A visit to the Houston County Poor Farm 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 Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery:
43.6255, -91.5224
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)<1>
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 .
Open a Google Map centered on the Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery.<4>
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)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Old Caledonia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. John's German Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Grove Prairie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Messeral Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Messeral Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messeral Cemetery
- German Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The German Lutheran Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the German Lutheran Cemetery is located
- Sheldon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Sheldon Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon Cemetery
- Old Sheldon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Old Sheldon Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sheldon Cemetery
- Wilmington Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Old Black Hammer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Black Hammer Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Stone Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Stone Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Cemetery
- Union Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Union Ridge Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge Cemetery
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Holy Trinity Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Trinity Cemetery
- Spring Grove Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Grove Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Old Wilmington Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Portland Prairie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Steele Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Steele Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Cemetery
- St. Nicholas Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 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)
- Willington Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Willington Grove is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington Grove
- Wilmington
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wilmington is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Spring Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bee is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee
- Eitzen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Eitzen is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eitzen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Houston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Yucatan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yucatan is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yucatan
- Riceford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Riceford is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceford
- Dorchester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Quandahl
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Quandahl is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quandahl
- Reno
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Reno is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hokah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
- Mabel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Highlandville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Highlandville is located in Winneshiek County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlandville
- Money Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Money Creek is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money Creek
- New Albin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bratsberg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bratsberg is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bratsberg
- Newburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Newburg is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Hesper
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hesper is located in Winneshiek County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesper
- Genoa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Genoa is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Stoddard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Stoddard is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- South Rushford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Rushford is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rushford
- La Crescent
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rushford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
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
- 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
- Rushford
- Spring Grove
- Stoddard
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 helpful 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:
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: In 2021, GNIS record #2050436 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: Houston
- Est. Elev: 354 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Sheldon
- Location given for Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.6255246 Lon: -91.5223638
- 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 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Houston County Poor Farm 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |