A visit to the Sand Creek 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 Sand Creek Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Sand Creek Cemetery (FG ID #96290).
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 Sand Creek Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sand Creek Cemetery:
42.4422, -91.5186
The Sand Creek Cemetery is located in Delaware County<2>.
The county seat for Delaware County is located in Manchester. Manchester lies just to the northeast of the Sand Creek Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Sand Creek Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Sand Creek Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sand Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Coffin's Grove - Baker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Mary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Portable Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Baileys Ford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Peace Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lillibridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Lillibridge Cemetery is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillibridge Cemetery
- Spring Branch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mead Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- Golden Prairie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Milo Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Prairie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Reynolds Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Reynolds Cemetery is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sands Farm Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Sands Farm Cemetery is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands Farm Cemetery
- Thorpe Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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 Sand Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sand Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Golden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Manchester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Masonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ryan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Monti
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Robinson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ehler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ehler is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ehler
- Delhi
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Delaware
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Delaware is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Dundee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Forestville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oneida
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oneida is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Coggon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Winthrop
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Quasqueton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lamont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Troy Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Earlville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Almoral
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Greeley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Paris ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Prairieburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Argand
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hopkinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Edgewood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Doris
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
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 Sand Creek Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Delaware County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sand Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Coggon
- Delhi
- Earlville
- Greeley
- Hopkinton
- Lamont
- Manchester
- Quasqueton
- Winthrop
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 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 Sand Creek Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Delaware 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 Sand Creek Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #96290
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #461398 (Sand Creek Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #461398 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: Delaware
- Est. Elev: 301 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Masonville
- Location given for Sand Creek Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.4424872 Lon: -91.5187641
- 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 Delaware, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sand Creek 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. |