A visit to the Chester 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 Chester Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Chester Cemetery:
44.3469, -92.4606
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Chester Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Chester Cemetery is located in Wabasha County<2>.
The county seat for Wabasha County is located in Wabasha. Wabasha lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the east of the Chester Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Chester Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Chester Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Chester Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bear Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Bear Valley Cemetery is located in Wabasha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley Cemetery
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- English Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The English Cemetery is located in Wabasha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Cemetery
- Black Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Black Cemetery is located in Wabasha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Cemetery
- German Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- German Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Norwegian Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hof Norwegian Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grace Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Grace Cemetery is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Cemetery
- Mazeppa Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- St.s Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Jacksonville Cemetery is located in Wabasha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Cemetery
- Old German Evangelical Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Belvidere Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Belvidere Union Cemetery is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Belvidere Union Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the southwest of Frontenac.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81901 <5>
- St. John's German Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Goodhue Presbyterian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Zumbrota East Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dale Pleasant Prairie Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Dale Pleasant Prairie Cemetery is located in Wabasha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Pleasant Prairie Cemetery
- The Dale Pleasant Prairie Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasant Prairie Cemetery
- Hyde Park Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Hyde Park Cemetery is located in Wabasha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park Cemetery
- Gilbert Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- County Line Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The County Line Cemetery is located in Wabasha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Cemetery
- Corles Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Corles Cemetery is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corles Cemetery
- West Florence Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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 Chester Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Chester Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Bellechester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bellechester is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellechester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Zumbro Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mazeppa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Goodhue
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hammond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hammond is located in Wabasha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Jarrett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jarrett is located in Wabasha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
- Millville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zumbrota
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lake City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frontenac
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Island
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oronoco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Potsdam
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Potsdam is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Stockholm
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stockholm is located in Pepin County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Red Wing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lakeport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeport is located in Pepin County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeport
- Wanamingo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pepin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pepin is located in Pepin County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Maiden Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maiden Rock is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Bay City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bay City is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- White Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Rock is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Belle Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Belle Creek is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Creek
- Hader
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hader is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hader
- Roscoe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Roscoe is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
- Hager City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hager City is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hager City
- Genoa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Genoa is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
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 Chester Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wabasha County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Chester Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Goodhue
- Lake City
- Maiden Rock
- Mazeppa
- Oronoco
- Pepin
- Pepin lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Chester Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Pepin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepin
- Pine Island
- Red Wing
- Wanamingo
- Zumbro Falls
- Zumbrota
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 Chester Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Minnesota:
- Pages specific to Wabasha 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 Chester Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2064658 (Chester Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2064658 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: Wabasha
- Est. Elev: 333 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Zumbro Falls
- Location given for Chester Cemetery:
- Lat: 44.3469444 Lon: -92.4605556
- 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 Wabasha, 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 from Point A (ie- Chester 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. |