A visit to the German 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 German Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the German Cemetery:
37.7453, -90.5276
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the German Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The German Cemetery is located in Saint Francois County<2>.
The county seat for Saint Francois County is located in Farmington. Farmington lies just to the east northeast of the German Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the German Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the German Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from German Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Matkin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Matkin Cemetery is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matkin Cemetery
- Weiss Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Weiss Cemetery is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiss Cemetery
- Doe Run Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Dent Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Dent Cemetery is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dent Cemetery
- Herbst Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Herbst Cemetery is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbst Cemetery
- Lane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Lane Cemetery is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Cemetery
- Shaner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Shaner Cemetery is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaner Cemetery
- Bismarck Masonic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Grieder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Grieder Cemetery is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grieder Cemetery
- Hamilton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Hamilton Cemetery is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Cemetery
- Kollmeyer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Kollmeyer Cemetery is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kollmeyer Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Copenhagen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Copenhagen Cemetery is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen Cemetery
- Murphy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Murphy Cemetery is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Cemetery
- Doughty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Doughty Cemetery is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doughty Cemetery
- New Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The New Calvary Cemetery is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Calvary Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Masonic Cemetery of Farmington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Old Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Old Calvary Cemetery is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Calvary Cemetery
- Hunt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Hunt Cemetery is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Cemetery
- Mattie Roberts Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Parkview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Parkview Cemetery is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Parkview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Farmington.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30753 <5>
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- The Woodlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oaklawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #884880 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the German Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from German Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Doe Run
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Doe Run is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run
- Mineral City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mineral City is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Hamilton Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hamilton Town is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Town
- Park Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bismarck
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Iron Mountain Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Iron Mountain Lake is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Mountain Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Farmington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elvins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Elvins is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvins
- Leadington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rivermines
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rivermines is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivermines
- Esther
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Esther is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Flat River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Flat River is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat River
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Middle Brook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leadwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wortham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wortham is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortham
- Cantwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cantwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Desloge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Knob Lick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Knob Lick is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Pilot Knob
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- English Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- English Town is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Town
- Irondale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ironton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Belleview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Belleview is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Arcadia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bonne Terre
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
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 German Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Saint Francois County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The German Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Belleview
- Bismarck
- Bonne Terre
- Desloge
- Elvins
- Farmington
- Flat River
- Ironton
- Leadwood
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 German Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Saint Francois 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 German Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #756091 (German Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #756091 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: St. Francois
- Est. Elev: 287 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Iron Mountain Lake
- Location given for German Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.7453285 Lon: -90.5276241
- 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 Saint Francois, 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- German 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. |