A visit to the Walnut Grove 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 Walnut Grove Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Walnut Grove Cemetery (FG ID #202660).
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 Walnut Grove Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Walnut Grove Cemetery:
40.9984, -94.7417
The Walnut Grove Cemetery is located in Adams County<2>.
The county seat for Adams County is located in Corning. Corning lies just to the south southeast of the Walnut Grove Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Walnut Grove Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Walnut Grove Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Walnut Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Old Brooks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Old Brooks Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Brooks Cemetery
- Oak Hill Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Old Queen City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Queen City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Queen City Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City Cemetery
- Oakland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brooks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Icarian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old Quincy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Rose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Etna Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Nodaway Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Methodist Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Old Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Prescott Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Homan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Homan Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homan Cemetery
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Salem Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Old Mt. Etna Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Old Mt. Etna Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mt. Etna 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 Walnut Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Walnut Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Corning
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Queen City ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Queen City is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Quincy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Brooks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carbon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mercer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prescott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Iveyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Etna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mount Etna is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
- Nodaway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nodaway is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Stringtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stringtown is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Carl
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Strand
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Center is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Center
- Guss
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lenox
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sciola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Villisca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Williamson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dewey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Tenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Clarinda Junction ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clarinda Junction is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarinda Junction
- Sharpsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cromwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gilead
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
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 Walnut Grove Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Adams County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Walnut Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Corning
- Cromwell
- Nodaway
- Prescott
- Sharpsburg
- Villisca
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 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 Walnut Grove Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Adams 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 Walnut Grove Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #202660
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1823001 (Walnut Grove Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1823001 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: Adams
- Est. Elev: 371 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Corning South
- Location given for Walnut Grove Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.9985972 Lon: -94.7405292
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Adams, 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- Walnut Grove 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |