A visit to the Saint Josephs 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. Josephs Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Josephs Cemetery:
42.6341, -94.6191
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County<2>.
The county seat for Pocahontas County is located in Pocahontas. Pocahontas lies just to the north northwest of the St. Josephs Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Josephs Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the St. Josephs Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Josephs Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Palmer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Palmer Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Cemetery
- St. Paul Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
- Elfsborg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Elfsborg Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elfsborg Cemetery
- Elfsborg Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Swedish Mission Bethany Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grant Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Grant Twp. Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Twp. Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Swedish Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Swedish Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedish Cemetery
- St. Pauls American Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Summit Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Summit Hill Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Hill Cemetery
- Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Memorial Park is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park
- Lizard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Lizard Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizard Cemetery
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Thomas Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Thomas Cemetery
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- Marble Valley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Marble Valley Cemetery is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Valley Cemetery
- Heuser - Leith Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Heuser - Leith Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heuser - Leith Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Heuser - Leith Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southwest of Manson.
- The Heuser - Leith Cemetery has also been known as:
- Leith Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95273 <5>
- Hope Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Hope Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Josephs Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Josephs Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Palmer
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pomeroy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pocahontas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Manson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fonda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jolley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jolley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Twin Lakes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Pioneer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pioneer is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
- Gilmore City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rolfe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Havelock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Knierim
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Knierim is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knierim
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Clare
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Clare is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Varina
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Varina is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Barnum
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Barnum is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Bradgate
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bradgate is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradgate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Plover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Plover is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Rockwell City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Tara
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tara is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tara
- Rutland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rutland is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Laurens
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lytton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lytton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Sherwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sherwood is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Albert City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Newell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
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. Josephs Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Pocahontas County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Josephs Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bradgate
- Fonda
- Fonda lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the St. Josephs Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Fonda.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonda
- Gilmore City
- Havelock
- Knierim
- Laurens
- Lytton
- Manson
- Newell
- Plover
- Pocahontas
- Pomeroy
- Rockwell City
- Rolfe
- Rolfe lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the St. Josephs Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Rolfe.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolfe
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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. Josephs Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Pocahontas 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. Josephs Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #461125 (Saint Josephs Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #461125 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: Pocahontas
- Est. Elev: 375 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Palmer
- Location given for Saint Josephs Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.6341425 Lon: -94.619145
- 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 Pocahontas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- St. Josephs 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. |
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