A visit to the Silver Valley 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 Silver Valley Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Silver Valley Cemetery:
41.4042, -95.4972
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Silver Valley Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Silver Valley Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County<2>.
The county seat for Pottawattamie County is located in Council Bluffs. Council Bluffs lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Silver Valley Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Silver Valley Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Silver Valley Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Silver Valley Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Minden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Minden Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minden Cemetery
- York Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The York Twp. Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Twp. Cemetery
- Neola Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Neola Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola Cemetery
- St. Patricks Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Patricks Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Neola.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960110 <5>
- Big Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Big Grove Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Grove Cemetery
- Shelby Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Shelby Twp. Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby Twp. Cemetery
- Champlin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Champlin Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champlin Cemetery
- Graybill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Graybill Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graybill Cemetery
- Spears Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Spears Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears Cemetery
- Belknap Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Belknap Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap Cemetery
- Oaklawn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Oaklawn Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn Cemetery
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- Oak Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- Castor Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Castor Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castor Cemetery
- Fairview Pioneer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Schley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Schley Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schley Cemetery
- Fisher Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Fisher Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Cemetery
- Pottawattamie County Home Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hardin Twp. Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Hardin Twp. Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin Twp. Cemetery
- Hardin Twp. Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Hardin Twp. Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin Twp. Cemetery
- Newton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Newton Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Cemetery
- Graceland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Graceland Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceland Cemetery
- Olson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Olson Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olson Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Silver Valley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Silver Valley Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Minden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hancock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hancock is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Shelby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Neola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Yorkshire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yorkshire is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
- Harlan Junction ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harlan Junction is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan Junction
- Underwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- McClelland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Avoca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Avoca is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,537 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avoca <6>
- Persia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Persia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Carson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Weston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Weston is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Treynor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tennant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Tennant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Corley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Corley is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
- Macedonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Walnut
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Pigeon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pigeon is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Chautauqua
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chautauqua is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
- Portsmouth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
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 Silver Valley Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Pottawattamie County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Silver Valley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Avoca
- Avoca lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Silver Valley Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Avoca.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Carson
- Carson lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Silver Valley Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Carson.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
- Hancock
- Harlan
- Harlan lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Silver Valley Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Harlan.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
- Macedonia
- Neola
- Neola lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Silver Valley Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Neola.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
- Shelby
- Shelby lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Silver Valley Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Shelby.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Underwood
- Walnut
- Walnut lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Silver Valley Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Walnut.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Silver Valley Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Pottawattamie 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 Silver Valley Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #461640 (Silver Valley Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #461640 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: Pottawattamie
- Est. Elev: 388 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Avoca NW
- Location given for Silver Valley Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.4041592 Lon: -95.4972254
- 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 Pottawattamie, 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- Silver Valley 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. |