A visit to the Mound 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 Mound Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mound Cemetery:
45.3133, -96.4342
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mound Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mound Cemetery is located in Big Stone County<2>.
The county seat for Big Stone County is located in Ortonville. Ortonville lies just to the south southwest of the Mound Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Mound Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the Mound Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mound Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Greenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Grant County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- St. Charles Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Charles Cemetery is located in Grant County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Charles Cemetery
- Rest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Rest Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Grant County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Johns Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the east of Milbank (SD).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #97555 <5>
- Yellow Bank Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Yellow Bank Cemetery is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Bank Cemetery
- Odessa Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Stone Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mills Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Mills Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Cemetery
- Immanuel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Immanuel Cemetery is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Cemetery
- Eids Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Eids Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eids Cemetery
- Eidskog Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Eidskog Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidskog Cemetery
- Maple Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Maple Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Cemetery
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- Long Island Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Long Island Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island Cemetery
- St. Pauli Lutheran Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The St. Pauli Lutheran Memorial Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauli Lutheran Memorial Cemetery
- The St. Pauli Lutheran Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Paul Cemetery
- St. Paul Church Cemetery
- St. Paul Lutheran Memorial Cemetery
- St. Pauli Cemetery
- St. Pauli Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2586514 <5>
- West St. Paul Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The West St. Paul Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West St. Paul Cemetery
- Lakeside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Lakeside Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Cemetery
- Odessa Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bailey Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- Clinton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Clinton Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Cemetery
- Elim Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Elim Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elim Cemetery
- St. Lawrence Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Lawrence Cemetery is located in Grant County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Lawrence Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem 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 Mound Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mound Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Ortonville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Big Stone City
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Odessa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Milbank
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Beach is located in Roberts County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Beach
- Bellingham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bellingham is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Correll
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Correll is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Correll
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Nassau
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Louisburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Louisburg is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Corona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Graceville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Twin Brooks
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Albee
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Albee is located in Grant County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Barry
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Barry is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Johnson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Johnson is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Marietta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Marietta is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- LaBolt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Revillo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Appleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Chokio
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beardsley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Stockholm
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
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 Mound Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Big Stone County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mound Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Appleton
- Beardsley
- Bellingham
- Big Stone City
- Chokio
- Clinton
- Graceville
- Madison
- Marietta
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Continue List (6 more)
- Milbank
- Odessa
- Ortonville
- Twin Brooks
- Wilmot
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Mound Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Minnesota:
- Pages specific to Big Stone 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 Mound Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2067164 (Mound Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2067164 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: Big Stone
- Est. Elev: 329 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Ortonville
- Location given for Mound Cemetery:
- Lat: 45.3133333 Lon: -96.4341667
- 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 Big Stone, 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- Mound 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. |