A visit to the Methodist Episcopal 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 Methodist Episcopal Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Methodist Episcopal Cemetery:
44.8194, -94.6806
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Methodist Episcopal Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Methodist Episcopal Cemetery is located in Renville County<2>.
The county seat for Renville County is located in Olivia. Olivia lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the west of the Methodist Episcopal Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Brookfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Brookfield Cemetery is located in Renville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Cemetery
- Friends Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Friends Cemetery is located in Renville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Cemetery
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Renville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Renville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- St. John's Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- United Church of Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hector Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Hector Cemetery is located in Renville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector Cemetery
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Zion Lutheran Cemetery is located in Renville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Lutheran Cemetery
- The Zion Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Buffalo Lake Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2374217 <5>
- Evangelical Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Evangelical Cemetery is located in Renville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evangelical Cemetery
- St. Paul Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Renville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
- Cosmos Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Cosmos Cemetery is located in Meeker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosmos Cemetery
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- Peace Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Peace Cemetery is located in Meeker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Cemetery
- Preston Lake Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Preston Lake Cemetery is located in Renville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Lake Cemetery
- St. John's Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The St. John's Cemetery is located in Meeker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John's Cemetery
- Knopke - Brown Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Spring Grove Cemetery is located in Meeker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove Cemetery
- Lake Lillian Baptist Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The St. Mary's Cemetery is located in Renville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary's Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Bird Island.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2295159 <5>
- Bird Island Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Bird Island Cemetery is located in Renville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird Island Cemetery
- Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra Covenant Swedish Mission Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Swetlanda Lutheran Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- German Lutheran Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- United Brethren Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Round Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Round Grove Cemetery is located in McLeod County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Hector
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Buffalo Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cosmos
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bird Island
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Stewart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stewart is located in McLeod County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Cedar Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Mills is located in Meeker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Lake Lillian
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Olivia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fernando
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fernando is located in McLeod County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernando
- Hutchinson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rosendale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rosendale is located in Meeker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosendale
- Brownton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Blomkest
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Blomkest is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blomkest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
- Biscay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Biscay is located in McLeod County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Fairfax
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Danube
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gibbon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sumter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sumter is located in McLeod County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
- Svea
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Svea is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svea
- Grove City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Atwater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Franklin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Litchfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Roseland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Roseland is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
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 Methodist Episcopal Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Renville County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Atwater
- Atwater lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Atwater.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater
- Bird Island
- Brownton
- Buffalo Lake
- Cosmos
- Danube
- Fairfax
- Franklin
- Gibbon
- Gibbon lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Gibbon.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbon
- Grove City
- Hector
- Hector lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hector.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector
- Hutchinson
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Continue List (5 more)
- Litchfield
- Morton
- Olivia
- Stewart
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 websites either 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 Methodist Episcopal Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Minnesota:
- Pages specific to Renville 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 Methodist Episcopal Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2065417 (Methodist Episcopal Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2065417 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: Renville
- Est. Elev: 339 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Churchill
- Location given for Methodist Episcopal Cemetery:
- Lat: 44.8194444 Lon: -94.6805556
- 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 Renville, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Methodist Episcopal 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. |