A visit to the State Hospital 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 State Hospital Cemetery ...
The State Hospital Cemetery is located in Buchanan County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Amish Cemetery
- The Amish Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amish Cemetery
- Bear Creek School Cemetery
- Cedar Crest Cemetery
- The Cedar Crest Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest Cemetery
- Clayton Cemetery
- The Clayton Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- German Catholic Cemetery
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
- The Hickory Grove Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove Cemetery
- Jefferson Twp. Cemetery
- Littleton Cemetery
- The Littleton Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Hope Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Independence.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95532 <2>
- New Barclay Cemetery
- The New Barclay Cemetery is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Barclay Cemetery
- Oakwood Cemetery
- The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
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- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Otterville Cemetery
- The Otterville Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville Cemetery
- Pine Creek Cemetery
- The Pine Creek Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek Cemetery
- Quasqueton Cemetery
- The Quasqueton Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quasqueton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Quasqueton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Quasqueton.
- The Quasqueton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenwood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2149540 <2>
- Rowley Cemetery
- The Rowley Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowley Cemetery
- St. Athanasius Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- St. Patricks Cemetery
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
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- Shady Grove Cemetery
- The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- Spring Creek Cemetery
- The Spring Creek Cemetery is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
- The Zion Lutheran Cemetery is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Lutheran Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the State Hospital Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Aurora
- Aurora is located in Buchanan County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Brandon
- Brandon is located in Buchanan County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Dewar
- Dewar is located in Black Hawk County
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- Doris
- Doris is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doris
- Dunkerton
- Dunkerton is located in Black Hawk County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Elk Run Heights
- Elk Run Heights is located in Black Hawk County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,135 people
- Fairbank
- Gilbertville
- Gilbertville is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 725 people
- Hamerville
- Hamerville is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamerville
- Hazleton
- Independence
- Jesup
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Jubilee
- Jubilee is located in Black Hawk County
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- La Porte City
- Monti
- Monti is located in Buchanan County
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- Mount Auburn
- Mount Auburn is located in Benton County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Oelwein
- Quasqueton
- Raymond
- Raymond is located in Black Hawk County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Rowley
- Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Buchanan County
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- Spencers Grove
- Spencers Grove is located in Benton County
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- Stanley
- Stanley is located in Buchanan County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Troy Mills
- Urbana
- Walker
- Walker is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Winthrop
- Winthrop is located in Buchanan County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 848 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 State Hospital Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Buchanan County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The State Hospital Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Fairbank
- Independence
- La Porte City
- Oelwein
- Quasqueton
- Stanley
- Urbana
- Walker
- Winthrop
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 State Hospital Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Buchanan 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 State Hospital Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #461965 (State Hospital Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #461965 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: Buchanan
- Est. Elev: 290 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Independence
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Buchanan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- State Hospital Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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