Histopolis   Collaborative Genealogy & History Register | Login  
Select a place:
Skip Navigation Links
 Current place: World > United States > Iowa > Buena Vista County
Find us on Facebook

Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States

 Details | Resources | Townships | Cities | Cemeteries | Surveys | Link to Us

Details for Buena Vista County

NameBuena Vista County
Place TypeCounty
Located in
Iowa, United States
County SeatStorm Lake
Coordinates
Latitude 42.7333121 42° 43' 59.9" N
Longitude -95.1502724 95° 09' 01" W
Population19,965
Elevation409 m
Surrounding CountiesClay N
Palo Alto NE
Pocahontas E
Calhoun SE
Sac S
Ida SW
Cherokee W
O'Brien County NW
USGS GNIS FeatureID465200
Histopolis Place ID813440618
Updated Apr 15, 2011
Map Layers (check box to show)Place under cursor

Genealogy Resources for Buena Vista County

8 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.
Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=557 (25 Aug 2009)

The Political Graveyard: Buena Vista County, Iowa [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/BV.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Buena Vista County, Iowa IA, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Buena Vista County, Iowa IA, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=7193 (13 Nov 2008)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Iowa > Buena Vista County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Iowa > Buena Vista County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IA/Buena_Vista/ (16 Jan 2010)

Buena Vista County Iowa Archives [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/buenavista/cemetery.html (7 Oct 2009)

Cemeteries in or near Buena Vista County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=7193&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (9 Dec 2008)

Iowa Ghost Towns - Buenavista County [Iowa Ghost Towns]
http://iowaghosttowns.com/buenavistacounty.html (19 Jul 2008)

Buena Vista County, Iowa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buena_Vista_County,_Iowa (4 Aug 2010)
Add Do you know of a web page containing information about this place that would be useful to genealogy or history researchers? Please add it now! (Free registration required)

Surveys in Buena Vista County

1 Survey, 5 Ranges, 18 Townships

The Fifth Principal Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Buena Vista County. You can navigate to any of the 18 survey townships that overlap Buena Vista County using the navigation tool below.

  Survey:   Range:

Townships of Buena Vista County

16 Townships
BarnesBrookeCoonElk
FairfieldGrantHayesLee
LincolnMaple ValleyNewellNokomis
PolandProvidenceScottWashington

Cities of Buena Vista County

10 Cities, 7 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (City is assumed unless noted)
AlbertAltaCasino Beach (u.p.)Elkton (u.p.)
Hanover (u.p.)Juniata (u.p.)LakesideLeverett (u.p.)
Linn GroveMarathonNewellRembrandt
Sioux RapidsStorm LakeSulphur Springs (u.p.)Truesdale
Vista Estates Mobile Home Park (u.p.)

Cemeteries of Buena Vista County

30 Cemeteries, 7 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)
Barnes TownshipBuena Vista Memorial ParkCookeDaily Burial Ground
ElkFairfieldFirst M E ChurchGarton Graveyard
Hayes TownshipLincoln TownshipLittle Sioux ValleyLone Tree
Maple ValleyNewellNewell CatholicPlainview
PolandSaint John'sSaint Johns Church of ChristSaint Johns Lutheran
Saint Johns LutheranSaint John's LutheranSaint JosephsSaint Marys
ScandinavianSmithSt. John's (*)St. Johns Church of Christ (*)
St. Johns Lutheran (*)St. Johns Lutheran (*)St. John's Lutheran (*)St. Josephs (*)
St. Marys (*)Storm Lake MunicipalVarinaWoodlawn
Zion Lutheran

Add Cemetery Do you know of a cemetery that is missing from this list? Please add it now! (Free registration required)
Something missing or incorrect? Please contact the webmaster and help improve the site!


Link to Buena Vista County on Histopolis

Do you have a web site containing information on Buena Vista County? Help your site visitors and us by placing a link to this page on Histopolis.com from your web page for Buena Vista County:

Histopolis Additional information on Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States and other places is available on Histopolis.com

To include this link, copy and paste the following HTML onto your web page:

See the Link to Us page for additional information and assistance on linking to Histopolis.com