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A visit to the Tent Chapel Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Tent Chapel Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Tent Chapel Cemetery (FG ID #2196547)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Tent Chapel Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Tent Chapel Cemetery

Lat:   40.5750°   (40° 34' 30")

Lon:   -94.4706°   (-94° 28' 14")

The Tent Chapel Cemetery is located in Ringgold County<2>.

The county seat for Ringgold County is located in Mount Ayr. Mount Ayr lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the northeast of the Tent Chapel Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Tent Chapel Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Tent Chapel Cemetery, with the nearest first.

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Tent Chapel Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Tent Chapel Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Blockton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blockton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockton
    • Blockton is located in Taylor County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
  • Athelstan
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Athelstan have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
    • Athelstan is located in Taylor County
  • Irena
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irena have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irena
    • Irena is located in Worth County (MO)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
  • Redding
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redding have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redding
    • Redding is located in Ringgold County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
  • Grant City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Maloy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Sheridan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Delphos
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delphos have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphos
    • Delphos is located in Ringgold County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 24 people
  • Benton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
    • Benton is located in Ringgold County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
  • Oxford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Worth
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Prohibition City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prohibition City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prohibition City
    • Prohibition City is located in Worth County (MO)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Allendale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Parnell
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parnell have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
      • Parnell is located in Nodaway County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parnell <6>
    • Gaynor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gaynor. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaynor
      • Gaynor is located in Nodaway County (MO)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Gaynor
      • From the Tent Chapel Cemetery to Gaynor
    • Denver
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Conway
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conway have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
      • Conway is located in Taylor County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
    • Bedford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bedford have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
      • Bedford is located in Taylor County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,380 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bedford <6>
    • Clearfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearfield have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearfield
      • Clearfield is located in Taylor County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clearfield <6>
    • Mount Ayr
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Orrsburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Gentry
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Hatfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hatfield have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
      • Hatfield is located in Harrison County (MO)

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 Tent Chapel Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Ringgold County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Tent Chapel Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Tent Chapel Cemetery:

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 Tent Chapel Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1969458  (Tent Chapel Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1969458 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Blockton
    • County: Ringgold         Elev: 328
    • Location given for GNIS #1969458 (Tent Chapel Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2196547

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Ringgold, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Tent Chapel Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5750, Longitude: -94.4706    
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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