A visit to the Shafer - Gear 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 Shafer - Gear Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Shafer - Gear Cemetery:
42.1750, -93.9863
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Shafer - Gear Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Shafer - Gear Cemetery is located in Boone County<2>.
The county seat for Boone County is located in Boone. Boone lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southeast of the Shafer - Gear Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Shafer - Gear Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Shafer - Gear Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Runyan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Runyan Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runyan Cemetery
- White Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The White Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
- Bethel Owen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Bethel Owen Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Owen Cemetery
- Schlicht Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Schlicht Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlicht Cemetery
- Mineral Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Mineral Ridge Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Ridge Cemetery
- The Mineral Ridge Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ridgeport Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95481 <5>
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Boone County Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hardin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Hardin Cemetery is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin Cemetery
- Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Lawn Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawn Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Buckley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Buckley Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckley Cemetery
- Swedish Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Maas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Maas Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maas Cemetery
- Bluff Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Bluff Creek Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek Cemetery
- Milton Plott Grave
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Milton Plott Grave is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Plott Grave
- Bass Point Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Bass Point Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Point Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bass Point Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Boone.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94210 <5>
- South Marion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dayton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Dayton Cemetery is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton Cemetery
- Renner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Renner Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renner Cemetery
- Leininger Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Leininger Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leininger Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Shafer - Gear Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Shafer - Gear Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Pilot Mound
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pilot Mound is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Fraser
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fraser is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Centerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Boxholm
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Stratford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dayton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ogden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Boone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Moingona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Moingona is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moingona
- Mackey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mackey is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Harcourt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harcourt is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harcourt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Lanyon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lanyon is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanyon
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Beaver
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Stanhope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stanhope is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Dana
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dana is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Lehigh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jordan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jordan is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Burnside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Burnside is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Paton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Zenorsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Zenorsville is located in Story County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenorsville
- Palm Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Palm Grove is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Grove
- Border Plains
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Border Plains is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border Plains
- Grand Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Luther
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Luther is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 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 Shafer - Gear Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Boone County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Shafer - Gear Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Boone
- Boone lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Shafer - Gear Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Boone.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
- Boxholm
- Dayton
- Gowrie
- Gowrie lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Shafer - Gear Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Gowrie.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowrie
- Grand Junction
- Lehigh
- Lehigh lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Shafer - Gear Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lehigh.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
- Ogden
- Ogden lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Shafer - Gear Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ogden.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Paton
- Pilot Mound
- Stanhope
- Stratford
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Shafer - Gear Cemetery:
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- Pages specific to Boone 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 Shafer - Gear Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1996561 (Shafer-Gear Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1996561 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: Boone
- Est. Elev: 339 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Fraser
- Location given for Shafer-Gear Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.1749781 Lon: -93.9863418
- 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 Boone, 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- Shafer - Gear 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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