A visit to the Cottonwood 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 Cottonwood Cemetery ...
The Cottonwood Cemetery is located in Brown County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Brighton Cemetery
- The Brighton Cemetery is located in Nicollet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Cemetery
- Cambria Cemetery
- The Cambria Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria Cemetery
- Catholic Cemetery
- The Catholic Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
- Courtland Cemetery
- The Courtland Cemetery is located in Nicollet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtland Cemetery
- Evangelical Cemetery
- The Evangelical Cemetery is located in Nicollet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evangelical Cemetery
- Fechner Farm Cemetery
- The Fechner Farm Cemetery is located in Nicollet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fechner Farm Cemetery
- Lake Hanska Cemetery
- The Lake Hanska Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hanska Cemetery
- Linden Cemetery
- The Linden Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Cemetery
- Lutheran Cemetery
- The Lutheran Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutheran Cemetery
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
- The Mt. Pisgah Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
- New Ulm Catholic Cemetery
- New Ulm City Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Our Saviors Cemetery
- The Our Saviors Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County
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- Rice Lake Cemetery
- The Rice Lake Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Brown County
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- St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
- Salem Methodist Cemetery
- Zimmerman Cemetery
- The Zimmerman Cemetery is located in Nicollet County
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- Zion Cemetery
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Brown County
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- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Cottonwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Courtland
- Essig
- Garden City
- Garden City is located in Blue Earth County
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- Godahl
- Godahl is located in Watonwan County
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- Grogan
- Grogan is located in Watonwan County
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- Hanska
- Iberia
- Iberia is located in Brown County
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- Judson
- Judson is located in Blue Earth County
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- La Salle
- La Salle is located in Watonwan County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Lafayette
- Lake Crystal
- Leavenworth
- Leavenworth is located in Brown County
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- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Madelia
- New Sweden
- New Sweden is located in Nicollet County
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- New Ulm
- Nicollet
- Oshawa
- Oshawa is located in Nicollet County
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- Saint James
- Searles
- Searles is located in Brown County
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- Sleepy Eye
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 Cottonwood Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Brown County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Cottonwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Garden City
- Gibbon
- Hanska
- Lafayette
- Lake Crystal
- Lewisville
- Madelia
- New Ulm
- Nicollet
- North Mankato
- Saint James
- Sleepy Eye
- Winthrop
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Cottonwood Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Minnesota:
- Pages specific to Brown 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 Cottonwood Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #641529 (Cottonwood Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #641529 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: Brown
- Est. Elev: 295 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hanska
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Brown, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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- Cottonwood Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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