A visit to the Stringtown 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 Stringtown Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Stringtown Cemetery:
41.3775, -94.1108
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Stringtown Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Stringtown Cemetery is located in Madison County<2>.
The county seat for Madison County is located in Winterset. Winterset lies just to the east southeast of the Stringtown Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Stringtown Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Stringtown Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Stringtown Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- McDonald Chase Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wintermantle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Wintermantle Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintermantle Cemetery
- Eppard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Eppard Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eppard Cemetery
- Worthington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Worthington Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington Cemetery
- Hooten Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Hooten Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooten Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hooten Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the southwest of Winterset.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95118 <5>
- Gordon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Gordon Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Cemetery
- Primitive Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bennett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Bennett Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett Cemetery
- Penn Center Methodist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Penn Center Methodist Church Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Center Methodist Church Cemetery
- The Penn Center Methodist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Penn Center Cemetery
- Wight Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Wight Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wight Cemetery
- Welty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Welty Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welty Cemetery
- Winterset City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Winterset City Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset City Cemetery
- The Winterset City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rock City Cemetery
- Winterset Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #167485 <5>
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Trester Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Trester Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trester Cemetery
- Rodabough Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Rodabough Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodabough Cemetery
- Powell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Powell Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Cemetery
- Earlham Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Old Penn Center Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North McDonald Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- North Branch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The North Branch Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Stringtown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Stringtown Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Pitzer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pitzer is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitzer
- Winterset
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Webster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Webster is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Stanzel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stanzel is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanzel
- Ord
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ord is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ord
- Earlham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Arbor Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Arbor Hill is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor Hill
- Macksburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Macksburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Dexter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- DeSoto
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Patterson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Patterson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Van Meter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stuart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wiscotta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wiscotta is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscotta
- East Peru
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Peru is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Peru
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Zion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zion is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Redfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Barney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Barney is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney
- Booneville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Charles
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bevington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Adel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lorimor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lorimor is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorimor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Truro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Stringtown Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Madison County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Stringtown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Adel
- Adel lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Stringtown Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Adel.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adel
- Dexter
- Earlham
- East Peru
- Lorimor
- Macksburg
- Redfield
- Stuart
- Truro
- Winterset
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 Stringtown Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Madison 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 Stringtown Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #462037 (Stringtown Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #462037 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: Madison
- Est. Elev: 342 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Earlham East
- Location given for Stringtown Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.3774895 Lon: -94.1107873
- 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 Madison, 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- Stringtown 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. |