A visit to the Norcross Lutheran 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 Norcross Lutheran Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Norcross Lutheran Cemetery:
45.9044, -96.1717
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Norcross Lutheran Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Norcross Lutheran Cemetery is located in Grant County<2>.
The county seat for Grant County is located in Elbow Lake. Elbow Lake lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Norcross Lutheran Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Norcross Lutheran Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Norcross Lutheran Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Norcross Lutheran Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Sigdal Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Elbow Lake Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hereford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Hereford Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hereford Cemetery
- St. Charles Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The St. Charles Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Charles Cemetery
- St. Charles Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The St. Charles Cemetery is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Charles Cemetery
- Bethania Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Bethania Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethania Cemetery
- Lund Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Lund Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lund Cemetery
- St. Galls Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Galls Cemetery is located in Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Galls Cemetery
- Sharon Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Sharon Cemetery is located in Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Cemetery
- Eden Reformed Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Zion Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
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- Ness Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Ness Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ness Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ness Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Elbow Lake.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #82885 <5>
- St. Loretto Catholic Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Loretto Catholic Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Loretto Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Loretto Catholic Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Elbow Lake.
- The St. Loretto Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Loretto Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2163077 <5>
- Trinity Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
- Lawrence Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Monson Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Monson Cemetery is located in Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson Cemetery
- Fridhem Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Fridhem Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fridhem Cemetery
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Norcross Lutheran Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Norcross Lutheran Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Norcross
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Norcross is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norcross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Charlesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Charlesville is located in Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesville
- Herman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Herman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
- Wendell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tintah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tintah is located in Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tintah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Elbow Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nashua
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nashua is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Barrett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Barrett is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Thorsborg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Thorsborg is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorsborg
- Wheaton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Donnelly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Donnelly is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Tenney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tenney is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenney
- Estimated population in 2011: 5 people
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Dumont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dumont is located in Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Western
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Western is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western
- Campbell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Campbell is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Erdahl
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Erdahl is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erdahl
- Hoffman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- White Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- White Rock is located in Roberts County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
- Childs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Childs is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
- Collis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Collis is located in Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collis
- Ashby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
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 Norcross Lutheran Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Grant County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Norcross Lutheran Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ashby
- Ashby lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the Northeast (NE) of the Norcross Lutheran Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ashby.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
- Barrett
- Campbell
- Chokio
- Dalton
- Dalton lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Norcross Lutheran Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Dalton.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Dumont
- Elbow Lake
- Fairmount
- Herman
- Hoffman
- Tintah
- Wendell
- Wheaton
- White Rock
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Norcross Lutheran Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Minnesota:
- Pages specific to Grant 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 Norcross Lutheran Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2068488 (Norcross Lutheran Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2068488 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: Grant
- Est. Elev: 317 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Herman NW
- Location given for Norcross Lutheran Cemetery:
- Lat: 45.9044444 Lon: -96.1716667
- 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 Grant, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Norcross Lutheran 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. |
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