A visit to the The Yellow Banks 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 Yellow Banks Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for The Yellow Banks Cemetery:
40.4087, -91.4865
Note: The GPS location that we are using for The Yellow Banks Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Yellow Banks Cemetery is located in Lee County<2>.
Open a Google Map centered on The Yellow Banks Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of The Yellow Banks Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from The Yellow Banks Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Little Mound Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Buena Vista Mound Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oiler Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Turner Plot Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Turner Plot Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Plot Cemetery
- Sunset Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hickory Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Hickory Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Cemetery
- Sandinavian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Sandinavian Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandinavian Cemetery
- Sand Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Sand Cemetery is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Cemetery
- Keokuk National Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oakland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Oakland Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Keokuk.
- The Oakland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Keokuk Oakland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95674 <5>
- Scandinavian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wolf Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Wolf Cemetery is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Morris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Weaver Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Weaver Cemetery is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver Cemetery
- Frazee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Frazee Cemetery is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazee Cemetery
- Oakland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Oakland Cemetery is located in Hancock County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Lutheran Cemetery is located in Hancock County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutheran Cemetery
- Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Catholic Cemetery is located in Hancock County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
- Dudley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Dudley Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley Cemetery
- Sand Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Sand Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- Sandusky Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Sandusky Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky Cemetery
- Colvin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Colvin Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvin 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 Yellow Banks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from The Yellow Banks Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Alexandria
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Wayland
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wayland is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Warsaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Keokuk
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Saint Francisville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Francisville is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francisville
- Hamilton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sandusky
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandusky is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Vincennes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vincennes is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincennes
- Galland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Galland is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galland
- Argyle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Montrose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- New Boston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- New Boston is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Clark City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Clark City is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark City
- Sutter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sutter is located in Hancock County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutter
- Nauvoo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dumas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dumas is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Revere
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Charleston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Charleston is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Saint Patrick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Patrick is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Patrick
- Elvaston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Peaksville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Peaksville is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Kahoka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Powellton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Powellton is located in Hancock County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Jeffersonville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jeffersonville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonville
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 Yellow Banks Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lee County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Yellow Banks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alexandria
- Hamilton
- Kahoka
- Keokuk
- Montrose
- Nauvoo
- Nauvoo lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of The Yellow Banks Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Nauvoo.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nauvoo
- Warsaw
- Wayland
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 either 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 Yellow Banks Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Lee 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 Yellow Banks Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #462208 (The Yellow Banks Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #462208 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: Lee
- Est. Elev: 183 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Keokuk
- Location given for The Yellow Banks Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.4086547 Lon: -91.4865446
- 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 Lee, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- The Yellow Banks 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. |