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A visit to the Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery ...


The location of the Houston County Poor Farm 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 Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery ...

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

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery

Lat:   43.6255°   (43° 37' 31")

Lon:   -91.5224°   (-91° 31' 20")

The Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery is located in Houston County<2>.

The county seat for Houston County is located in Caledonia. Caledonia lies just to the east northeast of the Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Minnesota:
  • Pages specific to Houston 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 Houston County Poor Farm 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 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Caledonia
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Spring Grove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
      • Spring Grove is located in Houston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,262 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Grove <4>
    • Eitzen
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eitzen
      • Eitzen is located in Houston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
    • Houston
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Houston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
      • Houston is located in Houston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 972 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Houston <4>
    • Yucatan
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yucatan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yucatan
      • Yucatan is located in Houston County
    • Riceford
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceford
      • Riceford is located in Houston County
    • Dorchester
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Quandahl
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quandahl have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quandahl
      • Quandahl is located in Allamakee County (IA)
    • Reno
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
      • Reno is located in Houston County
    • Hokah
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hokah have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hokah
      • Hokah is located in Houston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hokah <4>
    • Brownsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
      • Brownsville is located in Houston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
    • Mabel
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Continue List   (15 more) ...
      • Highlandville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlandville
        • Highlandville is located in Winneshiek County (IA)
      • Money Creek
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money Creek
        • Money Creek is located in Houston County
      • New Albin
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bratsberg
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bratsberg
        • Bratsberg is located in Fillmore County
      • Newburg
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
        • Newburg is located in Fillmore County
      • Hesper
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesper
        • Hesper is located in Winneshiek County (IA)
      • Genoa
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
        • Genoa is located in Vernon County (WI)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
      • Stoddard
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
        • Stoddard is located in Vernon County (WI)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
      • South Rushford
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rushford
        • South Rushford is located in Fillmore County
      • La Crescent
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Crescent have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crescent
        • La Crescent is located in Houston County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,037 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Crescent <4>
      • Rushford
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rushford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushford
        • Rushford is located in Fillmore County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,695 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rushford <4>
      • Rushford Village
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rushford Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushford Village
        • Rushford Village is located in Fillmore County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
      • La Crosse
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
        • La Crosse is located in La Crosse County (WI)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 51,163 people
      • Nodine
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodine
        • Nodine is located in Winona County
      • Peterson
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peterson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
        • Peterson is located in Fillmore County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peterson <4>

    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 Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Houston County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    • Brownsville
    • Caledonia
    • Hokah
      • Hokah lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the Northeast (NE) of the Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hokah.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hokah
    • Houston
      • Houston lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Houston.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
    • La Crescent
    • La Crosse
    • Mabel
      • Mabel lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Mabel.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
    • New Albin
    • Peterson
    • Rushford
    • Spring Grove
    • Stoddard

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery.<5>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Calvary Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • 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 Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
    • Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery
    • Old Caledonia Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Caledonia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Old Caledonia Cemetery is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Caledonia Cemetery
    • St. John's German Lutheran Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. John's German Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. John's German Lutheran Cemetery is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John's German Lutheran Cemetery
    • Grove Prairie Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grove Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Grove Prairie Cemetery is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grove Prairie Cemetery
    • Messeral Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Messeral Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Messeral Cemetery is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Messeral Cemetery
    • German Lutheran Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the German Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The German Lutheran Cemetery is located in Houston County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the German Lutheran Cemetery is located
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the German Lutheran Cemetery
    • Sheldon Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sheldon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sheldon Cemetery is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sheldon Cemetery
    • Old Sheldon Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Sheldon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Old Sheldon Cemetery is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Sheldon Cemetery
    • Wilmington Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilmington Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wilmington Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilmington Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
    • Old Black Hammer Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Black Hammer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Old Black Hammer Cemetery is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Black Hammer Cemetery
    • Black Hammer Lutheran Church Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Black Hammer Lutheran Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Black Hammer Lutheran Church Cemetery is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Black Hammer Lutheran Church Cemetery
    • Continue List   (9 more) ...
      • Stone Cemetery
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stone Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Stone Cemetery is located in Houston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stone Cemetery
      • Union Ridge Cemetery
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Union Ridge Cemetery is located in Houston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Ridge Cemetery
      • Holy Trinity Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Holy Trinity Cemetery is located in Houston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Trinity Cemetery
      • Spring Grove Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spring Grove Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Spring Grove Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery is located in Houston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Grove Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
      • Spring Grove Lutheran Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spring Grove Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Spring Grove Lutheran Cemetery is located in Houston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Grove Lutheran Cemetery
      • Old Wilmington Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Wilmington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Old Wilmington Cemetery is located in Houston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Wilmington Cemetery
      • Portland Prairie Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Portland Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Portland Prairie Cemetery is located in Houston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Portland Prairie Cemetery
      • Steele Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Steele Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Steele Cemetery is located in Houston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Steele Cemetery
      • St. Nicholas Catholic Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Nicholas Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The St. Nicholas Catholic Cemetery is located in Houston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Nicholas Catholic 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 Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #2050436  (Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #2050436 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: Sheldon
      • County: Houston         Elev: 354
      • Location given for GNIS #2050436 (Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery)

    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 Houston, 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6255, Longitude: -91.5224       In this case, the coordinates for the Houston County Poor Farm 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.




 

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