A visit to the Oak Grove 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 Oak Grove Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Oak Grove Cemetery:
43.8483, -93.8283
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Waseca County<2>.
The county seat for Waseca County is located in Waseca. Waseca lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the northeast of the Oak Grove Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Oak Grove Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Oak Grove Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Oak Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Catholic Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
- St. Paul's Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Paul's Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul's Cemetery
- Zions Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Zions Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zions Cemetery
- Trahm's Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Trahm's Farm Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trahm's Farm Cemetery
- St. John's Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The St. John's Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John's Cemetery
- Danville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Danville Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville Cemetery
- Schermerhorn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Schermerhorn Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schermerhorn Cemetery
- St. Paul Evangelical Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Zoars Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Zoars Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoars Cemetery
- St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lura Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Lura Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lura Cemetery
- Beauford Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Beauford Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauford Cemetery
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- Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Chase Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Chase Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Cemetery
- Walnut Lake Methodist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Casimir Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Casimir Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Casimir Cemetery
- The St. Casimir Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Casimer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83260 <5>
- Hendrickson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Hendrickson Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrickson Cemetery
- Radloff Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Radloff Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radloff Cemetery
- Vivian Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Vivian Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vivian Cemetery
- First Lutheran Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Medo Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Medo Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medo Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Oak Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Oak Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Minnesota Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Easton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Easton is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Wells
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Waldorf
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Waldorf is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldorf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Mapleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Delavan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Delavan is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delavan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Pemberton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pemberton is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Beauford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beauford is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauford
- Alma City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Alma City is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma City
- Freeborn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dell is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- New Richland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Good Thunder
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Clair
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Amboy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Winnebago
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Alden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hartland is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Frost
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Walters
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Walters is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Wilton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wilton is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Vernon Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon Center is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
- Blue Earth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Earth is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Earth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,098 people
- Former name for Blue Earth:
- Blue Earth City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Earth <6>
- Bricelyn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bricelyn is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricelyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Vista
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Vista is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
- Janesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
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 Oak Grove Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Waseca County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oak Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alden
- Amboy
- Blue Earth
- Bricelyn
- Delavan
- Easton
- Frost
- Frost lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Oak Grove Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Frost.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Good Thunder
- Hartland
- Janesville
- Mapleton
- Minnesota Lake
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Continue List (4 more)
- Vernon Center
- Wells
- Winnebago
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 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 Oak Grove Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Minnesota:
- Pages specific to Waseca 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 Oak Grove Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #648793 (Oak Grove Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #648793 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: Waseca
- Est. Elev: 321 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Minnesota Lake
- Location given for Oak Grove Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.8482928 Lon: -93.8282837
- 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 Waseca, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oak Grove 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. |