A visit to the Saint Peters and Pauls German Catholic 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. Peter's & Paul's German Catholic Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Peter's & Paul's German Catholic Cemetery:
41.1092, -91.7732
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Peter's & Paul's German Catholic Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. Peter's & Paul's German Catholic Cemetery is located in Jefferson County<2>.
The county seat for Jefferson County is located in Fairfield. Fairfield lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the southwest of the St. Peter's & Paul's German Catholic Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the St. Peter's & Paul's German Catholic Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Peter's & Paul's German Catholic Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Hope Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- German Methodist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Polishville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Polishville Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polishville Cemetery
- Lower Richwoods Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shuppy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Shuppy Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuppy Cemetery
- Courtney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Courtney Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney Cemetery
- Armstrong Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Armstrong Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- Chilcott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Chilcott Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilcott Cemetery
- Haynes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Haynes Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Cemetery
- Kurtz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Kurtz Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz Cemetery
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- Shively Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Shively Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shively Cemetery
- Cottonwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Cottonwood Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Cemetery
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Friends Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Friends Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Friends Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Pleasant Plain.
- The Friends Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasant Plain Friends Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94829 <5>
- Walnut Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Walnut Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Cemetery
- Westenhaver Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Salina Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Salina Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salina Cemetery
- Peterson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Peterson Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson Cemetery
- New Sweden Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Sweden Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The New Sweden Lutheran Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Sweden Lutheran Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Lockridge.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95586 <5>
- New Sweden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The New Sweden Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden Cemetery
- New Sweden Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The New Sweden Methodist Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden Methodist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Sweden Methodist Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Lockridge.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1971458 <5>
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- German Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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. Peter's & Paul's German Catholic Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Peter's & Paul's German Catholic Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Coppock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coppock is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Brighton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Plain
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Plain is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Wayland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Perlee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Perlee is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perlee
- Lockridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rome
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rome is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Glasgow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Glasgow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Swedesburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Swedesburg is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedesburg
- Olds
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Olds is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Rubio
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rubio is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubio
- Fairfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
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- Westwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Westwood is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Richland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maharishi Vedic City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Maharishi Vedic City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maharishi Vedic City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,288 people
- Havre
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Havre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havre
- Washington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oakland Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland Mills is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Mills
- Crawfordsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wyman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wyman is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyman
- Ainsworth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Talleyrand
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Talleyrand is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talleyrand
- Packwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Packwood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- West Chester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- West Chester is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
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. Peter's & Paul's German Catholic Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Jefferson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Peter's & Paul's German Catholic Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ainsworth
- Brighton
- Brighton lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the St. Peter's & Paul's German Catholic Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Brighton.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Crawfordsville
- Fairfield
- Lockridge
- Mount Pleasant
- Pleasant Plain
- Richland
- Richland lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the St. Peter's & Paul's German Catholic Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Richland.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Washington
- Wayland
- Wayland lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the St. Peter's & Paul's German Catholic Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Wayland.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- West Chester
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 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. Peter's & Paul's German Catholic Cemetery:
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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. Peter's & Paul's German Catholic Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1976493 (Saint Peters and Pauls German Catholic Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1976493 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: Jefferson
- Est. Elev: 218 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Salina
- Location given for Saint Peters and Pauls German Catholic Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.1091865 Lon: -91.7732243
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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 Jefferson, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- St. Peter's & Paul's German Catholic 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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