A visit to the Saint Peters 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. Peters Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. Peters Cemetery (FG ID #96260).
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. Peters Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Peters Cemetery:
41.6098, -91.7407
The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Johnson County<2>.
The county seat for Johnson County is located in Iowa City. Iowa City lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east northeast of the St. Peters Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Peters Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the St. Peters Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Peters Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Windham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Angels Rest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Graper Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Frytown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hummer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hochstetler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Hochstetler Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hochstetler Cemetery
- Haven Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Yoder Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Yoder Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoder Cemetery
- Sharon Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Gingerich Sharon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- John Helmuth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Unity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wertz Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Deer Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Mennonite Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns German Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon Center United Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Yoder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Yoder Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoder Cemetery
- Eash Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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. Peters Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Peters Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Windham
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Williamstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Frytown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cosgrove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Amish
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tiffin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kalona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- University Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- University Heights is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
- Coralville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Wellman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Iowa City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- North Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Parnell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Nira
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Amana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cou Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Williamsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- River Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Midway ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Middle Amana
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Conroy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Conroy is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conroy
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. Peters Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Johnson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Peters Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Amana
- Amana lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the St. Peters Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Amana.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amana
- Coralville
- Hills
- Hills lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the St. Peters Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hills.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
- Iowa City
- Kalona
- Oxford
- Parnell
- Riverside
- Wellman
- Williamsburg
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. Peters Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Johnson 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. Peters Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #96260
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #461318 (Saint Peters Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #461318 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: Johnson
- Est. Elev: 222 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Williamstown
- Location given for Saint Peters Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.6091808 Lon: -91.7410048
- 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 Johnson, 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. Peters 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. |