A visit to the Bowles 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 Bowles Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bowles Cemetery:
38.1873, -91.7513
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bowles Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bowles Cemetery is located in Maries County<2>.
The county seat for Maries County is located in Vienna. Vienna lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the west of the Bowles Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bowles Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Bowles Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bowles Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Johnson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Bowles Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Cook Cemetery is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Cemetery
- Walker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Walker Cemetery is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Cemetery
- Ferrell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Ferrell Cemetery is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrell Cemetery
- Walker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Walker Cemetery is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Cemetery
- Moreland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Moreland Cemetery is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland Cemetery
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Hart Cemetery is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Cemetery
- High Gate Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The High Gate Cemetery is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Gate Cemetery
- Travis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Travis Cemetery is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travis Cemetery
- Green Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Green Cemetery is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Union Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Union Hill Cemetery is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill Cemetery
- Rock Spring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Rock Spring Cemetery is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Spring Cemetery
- Love Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Love Cemetery is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Cemetery
- Grovedale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Grovedale Cemetery is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovedale Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Schanning Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Schanning Cemetery is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schanning Cemetery
- Snodgrass Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Snodgrass Cemetery is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snodgrass Cemetery
- Tennison Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Tennison Cemetery is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennison Cemetery
- Tennison Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Tennison Cemetery is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennison Cemetery
- Winsel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Winsel Cemetery is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winsel Cemetery
- Oak Forest Perpetual Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Oak Forest Perpetual Cemetery is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest Perpetual Cemetery
- The Oak Forest Perpetual Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak Forest Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30567 <5>
- Campbell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Bowles Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bowles Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Lanes Prairie
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lanes Prairie is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Prairie
- Lindell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lindell is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindell
- Paydown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Paydown is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paydown
- Vichy
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Vichy is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vichy
- Belle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Redbird
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Redbird is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Bland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Byron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Byron is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Vienna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Koenig
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Koenig is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koenig
- Freeburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Freeburg is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Jake Prairie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jake Prairie is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake Prairie
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Saint James
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rolla
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rosati
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rosati is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosati
- Bem
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bem is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bem
- Argyle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Argyle is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
- Owensville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brinktown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Brinktown is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinktown
- Doolittle
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Doolittle is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
- Oak Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Koeltztown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Koeltztown is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koeltztown
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 Bowles Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Maries County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bowles Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Belle
- Bland
- Cuba
- Cuba lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Bowles Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Cuba.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Freeburg
- Linn
- Linn lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Bowles Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Linn.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn
- Newburg
- Owensville
- Rolla
- Saint James
- Vienna
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 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 Bowles Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Maries 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 Bowles Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #714578 (Bowles Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #714578 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: Maries
- Est. Elev: 330 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Paydown
- Location given for Bowles Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.1872669 Lon: -91.7512736
- 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 Missouri's counties, including Maries, 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- Bowles 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. |