A visit to the Saint John's 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 St. John's Lutheran Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery:
43.7752, -92.7913
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. John's Lutheran Cemetery is located in Mower County<2>.
The county seat for Mower County is located in Austin. Austin lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the southwest of the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Tanner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Tanner Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Cemetery
- Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Waltham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Waltham Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltham Cemetery
- The Waltham Cemetery has also been known as:
- Waltham Trinity Luthern Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brown Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Brownsdale.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81990 <5>
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dexter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Dexter Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Cemetery
- Evanger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Evanger Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evanger Cemetery
- Trinity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
- St. Michael's Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
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- Lansing Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Lansing Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing Cemetery
- Hoflanda Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Hoflanda Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoflanda Cemetery
- Immanuel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Immanuel Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Cemetery
- The Immanuel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Udolpho Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Udolpho Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Udolpho Cemetery
- St. Finbarrs Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The St. Finbarrs Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Finbarrs Cemetery
- Oakwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakwood Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Austin.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #82974 <5>
- Prairie View Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Prairie View Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View Cemetery
- Grand Meadow Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Grand Meadow Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Meadow Cemetery
- Norwegian Methodist Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- The St. Johns Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John's Evangelistic Cemetery
- West St. Olaf Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Sargeant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sargeant is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargeant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Renova ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Renova is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renova
- Brownsdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dexter
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Waltham
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hayfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Elkton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elkton is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Lansing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lansing is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
- Mapleview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mapleview is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Austin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Grand Meadow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Rock Dell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Dell is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Dell
- Varco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Varco is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varco
- High Forest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- High Forest is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Forest
- Adams
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Westfield Center ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Westfield Center is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Center
- Blooming Prairie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Racine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Shanty Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shanty Town is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanty Town
- Oakland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Taopi
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Taopi is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taopi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Stewartville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Kasson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dodge Center
(17 miles [27.4 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 St. John's Lutheran Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Mower County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. John's Lutheran Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Adams
- Adams lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Adams.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Austin
- Austin lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Austin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Blooming Prairie
- Brownsdale
- Dexter
- Dodge Center
- Hayfield
- Kasson
- Stewartville
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 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. John's Lutheran Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Minnesota:
- Pages specific to Mower 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 St. John's Lutheran Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2050332 (Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2050332 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: Mower
- Est. Elev: 427 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Sargeant
- Location given for Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.7752405 Lon: -92.7912959
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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 Mower, 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- St. John's 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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