A visit to the Slaughter 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 Slaughter Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Slaughter Cemetery:
41.1959, -91.3418
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Slaughter Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Slaughter Cemetery is located in Louisa County<2>.
The county seat for Louisa County is located in Wapello. Wapello lies just to the east of the Slaughter Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Slaughter Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Slaughter Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Slaughter Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Cairo Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Cairo Cemetery is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Cemetery
- Griswold Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Griswold Cemetery is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold Cemetery
- Bretz Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Bretz Cemetery is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bretz Cemetery
- Spring Run Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Spring Run Cemetery is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Run Cemetery
- Oakland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Oakland Cemetery is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- Hayes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Hayes Cemetery is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes Cemetery
- Buffington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Buffington Cemetery is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffington Cemetery
- May Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The May Cemetery is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Cemetery
- Virginia Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Marshall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Marshall Cemetery is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Cemetery
- Long Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Long Creek Cemetery is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Creek Cemetery
- Grim Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Grim Cemetery is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grim Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Columbus City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tennessee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Tennessee Cemetery is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee Cemetery
- Indian Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Indian Creek Cemetery is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek Cemetery
- Fredonia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Fredonia Cemetery is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia Cemetery
- Cambrian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Cambrian Cemetery is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambrian Cemetery
- Covenantor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Covenantor Cemetery is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covenantor Cemetery
- Hochreider Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Hochreider Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hochreider Cemetery
- Winfield Scott Twp. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Winfield Scott Twp. Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield Scott Twp. Cemetery
- The Winfield Scott Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Winfield Scott Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1995166 <5>
- Rice Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Rice Cemetery is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Slaughter Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Slaughter Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Columbus City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Columbus City is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Columbus Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Winfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fredonia is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Wyman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wyman is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyman
- Morning Sun
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wapello
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wapello is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,999 people
- Mount Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Union is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Union
- Estimated population in 2017: 107 people
- Grandview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grandview is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 519 people
- Cotter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cotter is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Letts
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crawfordsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Olds
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Olds is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Yarmouth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Swedesburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Swedesburg is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedesburg
- Conesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Conesville is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
- Gladwin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gladwin is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladwin
- Ainsworth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elrick Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elrick Junction is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrick Junction
- Havre
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Havre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havre
- Mediapolis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fruitland is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 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 Slaughter Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Louisa County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Slaughter Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ainsworth
- Columbus City
- Columbus Junction
- Crawfordsville
- Letts
- Letts lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Slaughter Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Letts.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts
- Mediapolis
- Morning Sun
- New Boston
- Oakville
- Wapello
- Wayland
- Winfield
- Yarmouth
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Slaughter Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Louisa 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 Slaughter Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1982513 (Slaughter Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1982513 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: Louisa
- Est. Elev: 220 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Cairo
- Location given for Slaughter Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.1958607 Lon: -91.3418208
- 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 Louisa, 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- Slaughter 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. |