue List (4 more)
- Storm Lake
- Wall Lake
- Yetter
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 websites either 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. John Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Calhoun 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. John Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #460993 (Saint John Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #460993 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: Calhoun
- Est. Elev: 369 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Lytton
- Location given for Saint John Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.4747018 Lon: -94.867485
- 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 Calhoun, 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 from Point A (ie- St. John 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. |