A visit to the Saint Mary 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. Mary Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Mary Cemetery:
44.0266, -93.5924
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Mary Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. Mary Cemetery is located in Waseca County<2>.
The county seat for Waseca County is located in Waseca. Waseca lies just to the northeast of the St. Mary Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Mary Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Mary Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Mary Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Wilton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Wilton Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Peddler's Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Freedom Lutheran Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Alma City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Alma City Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma City Cemetery
- Woodville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Woodville Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville Cemetery
- Minske Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Minske Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minske Cemetery
- Janesville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Anns Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anns Cemetery
- Freedom Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Freedom Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Cemetery
- Vista Covenant Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Vista Swedish Lutheran Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Otisco Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Otisco Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- First Lutheran Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vivian Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Vivian Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vivian Cemetery
- North Waseca Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The North Waseca Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Waseca Cemetery
- St. Jarlath Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The St. Jarlath Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Jarlath Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Jarlath Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southeast of Elysian.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2168567 <5>
- Bunker Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Bunker Hill Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill Cemetery
- Radloff Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Radloff Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radloff Cemetery
- Hendrickson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Hendrickson Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrickson Cemetery
- St. Peter Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Peter Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peter Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Otisco - Lemond Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Iosco Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Iosco Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iosco Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Mary Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Mary Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Wilton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wilton is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Waseca
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Alma City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Alma City is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma City
- Vista
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vista is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
- Waldorf
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Waldorf is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldorf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Palmer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Palmer is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Janesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pemberton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pemberton is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- New Richland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Smiths Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Smiths Mill is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Mill
- Elysian
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Waterville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Saint Clair
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Greenland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenland is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Morristown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hartland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hartland is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Hope
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hope is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Madison Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Minnesota Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bath
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bath is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Eagle Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Freeborn
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ellendale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- River Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- River Point is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Point
- Steele Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Steele Center is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Center
- Owatonna
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Warsaw
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Warsaw is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
- Marysburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Marysburg is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysburg
- Beauford
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Beauford is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauford
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. Mary 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 St. Mary Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Eagle Lake
- Ellendale
- Hartland
- Janesville
- Madison Lake
- Minnesota Lake
- Morristown
- New Richland
- Owatonna
- Waseca
- Waterville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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. Mary 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 St. Mary Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #650828 (Saint Mary Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #650828 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: 329 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Waseca
- Location given for Saint Mary Cemetery:
- Lat: 44.0266315 Lon: -93.5924442
- 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- St. Mary 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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