A visit to the Saint Marys 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. Marys Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. Marys Cemetery (FG ID #2190533).
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. Marys Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Marys Cemetery:
41.2880, -94.6801
The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Adair County<2>.
The county seat for Adair County is located in Greenfield. Greenfield lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east of the St. Marys Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Marys Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the St. Marys Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Marys Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Sears Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Massena Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Massena Cemetery is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massena Cemetery
- The Massena Cemetery has also been known as:
- Massena Center Cemetery
- Garner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Witt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bryant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Winn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Eureka Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Center Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Victoria Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Victoria Cemetery is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria Cemetery
- Avondale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cutler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fontanelle Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Old Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Campbell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Penn Ave. Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Prussia Center Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Norway Center Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Canby Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 18 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Marys Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Marys Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Bridgewater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Massena
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fontanelle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dewey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gilead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cumberland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Norway Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mount Etna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Etna is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
- Carl
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Williamson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Anita
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Wiota
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Orient
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Adair
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Center is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Center
- Lyman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Grove City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grove City is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove City
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. Marys Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Adair County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Marys Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Anita
- Anita lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the St. Marys Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Anita.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Atlantic
- Bridgewater
- Casey
- Casey lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the St. Marys Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Casey.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey
- Fontanelle
- Grant
- Grant lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the St. Marys Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Grant.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Greenfield
- Massena
- Orient
- Prescott
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 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. Marys Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Adair 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. Marys Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2190533
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1969039 (Saint Marys Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1969039 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: Adair
- Est. Elev: 411 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Fontanelle SW
- Location given for Saint Marys Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.2880428 Lon: -94.6802522
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Adair, 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 from Point A (ie- St. Marys 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. |