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:
43.6736, -92.7496
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 west of the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 11 miles [17.7 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.
- Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hoflanda Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Hoflanda Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoflanda Cemetery
- Dexter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Dexter Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Cemetery
- Tanner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Tanner Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Cemetery
- Prairie View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Prairie View Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- St. Peter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Peter Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peter Cemetery
- Little Cedar Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Little Cedar Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cedar Cemetery
- Marshall Luthern Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Marshall Luthern Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Luthern Cemetery
- The Marshall Luthern Cemetery has also been known as:
- Marshall Church Cemetery
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Brown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
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- Grand Meadow Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Grand Meadow Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Meadow Cemetery
- St. Finbarrs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Finbarrs Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Finbarrs Cemetery
- Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- Waltham Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Grandview Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Grand View Memorial Gardens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rose Creek Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Rose Creek Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Creek Cemetery
- Bear Creek Luthern Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Norwegian Methodist Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 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:
- Elkton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Elkton is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Dexter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Renova ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Renova is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renova
- Rose Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Adams
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brownsdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sargeant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sargeant is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargeant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Taopi
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Taopi is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taopi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Grand Meadow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Varco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Varco is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varco
- Johnsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Johnsburg is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsburg
- Waltham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Mapleview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- 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 west)
- Lansing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lansing is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
- Lyle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hayfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Meyer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Meyer is located in Mitchell County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyer
- Racine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- High Forest
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- High Forest is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Forest
- Stacyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Stacyville is located in Mitchell County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 466 people
- Le Roy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ostrander
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Oakland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
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 7 miles [11.3 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
- Brownsdale
- Dexter
- Hayfield
- Le Roy
- Le Roy lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Le Roy.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Roy
- Lyle
- Lyle lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lyle.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyle
- Spring Valley
- Stacyville
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 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 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 #2050345 (Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2050345 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: 401 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Dexter
- Location given for Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.6735751 Lon: -92.7496279
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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 '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- 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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