A visit to the Westenhaver Family 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 Westenhaver Family Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Westenhaver Family Cemetery:
41.0972, -91.8835
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Westenhaver Family Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Westenhaver Family Cemetery is located in Jefferson County<2>.
The county seat for Jefferson County is located in Fairfield. Fairfield lies just to the southwest of the Westenhaver Family Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Westenhaver Family Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Westenhaver Family Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Antioch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Perlee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Perlee Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perlee Cemetery
- Walnut Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Walnut Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Cemetery
- Moyer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Moyer Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyer Cemetery
- Wheeler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Wheeler Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Cemetery
- Upper Richwoods Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Courtney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Courtney Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney Cemetery
- Lower Richwoods Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Polishville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Polishville Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polishville Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- Friends Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Friends Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Friends Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Pleasant Plain.
- The Friends Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasant Plain Friends Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94829 <5>
- Howard Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Howard Grove Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Grove Cemetery
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- McDowell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The McDowell Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDowell Cemetery
- Switzer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Switzer Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzer Cemetery
- Salina Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Salina Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salina Cemetery
- Chilcott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Chilcott Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilcott Cemetery
- Peterson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Peterson Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson Cemetery
- Germanville Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Peter's & Paul's German Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Clay Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Clay Cemetery is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- The Evergreen Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fairfield Evergreen Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #195639 <5>
- Bethesda Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Bethesda Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda Cemetery
- Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Hope Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 32 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Westenhaver Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Westenhaver Family Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Perlee
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Perlee is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perlee
- Pleasant Plain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Plain is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Brighton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maharishi Vedic City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maharishi Vedic City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maharishi Vedic City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,288 people
- Fairfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Richland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rubio
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rubio is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubio
- Lockridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coppock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coppock is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Packwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Packwood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Libertyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Libertyville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Glasgow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glasgow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Wayland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ollie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ollie is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ollie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Rome
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rome is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Linby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Linby is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linby
- Abingdon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Abingdon is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abingdon
- Talleyrand
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Talleyrand is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talleyrand
- Birmingham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Birmingham is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Pekin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pekin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Batavia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stockport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Westwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westwood is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Winchester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Winchester is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Oakland Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland Mills is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Mills
- Swedesburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Swedesburg is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedesburg
- Olds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Olds is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Havre
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Havre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havre
- Washington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Chester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- West Chester is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Nugent
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nugent is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nugent
- Competine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Competine is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Competine
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 Westenhaver Family Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Jefferson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Westenhaver Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Batavia
- Birmingham
- Brighton
- Fairfield
- Lockridge
- Pleasant Plain
- Richland
- Stockport
- Washington
- Wayland
- West Chester
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 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 Westenhaver Family Cemetery:
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- Pages specific to Jefferson 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 Westenhaver Family Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1976494 (Westenhaver Family Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1976494 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: Jefferson
- Est. Elev: 215 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Fairfield North
- Location given for Westenhaver Family Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.097241 Lon: -91.8835048
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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 Jefferson, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Westenhaver Family 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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