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A visit to the Cottonwood Cemetery ...


The location of the Cottonwood Cemetery has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<1>


Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Cottonwood Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Cottonwood Cemetery

Lat:   44.5983°   (44° 35' 53")

Lon:   -95.6747°   (-95° 40' 28")

The Cottonwood Cemetery is located in Lyon County<2>.

The county seat for Lyon County is located in Marshall. Marshall lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Cottonwood Cemetery .

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 Lyon County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Cottonwood Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 21 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Cottonwood Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Cottonwood Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Cottonwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
      • Cottonwood is located in Lyon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,223 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cottonwood <4>
    • Hanley Falls
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Falls
      • Hanley Falls is located in Yellow Medicine County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
    • Wood Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wood Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Lake
      • Wood Lake is located in Yellow Medicine County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
    • Hazel Run
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazel Run have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Run
      • Hazel Run is located in Yellow Medicine County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
    • Marshall
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ghent
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ghent have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ghent
      • Ghent is located in Lyon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ghent <4>
    • Milroy
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Echo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
      • Echo is located in Yellow Medicine County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Echo <4>
    • Vesta
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vesta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesta
      • Vesta is located in Redwood County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
    • Clarkfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarkfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkfield
      • Clarkfield is located in Yellow Medicine County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 775 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarkfield <4>
    • Granite Falls
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Minneota
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minneota have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneota
      • Minneota is located in Lyon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,339 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minneota <4>
    • Continue List   (9 more) ...
      • Lynd
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynd have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynd
        • Lynd is located in Lyon County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynd <4>
      • Belview
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belview have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belview
        • Belview is located in Redwood County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
      • Lucan
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lucan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucan
        • Lucan is located in Redwood County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lucan <4>
      • Seaforth
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seaforth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaforth
        • Seaforth is located in Redwood County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seaforth <4>
      • Amiret
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amiret
        • Amiret is located in Lyon County
      • Taunton
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Sacred Heart
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Boyd
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boyd have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
        • Boyd is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boyd <4>
      • Saint Leo
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Leo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Leo
        • Saint Leo is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people

    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 Lyon County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Cottonwood Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km] of the Cottonwood Cemetery.<5>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Cottonwood Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • English Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the English Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The English Cemetery is located in Lyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the English Cemetery
    • St. Clotilde Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Clotilde Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Clotilde Cemetery is located in Lyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Clotilde Cemetery
    • East Yellow Medicine Lutheran Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • The East Yellow Medicine Lutheran Cemetery is located in Yellow Medicine County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the East Yellow Medicine Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Hanley Falls.
      • The East Yellow Medicine Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
      • East Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Yellow Medicine Lutheran Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #82182 <6>
    • West Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • The West Cemetery is located in Yellow Medicine County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the West Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Hanley Falls.
      • The West Cemetery has also been known as:
      • West Yellow Medicine Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
      • West Yellow Medicine Lutheran Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83799 <6>
    • St. Lucas Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Lucas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Lucas Cemetery is located in Yellow Medicine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Lucas Cemetery
    • Lutheran Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lutheran Cemetery is located in Yellow Medicine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheran Cemetery
    • Bethlehem Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethlehem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Yellow Medicine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethlehem Cemetery
    • Methodist Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Methodist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Methodist Cemetery is located in Yellow Medicine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Methodist Cemetery
    • Spring Creek Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spring Creek Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Spring Creek Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery is located in Yellow Medicine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Creek Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
    • Icelandic Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Icelandic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Icelandic Cemetery is located in Lyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Icelandic Cemetery
    • St. Eloi Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Eloi Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Eloi Cemetery is located in Lyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Eloi Cemetery
    • Grandview Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grandview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Grandview Cemetery is located in Lyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grandview Cemetery
    • Continue List   (13 more) ...
      • Old Marshall Cemetery
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Marshall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Old Marshall Cemetery is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Marshall Cemetery
      • Marshall Cemetery
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Danish Cemetery
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Danish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Danish Cemetery is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Danish Cemetery
      • Swede Home Cemetery
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Swede Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Swede Home Cemetery is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Swede Home Cemetery
      • Calvary Cemetery
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Calvary Cemetery is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
      • German Cemetery
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the German Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The German Cemetery is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the German Cemetery
      • Israels Cemetery
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Israels Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Israels Cemetery is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Israels Cemetery
      • Josephson Family Cemetery
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Josephson Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Josephson Family Cemetery is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Josephson Family Cemetery
      • St. Johns Cemetery
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
      • Our Savior Cemetery
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Our Savior Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Our Savior Cemetery is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Our Savior Cemetery
      • Hustad Cemetery
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hustad Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Hustad Cemetery is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hustad Cemetery
      • Holy Name Catholic Church Cemetery
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Name Catholic Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Holy Name Catholic Church Cemetery is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Name Catholic Church Cemetery
      • Union Cemetery
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Union Cemetery is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery

    For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

    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 #641530  (Cottonwood Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #641530 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
      • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Cottonwood
      • County: Lyon         Elev: 330
      • Location given for GNIS #641530 (Cottonwood Cemetery)

    The official website for Lyon County: www.lyonco.org/

    The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/

    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 Lyon, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Cottonwood Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5983, Longitude: -95.6747       In this case, the coordinates for the Cottonwood Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
    <6>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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