A visit to the Wilder 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 Wilder Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wilder Cemetery:
40.5464, -93.4541
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Wilder Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Wilder Cemetery is located in Mercer County<2>.
The county seat for Mercer County is located in Princeton. Princeton lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the southwest of the Wilder Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Wilder Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 29 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Wilder Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wilder Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Laughlin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Laughlin Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laughlin Cemetery
- Lowery Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Lowery Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowery Cemetery
- Girdner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Girdner Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girdner Cemetery
- Alley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Alley Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alley Cemetery
- Duncan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Duncan Cemetery is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- South Lineville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Duree Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Duree Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duree Cemetery
- Greer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Greer Cemetery is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer Cemetery
- McKinney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The McKinney Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinney Cemetery
- Mercer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Mercer Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer Cemetery
- Clio Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Clio Cemetery is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio Cemetery
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- Hayes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Hayes Cemetery is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes Cemetery
- Gatliff Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Gatliff Cemetery is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatliff Cemetery
- Hollers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Hollers Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollers Cemetery
- White Oak Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ravanna Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Ravanna Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravanna Cemetery
- Anderson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Anderson Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Cemetery
- Shriver Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Shriver Cemetery is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shriver Cemetery
- Logan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Logan Cemetery is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Cemetery
- Elm Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yingling Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Yingling Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yingling Cemetery
- Moore Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Moore Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- Underwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Underwood Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underwood Cemetery
- Weisner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Weisner Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weisner Cemetery
- Old Busby Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Old Busby Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Busby Cemetery
- Busby Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Busby Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby Cemetery
- Powersville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Powersville Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersville Cemetery
- Edmond Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Edmond Cemetery is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 18 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Wilder Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wilder Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Mercer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lineville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lineville is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lineville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- South Lineville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Lineville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lineville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Ravanna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ravanna is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravanna
- Clio
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clio is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Powersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Powersville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Hodge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hodge is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
- Lucerne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lucerne is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Morgan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Allerton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Princeton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Newtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saint John
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Saint John is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Pleasanton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pleasanton is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasanton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Burrows
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Burrows is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Corydon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harris
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
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 Wilder Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Mercer County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wilder Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Allerton
- Cainsville
- Clio
- Corydon
- Davis City
- Garden Grove
- Leon
- Leon lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Wilder Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Leon.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Lineville
- Lucerne
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Continue List (6 more)
- Pleasanton
- Powersville
- Princeton
- Ravanna
- Seymour
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Wilder Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Mercer 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 Wilder Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #728845 (Wilder Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #728845 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: Mercer
- Est. Elev: 328 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Cleopatra
- Location given for Wilder Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.5463978 Lon: -93.4541067
- 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 Mercer, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wilder 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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