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A visit to the Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery ...


The location of the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<1>


Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 St. Francis Xavier Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery

Lat:   45.6222°   (45° 37' 19")

Lon:   -94.2131°   (-94° 12' 47")

The St. Francis Xavier Cemetery is located in Stearns County<2>.

The county seat for Stearns County is located in Saint Cloud. Saint Cloud lies just to the south southeast of the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery .

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 professional and volunteer 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 St. Francis Xavier Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Minnesota:
  • Pages specific to Stearns County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Sartell
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sartell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartell
      • Sartell is located in Stearns County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,079 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sartell <4>
    • Evergreen Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evergreen Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
      • Evergreen Village is located in Stearns County
    • Evergreen Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evergreen Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
      • Evergreen Village is located in Benton County
    • Sauk Rapids
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Waite Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Watab
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watab
      • Watab is located in Benton County
    • Saint Cloud
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Joseph
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Stephen
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Stephen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Stephen
      • Saint Stephen is located in Stearns County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 867 people
    • Collegeville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Saint Wendel
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Wendel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Wendel
      • Saint Wendel is located in Stearns County
    • Pleasant Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
      • Pleasant Lake is located in Stearns County
    • Continue List   (11 more) ...
      • Rice
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rice have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
        • Rice is located in Benton County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,401 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rice <4>
      • Cable
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cable have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
        • Cable is located in Sherburne County
      • Saint Augusta
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Augusta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augusta
        • Saint Augusta is located in Stearns County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,900 people
      • Opole
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Opole have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opole
        • Opole is located in Stearns County
      • Avon
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
        • Avon is located in Stearns County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,652 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <4>
      • Rockville
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
        • Rockville is located in Stearns County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,599 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockville <4>
      • Duelm
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duelm
        • Duelm is located in Benton County
      • Royalton
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Foley
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foley
        • Foley is located in Benton County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,653 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Foley <4>
      • Gilman
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
        • Gilman is located in Benton County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilman <4>
      • Holdingford
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holdingford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holdingford
        • Holdingford is located in Stearns County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 725 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holdingford <4>

    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 St. Francis Xavier Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Stearns County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Francis Xavier Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery.<5>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Pioneer Benton County Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Benton County Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pioneer Benton County Cemetery is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Benton County Cemetery
    • Benton Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Benton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Benton Cemetery is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Benton Cemetery
    • Sacred Heart Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Trinity Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Trinity Cemetery is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
    • Brockway Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brockway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Brockway Cemetery is located in Stearns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brockway Cemetery
    • Stranger Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stranger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Stranger Cemetery is located in Stearns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stranger Cemetery
    • St. Joseph Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Stearns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
    • North Star Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Star Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The North Star Cemetery is located in Stearns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Star Cemetery
    • St. Stephni Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Stephni Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Stephni Cemetery is located in Stearns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Stephni Cemetery
    • Monastic Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Monastic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Monastic Cemetery is located in Stearns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Monastic Cemetery
    • St. Joseph Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Stearns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
    • Calvary Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • The Calvary Cemetery is located in Stearns County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Saint Cloud.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #82017 <6>
    • Continue List   (9 more) ...
      • Assumption Cemetery
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Assumption Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Assumption Cemetery is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Assumption Cemetery
      • Staples Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Staples Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Staples Cemetery is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Staples Cemetery
      • Minnesota Reformatory Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Minnesota Reformatory Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Minnesota Reformatory Cemetery is located in Sherburne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Minnesota Reformatory Cemetery
      • St. Marys Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
      • Rice Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rice Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Rice Cemetery is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rice Cemetery
      • St. Wendel Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Wendel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The St. Wendel Cemetery is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Wendel Cemetery
      • Immaculate Conception Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Immaculate Conception Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Immaculate Conception Cemetery is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immaculate Conception Cemetery
      • St. Johns Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
      • St. John's Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. John's Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The St. John's Cemetery is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John's Cemetery

    For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

    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 St. Francis Xavier Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #2068100  (Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #2068100 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
      • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Saint Cloud
      • County: Stearns         Elev: 326
      • Location given for GNIS #2068100 (Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery)

    The official website for Stearns County: www.co.stearns.mn.us/

    The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/

    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 Stearns, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6222, Longitude: -94.2131       In this case, the coordinates for the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
    <6>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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