A visit to the Carsten 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 Carsten Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Carsten Cemetery:
43.5150, -91.4713
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Carsten Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Carsten Cemetery is located in Houston County<2>.
The county seat for Houston County is located in Caledonia. Caledonia lies just to the north of the Carsten Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Carsten Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 31 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Carsten Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Carsten Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Portland Prairie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Portland Prairie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Stone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Stone Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Cemetery
- Steele Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Steele Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Cemetery
- Wilmington Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Wilmington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns UCC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The St. Johns UCC Cemetery is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns UCC Cemetery
- The St. Johns UCC Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Johns Cemetery
- Wheatland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2205907 <5>
- Grove Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- West Waterloo Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Waterloo Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- English Bench Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Swenson Farm Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Swenson Farm Cemetery is located in Winneshiek County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swenson Farm Cemetery
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Winnebago Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Winnebago Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnebago Cemetery
- Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Old Caledonia Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- St. John's German Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Spring Grove Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Quandahl Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Quandahl Cemetery is located in Winneshiek County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quandahl Cemetery
- O'Hare Place Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The O'Hare Place Cemetery is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Hare Place Cemetery
- French Creek Methodist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The French Creek Methodist Cemetery is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Creek Methodist Cemetery
- The French Creek Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- French Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #779641 <5>
- St. Joseph's Catholic Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The St. Joseph's Catholic Church Cemetery is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph's Catholic Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph's Catholic Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of New Albin (IA).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2170152 <5>
- St. Peters Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The St. Peters Memorial Cemetery is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Memorial Cemetery
- The St. Peters Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Peters Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2192230 <5>
- St. Nicholas Catholic 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 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Carsten Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Carsten Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Eitzen
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Eitzen is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eitzen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Dorchester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmington is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Bee
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bee is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee
- Willington Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Willington Grove is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington Grove
- Quandahl
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Quandahl is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quandahl
- Spring Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Caledonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- New Albin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Highlandville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Highlandville is located in Winneshiek County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlandville
- Reno
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Reno is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Lycurgus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lycurgus is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lycurgus
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Genoa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Genoa is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Riceford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Riceford is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceford
- Mabel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- De Soto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- De Soto is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Brownsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
- Yucatan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Yucatan is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yucatan
- Hesper
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hesper is located in Winneshiek County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesper
- Waukon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Waukon is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,600 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waukon <6>
- Lansing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stoddard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stoddard is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Houston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hokah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Newburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Newburg is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
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 Carsten Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Houston County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Carsten Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brownsville
- Caledonia
- De Soto
- Hokah
- Hokah lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Carsten Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hokah.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hokah
- Houston
- Lansing
- Mabel
- New Albin
- Spring Grove
- Stoddard
- Waukon
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 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 Carsten Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Minnesota:
- Pages specific to Houston 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 Carsten Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #640940 (Carsten Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #640940 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: Houston
- Est. Elev: 352 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Eitzen
- Location given for Carsten Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.5149715 Lon: -91.4712508
- 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 Minnesota's counties, including Houston, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Carsten 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. |