A visit to the Messeral 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 Messeral Cemetery ...
The Messeral Cemetery is located in Houston County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Black Hammer Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- Evergreen Cemetery
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- First Swedish Baptist Cemetery
- First Yucatan Cemetery
- German Lutheran Cemetery
- The German Lutheran Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- To give a relative sense of its location, the German Lutheran Cemetery is located
- Hillside Cemetery
- The Hillside Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery
- Johnstons Cemetery
- The Johnstons Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- Old Black Hammer Cemetery
- Old Caledonia Cemetery
- Old Ridge Cemetery
- The Old Ridge Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Old Ridge Cemetery
- The Old Ridge Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- Old Sheldon Cemetery
- The Old Sheldon Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- St. John's German Lutheran Cemetery
- St. Peters Cemetery
- The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- Sheldon Cemetery
- The Sheldon Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- Swede Bottom Cemetery
- The Swede Bottom Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- Swenson & Anderson Cemetery
- Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery
- Union Ridge Cemetery
- The Union Ridge Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- Yucatan Cemetery
- The Yucatan Cemetery is located in Houston County
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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]<2> of the Messeral Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Bee
- Bee is located in Houston County
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- Bratsberg
- Bratsberg is located in Fillmore County
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- Brownsville
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
- Caledonia
- Dorchester
- Eitzen
- Eitzen is located in Houston County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Hesper
- Hesper is located in Winneshiek County (IA)
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- Highlandville
- Highlandville is located in Winneshiek County (IA)
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- Hokah
- Houston
- La Crescent
- Mabel
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Money Creek
- Money Creek is located in Houston County
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- Newburg
- Newburg is located in Fillmore County
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- Peterson
- Quandahl
- Quandahl is located in Allamakee County (IA)
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- Reno
- Reno is located in Houston County
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- Riceford
- Riceford is located in Houston County
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- Rushford Village
- Rushford Village is located in Fillmore County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
- Rushford
- South Rushford
- South Rushford is located in Fillmore County
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- Spring Grove
- Whalan
- Willington Grove
- Willington Grove is located in Houston County
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- Wilmington
- Wilmington is located in Houston County
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- Yucatan
- Yucatan is located in Houston County
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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 Messeral 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 Messeral Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brownsville
- Caledonia
- Hokah
- Houston
- La Crescent
- Mabel
- Peterson
- Rushford
- Spring Grove
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 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 Messeral 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 Messeral Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2050434 (Messeral Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2050434 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: 238 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Sheldon
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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- Messeral Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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