A visit to the Saint Marys 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. Marys Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Marys Cemetery:
41.0208, -92.8252
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Monroe County<2>.
The county seat for Monroe County is located in Albia. Albia lies just to the east northeast 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 20 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the St. Marys Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Marys Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Boggs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Boggs Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggs Cemetery
- Watson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Watson Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Cemetery
- Union Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Union Chapel Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Chapel Cemetery
- Rowley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Rowley Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowley Cemetery
- Babb Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Babb Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babb Cemetery
- Inghram Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Inghram Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inghram Cemetery
- Piper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Piper Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Enix Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Enix Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enix Cemetery
- Hayes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Hayes Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes Cemetery
- Service Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hiteman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Hiteman Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiteman Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Caldwell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Caldwell Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell Cemetery
- Abegglen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Abegglen Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abegglen Cemetery
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Foster Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Foster Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Cemetery
- Beebe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Beebe Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebe Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beebe Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the east of Albia.
- The Beebe Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chedister Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94467 <5>
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Divide Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 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:
- Albia
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Selection
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Selection is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selection
- Avery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Avery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Georgetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Georgetown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Moravia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lovilia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bluff Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Blakesburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Iconium
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Iconium is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iconium
- Hamilton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hamilton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Melrose
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dudley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dudley is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Marysville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marysville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Lakonta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lakonta is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakonta
- Bussey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bussey is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bussey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Eddyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Darbyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Darbyville is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Bidwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bidwell is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidwell
- Walnut City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut City is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut City
- Rathbun
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rathbun is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathbun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Unionville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chillicothe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Chillicothe is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chillicothe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Zero
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Zero is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zero
- Clarkdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Clarkdale is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkdale
- Givin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Givin is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Givin
- Indiana
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Indiana is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana
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 Monroe County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Marys Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Albia
- Albia lies less than 2 miles<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the St. Marys Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Albia.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albia
- Blakesburg
- Bussey
- Eddyville
- Lovilia
- Melrose
- Moravia
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. Marys Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Monroe 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 GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1823329 (Saint Marys Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1823329 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: Monroe
- Est. Elev: 291 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Albia
- Location given for Saint Marys Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.020841 Lon: -92.8251963
- 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 Monroe, 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 obstructions 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> | 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. |