A visit to the Walton 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 Walton Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Walton Cemetery:
41.3583, -92.1335
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Walton Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Walton Cemetery is located in Keokuk County<2>.
The county seat for Keokuk County is located in Sigourney. Sigourney lies just to the west southwest of the Walton Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Walton Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Walton Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Walton Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Knox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Knox Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox Cemetery
- Stoermer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Stoermer Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoermer Cemetery
- Center Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Center Ridge Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ridge Cemetery
- County Home Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The County Home Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Home Cemetery
- Bethel Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clark Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Clark Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
- Sigourney East Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Old Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Old Bethel Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bethel Cemetery
- Baden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Baden Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Pleasant Grove Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- The Pleasant Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- West Cemetery
- West Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95821 <5>
- Garibaldi Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Garibaldi Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garibaldi Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- St. Elizabeths Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Doggett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Doggett Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doggett Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Conner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Conner Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conner Cemetery
- Pennington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Pennington Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pennington Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Sigourney.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95783 <5>
- Trueblood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Trueblood Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trueblood Cemetery
- Lafayette Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Lafayette Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Cemetery
- Lafayette Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Lafayette Cemetery is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette 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 Walton Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Walton Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Sigourney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Harper is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Webster
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Webster is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- South English
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- South English is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South English
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Hayesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hayesville is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Keswick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Talleyrand
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Talleyrand is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talleyrand
- Keota
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Delta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Delta is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
- Nugent
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Nugent is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nugent
- Aurora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Aurora is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Kinross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kinross is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ollie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ollie is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ollie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- North English
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- What Cheer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Nira
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nira is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nira
- Thornburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thornburg is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Martinsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Martinsburg is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Pekin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pekin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Richland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rubio
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rubio is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubio
- Ambrose
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ambrose is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose
- Linby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Linby is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linby
- Millersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Millersburg is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
- Coal Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Coal Creek is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
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 Walton Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Keokuk County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Walton Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Delta
- Delta lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Walton Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Delta.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Keota
- Keswick
- Martinsburg
- North English
- Richland
- Sigourney
- South English
- What Cheer
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Walton Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Keokuk 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 Walton Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1976306 (Walton Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1976306 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: Keokuk
- Est. Elev: 241 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Sigourney
- Location given for Walton Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.3583445 Lon: -92.1335126
- 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 Keokuk, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Walton 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. |
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