A visit to the Saint Matthews 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. Matthews Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Matthews Cemetery:
43.4511, -94.0108
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Matthews Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. Matthews Cemetery is located in Kossuth County<2>.
The county seat for Kossuth County is located in Algona. Algona lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<3> to the south southwest of the St. Matthews Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Matthews Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the St. Matthews Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Matthews Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Graceland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Olena Mound Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Olena Mound Cemetery is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena Mound Cemetery
- West Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The West Lutheran Cemetery is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lutheran Cemetery
- Van Buren Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Van Buren Cemetery is located in Faribault County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Faribault County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Riverview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Maple Cemetery is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Cemetery
- German Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Twp. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Lincoln Twp. Cemetery is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Twp. Cemetery
- East Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The East Lutheran Cemetery is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lutheran Cemetery
- Dobson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Dobson Cemetery is located in Faribault County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobson Cemetery
- Highland Home Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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- Hesse Burying Grounds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Hesse Burying Grounds is located in Faribault County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesse Burying Grounds
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sacred Heart Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Ledyard.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96033 <5>
- Bethany Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Bethany Cemetery is located in Faribault County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Cemetery
- South Blue Earth Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pilot Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Pilot Grove Cemetery is located in Faribault County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove Cemetery
- Ramsey Twp. Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Ramsey Twp. Cemetery is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey Twp. Cemetery
- Ramsey Reformed Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Emerald Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Emerald Cemetery is located in Faribault County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Cemetery
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. Matthews Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Matthews Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Rake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rake is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Buffalo Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Elmore is located in Faribault County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Lakota
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lakota is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakota
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Ledyard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gerled
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gerled is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerled
- Frost
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Frost is located in Faribault County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frost <6>
- German Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- German Valley is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Valley
- Bricelyn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bricelyn is located in Faribault County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricelyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Dell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dell is located in Faribault County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Blue Earth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Blue Earth is located in Faribault County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Earth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,098 people
- Former name for Blue Earth:
- Blue Earth City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Earth <6>
- Thompson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Titonka
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Titonka is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titonka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
- Swea City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bancroft
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bancroft is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
- Woden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Vinje
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Vinje is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinje
- Kiester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
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. Matthews Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kossuth County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Matthews Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bancroft
- Blue Earth
- Bricelyn
- Buffalo Center
- Burt
- Burt lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the St. Matthews Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Burt.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Delavan
- Elmore
- Frost
- Frost lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the St. Matthews Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Frost.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Kiester
- Swea City
- Thompson
- Titonka
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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. Matthews Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Kossuth 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. Matthews Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #461224 (Saint Matthews Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #461224 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: Kossuth
- Est. Elev: 357 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Lakota
- Location given for Saint Matthews Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.4510679 Lon: -94.0107897
- 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 Kossuth, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- St. Matthews 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. |