A visit to the Elmwood 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 Elmwood Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Elmwood Cemetery:
46.7866, -96.6095
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Elmwood Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Elmwood Cemetery is located in Clay County<2>.
The county seat for Clay County is located in Moorhead. Moorhead lies just to the northwest of the Elmwood Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Elmwood Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> of the Elmwood Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Elmwood Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Sabin Trinity Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Sabin Trinity Cemetery is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin Trinity Cemetery
- Moorhead Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Riverside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Glyndon.
- Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Riverside Cemetery (located 70 miles to the north).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83177 <5>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Elkton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Elkton Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton Cemetery
- Prairie Home Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Salem Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Holy Cross Cemetery is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross Cemetery
- Hoff Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Hoff Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoff Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Fargo (ND).
- The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Moorhead Riverside Cemetery
- Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Riverside Cemetery (located 68 miles to the north).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #790540 <5>
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- Lower Wild Rice & Red River Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Comstock Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Comstock Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock Cemetery
- Clara Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Clara Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara Cemetery
- Zion Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Rosemound Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Rosemound Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemound Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Norwegian Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Norwegian Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwegian Cemetery
- Silver Lake Pioneer Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Elmwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Elmwood Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Sabin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sabin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Baker
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Baker is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Glyndon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Finkle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Finkle is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finkle
- Dilworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Moorhead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Briarwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Briarwood is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Wild Rice
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wild Rice is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rice
- Comstock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Comstock is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Muskoda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Muskoda is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskoda
- Prairie Rose
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Prairie Rose is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Rose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Frontier
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Frontier is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Oxbow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oxbow is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Oakport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakport is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakport
- Fargo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barnesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- North River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- North River is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- West Fargo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Horace
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kragnes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kragnes is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragnes
- Hawley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Reile's Acres
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Reile's Acres is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reile's Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 748 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 Elmwood Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Clay County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Elmwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Barnesville
- Christine
- Fargo
- Fargo lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Elmwood Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Fargo.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Glyndon
- Hawley
- Moorhead
- West Fargo
- Wolverton
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites 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 Elmwood Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Minnesota:
- Pages specific to Clay 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 Elmwood Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #643315 (Elmwood Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #643315 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: Clay
- Est. Elev: 282 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Glyndon South
- Location given for Elmwood Cemetery:
- Lat: 46.7866285 Lon: -96.6095198
- 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 Clay, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Elmwood 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. |