A visit to the Wheeler 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 Wheeler Cemetery ...
The Wheeler Cemetery is located in Davis County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Adams Cemetery
- The Adams Cemetery is located in Davis County
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- Baer Cemetery
- The Baer Cemetery is located in Davis County
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- Bailey Cemetery
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Davis County
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- Breeding Cemetery
- The Breeding Cemetery is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breeding Cemetery
- Denton Cemetery
- Drakesville Cemetery
- The Drakesville Cemetery is located in Davis County
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- Edwards Cemetery
- The Edwards Cemetery is located in Davis County
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- Glassburner Cemetery
- The Glassburner Cemetery is located in Davis County
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- Hammans Cemetery
- The Hammans Cemetery is located in Davis County
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- Hanson Cemetery
- The Hanson Cemetery is located in Davis County
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- Harbour Cemetery
- The Harbour Cemetery is located in Davis County
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- Hopewell Church Cemetery
- The Hopewell Church Cemetery is located in Wapello County
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- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hopewell Church Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the southwest of Ottumwa.
- The Hopewell Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hopewell Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2151859 <2>
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Jay Cemetery
- The Jay Cemetery is located in Wapello County
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- To give a relative sense of its location, the Jay Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Blakesburg.
- Kingdom Cemetery
- The Kingdom Cemetery is located in Davis County
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- Kingsley Cemetery
- The Kingsley Cemetery is located in Wapello County
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- McConnell Cemetery
- The McConnell Cemetery is located in Davis County
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- Mt. Zion Cemetery
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Wapello County
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- Mounts Cemetery
- The Mounts Cemetery is located in Davis County
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- Ormanville Cemetery
- The Ormanville Cemetery is located in Wapello County
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- Roland Cemetery
- The Roland Cemetery is located in Davis County
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- Rudd Cemetery
- The Rudd Cemetery is located in Davis County
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- Sherman Chapel Cemetery
- West Union Cemetery
- The West Union Cemetery is located in Davis County
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For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Wheeler Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Agency
- Bidwell
- Bidwell is located in Wapello County
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- Blakesburg
- Bloomfield
- Carbon
- Carbon is located in Davis County
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- Chequest
- Chequest is located in Davis County
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- Chillicothe
- Chillicothe is located in Wapello County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Cliffland
- Cliffland is located in Wapello County
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- Dahlonega
- Dahlonega is located in Wapello County
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- Drakesville
- Dudley
- Dudley is located in Wapello County
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- East Ottumwa
- East Ottumwa is located in Wapello County
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- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Eldon
- Floris
- Floris is located in Davis County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Keb ‑ Historic
- Keb is located in Wapello County
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- Mark
- Mark is located in Davis County
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- Moravia
- Moulton
- Moulton is located in Appanoose County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 580 people
- Orleans
- Orleans is located in Appanoose County
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- Ottumwa
- Paris
- Paris is located in Davis County
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- Savannah
- Savannah is located in Davis County
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- Selection
- Selection is located in Monroe County
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- Steuben
- Steuben is located in Davis County
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- Udell
- Udell is located in Appanoose County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Unionville
- West Grove
- West Grove is located in Davis County
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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 Wheeler Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Davis County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wheeler Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Blakesburg
- Bloomfield
- Eldon
- Moravia
- Moulton
- Ottumwa
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 helpful 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 Wheeler Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Davis 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 Wheeler Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1976136 (Wheeler Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1976136 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: Davis
- Est. Elev: 219 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Paris
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Davis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Wheeler Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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