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A visit to the German Methodist 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 German Methodist Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the German Methodist Cemetery:

47.2014, -96.5417

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the German Methodist Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The German Methodist Cemetery is located in Norman County<2>.

The county seat for Norman County is located in Ada. Ada lies just to the north of the German Methodist Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the German Methodist Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> of the German Methodist Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Winchester Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • The Winchester Cemetery is located in Norman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Cemetery
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Norman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
  • Skandinavia Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • The Skandinavia Cemetery is located in Norman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skandinavia Cemetery
  • Ada Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • The Ada Cemetery is located in Norman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada Cemetery
  • Petri Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • The Petri Cemetery is located in Norman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petri Cemetery
  • Jevnaker Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • The Jevnaker Cemetery is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jevnaker Cemetery
  • Landstad Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • The Landstad Cemetery is located in Norman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landstad Cemetery
  • Bethania Lutheran Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • United Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • West Wild Rice Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Concordia Menighed Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Felton Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • The Felton Cemetery is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felton Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Felton Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Felton.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #82303 <5>
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Old Jevnaker Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • The Old Jevnaker Cemetery is located in Pennington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jevnaker Cemetery
    • Norman County Poor Farm Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Kirkebo Lutheran Church Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Anthony Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • The Anthony Cemetery is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Cemetery
    • East Marsh River Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pontoppidan Lutheran Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • St. Pauli Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • The St. Pauli Cemetery is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauli Cemetery
    • Old Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Kirkebo Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • West Wild Rice Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • St. John's Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • The St. John's Cemetery is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John's Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the German Methodist Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from German Methodist Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Borup
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Borup is located in Norman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borup
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
  • Ada
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Ada is located in Norman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,556 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ada <6>
  • Felton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Perley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Perley is located in Norman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
  • Twin Valley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Twin Valley is located in Norman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Valley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
  • Hendrum
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Hendrum is located in Norman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrum
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
  • Georgetown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Georgetown is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
  • Ulen
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Halstad
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Kragnes
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Kragnes is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragnes
  • Gary
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Flom
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Gardner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Hitterdal
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Hitterdal is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitterdal
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
    • Argusville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Argusville is located in Cass County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
    • North River
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • North River is located in Cass County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
    • Oakport
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Oakport is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakport
    • Faith
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Faith is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faith
    • Flaming
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Flaming is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaming
    • Shelly
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Shelly is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
    • Grandin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Harwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Glyndon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Dilworth
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Beltrami
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Beltrami is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beltrami
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 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 German Methodist Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Norman County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Ada
    • Ada lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the North (N) of the German Methodist Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ada.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
  • Glyndon
  • Halstad
  • Harwood
  • Hendrum
    • Hendrum lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the German Methodist Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hendrum.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrum
  • Hitterdal
  • Twin Valley
  • Ulen
    • Ulen lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the German Methodist Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ulen.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulen

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 German Methodist Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Minnesota:
  • Pages specific to Norman 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 German Methodist Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #2082792  (German Methodist Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2082792 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: Norman
      • Est. Elev: 274 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Borup
      • Location given for German Methodist Cemetery:
      • Lat: 47.2013889     Lon: -96.5416667
      • 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 Norman, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- German Methodist 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.