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A visit to the Saint Johns Cemetery ...



Google driving directions from your current location to the Saint Johns Cemetery (Patience, this may take a moment).

The location of the St. Johns Cemetery has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<1>


Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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. Johns Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Johns Cemetery

Lat:   43.0914°   (43° 5' 29")

Lon:   -94.6800°   (-94° 40' 48")

The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County<2>.

The county seat for Palo Alto County is located in Emmetsburg. Emmetsburg lies just to the north of the St. Johns Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> of the St. Johns Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Johns Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Vernon Twp. Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vernon Twp. Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vernon Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Vernon Twp. Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
  • Highland Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Highland Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Calvary Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
  • Silver Lake Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Silver Lake Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Silver Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Silver Lake Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Riverside Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
  • Valley View Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Valley View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Valley View Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
  • Lost Island Lutheran Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lost Island Lutheran Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lost Island Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lost Island Lutheran Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
  • Crown Hill Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crown Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crown Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Crown Hill Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Calvary Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Rush Lake Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rush Lake Cemetery
      • The Rush Lake Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rush Lake Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Mallard.
      • The Rush Lake Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Stratton Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2145197 <5>
    • Ellington Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ellington Cemetery
      • The Ellington Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
      • The Ellington Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Ellington Twp. Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2196380 <5>
    • Lincoln Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lincoln Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lincoln Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lincoln Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
    • Lutheran Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheran Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lutheran Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
    • St. Lukes Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Lukes Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Lukes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Lukes Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
    • City Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the City Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The City Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
    • St. Jacobs Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Jacobs Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Jacobs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Jacobs Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
    • Riverside Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Riverside Cemetery is located in Palo Alto County
    • St. Michaels Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Michaels Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Michaels Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Michaels Cemetery is located in Kossuth County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the St. Johns Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Johns Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Emmetsburg
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emmetsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmetsburg
    • Emmetsburg is located in Palo Alto County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,667 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emmetsburg <6>
  • Cylinder
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cylinder have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cylinder
    • Cylinder is located in Palo Alto County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
  • Ayrshire
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ayrshire have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayrshire
    • Ayrshire is located in Palo Alto County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ayrshire <6>
  • Curlew
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curlew
    • Curlew is located in Palo Alto County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
  • Rodman
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodman
    • Rodman is located in Palo Alto County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
  • Mallard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mallard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard
    • Mallard is located in Palo Alto County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mallard <6>
  • Graettinger
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Ruthven
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Hoprig
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hoprig. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoprig
    • Hoprig is located in Emmet County
  • Whittemore
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whittemore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittemore
    • Whittemore is located in Kossuth County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
  • West Bend
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bend
    • West Bend is located in Palo Alto County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 741 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Bend <6>
  • Plover
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
    • Plover is located in Pocahontas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Fenton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fenton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenton
      • Fenton is located in Kossuth County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
    • Wallingford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
      • Wallingford is located in Emmet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
    • Ringsted
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Havelock
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Havelock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havelock
      • Havelock is located in Pocahontas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Havelock <6>
    • Dickens
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens
      • Dickens is located in Clay County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
    • Gillett Grove
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett Grove
      • Gillett Grove is located in Clay County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
    • Laurens
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Webb
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
      • Webb is located in Clay County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
    • Lone Rock
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
      • Lone Rock is located in Kossuth County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lone Rock <6>
    • Rolfe
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolfe
      • Rolfe is located in Pocahontas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 530 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rolfe <6>
    • Ottosen
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ottosen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottosen
      • Ottosen is located in Humboldt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
    • Seneca
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Seneca. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
      • Seneca is located in Kossuth County
    • Gruver
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gruver have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruver
      • Gruver is located in Emmet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
    • Terril
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terril
      • Terril is located in Dickinson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 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. Johns Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Palo Alto County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Johns Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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. Johns Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Iowa:
  • Pages specific to Palo Alto County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the St. Johns Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • 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. Johns Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1822781  (Saint Johns Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #1822781 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
      • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Emmetsburg
      • County: Palo Alto         Elev: 368
      • Location given for GNIS #1822781 (Saint Johns Cemetery)

    The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/

    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 Palo Alto, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the St. Johns Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0914, Longitude: -94.6800       In this case, the coordinates for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
    <4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
    <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.
    <7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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