A visit to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) 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 IOOF Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the IOOF Cemetery:
40.8381, -78.3575
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The IOOF Cemetery is located in Clearfield County<2>.
The county seat for Clearfield County is located in Clearfield. Clearfield lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the north northwest of the IOOF Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the IOOF Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from IOOF Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Henderson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Henderson Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Cemetery
- Beulah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Beulah Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- St. Barbara Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Barbara Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Barbara Cemetery
- Alexander Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Alexander Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Sanborn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Sanborn Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn Cemetery
- Baughman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Baughman Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baughman Cemetery
- Umbria Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Umbria Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umbria Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Umbria Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Osceola Mills.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #449527 <5>
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- Centre UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Centre UMC Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre UMC Cemetery
- The Centre UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Centre Cemetery
- Centre United Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44557 <5>
- Goss Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Goss Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Crossroads Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Crossroads Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads Cemetery
- Criswell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Criswell Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criswell Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Mokes Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Mokes Hill Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mokes Hill Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Weld Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Weld Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weld Cemetery
- Utahville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Utahville Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Utahville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Utahville.
- The Utahville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Utahville UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #481119 <5>
- Philipsburg Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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 IOOF Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from IOOF Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Brisbin
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Brisbin is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Parsonsville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Parsonsville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonsville
- Houtzdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ashland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Ramey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ramey is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Ginter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ginter is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginter
- Sanborn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sanborn is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn
- Osceola Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Belsena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Belsena is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belsena
- Belsena has also been known as:
- Belsena Mills
- New Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Hegarty Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hegarty Crossroads is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegarty Crossroads
- Sandy Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Glen Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Glen Hope is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Glass City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Glass City is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
- South Philipsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Philipsburg
- Chester Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chester Hill is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
- West Decatur
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Decatur is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Decatur
- West Decatur has also been known as:
- Blue Ball
- Decatur
- Utahville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Utahville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville
- Philipsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Philipsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Philipsburg
- Wallaceton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wallaceton is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Glen Richey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Richey is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Richey
- Olanta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blain City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Morrisdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland
(10 miles [16.1 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 IOOF Cemetery. The following communities are located in Clearfield County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The IOOF Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 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 IOOF Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Clearfield 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 IOOF Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1213528 (Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1213528 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: Clearfield
- Est. Elev: 488 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Houtzdale
- Location given for Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.8381145 Lon: -78.357518
- 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 Pennsylvania's counties, including Clearfield, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <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- IOOF 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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