A visit to the Saint Matthews 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. Matthews Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Matthews Cemetery:
43.9616, -94.1552
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Matthews Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. Matthews Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County<2>.
The county seat for Blue Earth County is located in Mankato. Mankato lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the north northeast of the St. Matthews Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Matthews Cemetery.
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. Matthews Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Matthews Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Vernon Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Vernon Center Cemetery is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Center Cemetery
- Old Willow Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Garden City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Garden City Cemetery is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Cemetery
- North St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The North St. Johns Cemetery is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North St. Johns Cemetery
- St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
- The St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Amboy.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2151028 <5>
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Calvary Cemetery is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Lyra Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Lyra Cemetery is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyra Cemetery
- South St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The South St. Johns Cemetery is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South St. Johns Cemetery
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Pleasant View Cemetery is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Cemetery
- Jackson Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Jackson Lake Cemetery is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Lake Cemetery
- Belle of Sterling Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Sterling Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Sterling Cemetery is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Cemetery
- Pioneer Shelbyville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Lincoln Cemetery is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Cemetery
- St. John Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The St. John Cemetery is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John Cemetery
- Ohio Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Ohio Cemetery is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio Cemetery
- Chase Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Chase Cemetery is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Calvary Cemetery is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Union Cemetery is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Calvary Cemetery is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
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. Matthews Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Matthews Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Vernon Center
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Vernon Center is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
- Former name for Vernon Center:
- Vernon Centre
- Amboy
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Amboy is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amboy <6>
- Good Thunder
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Garden City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Garden City is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Willow Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Creek is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Lake Crystal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mapleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Beauford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Beauford is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauford
- Rapidan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rapidan is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapidan
- Winnebago
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Skyline
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Skyline is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Lewisville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lewisville is located in Watonwan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Madelia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Delavan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Delavan is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delavan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Truman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Truman is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,028 people
- Huntley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Huntley is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Saint Clair
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mankato
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mankato is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mankato
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,435 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mankato <6>
- North Mankato
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Judson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Judson is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Easton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Easton is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Minnesota Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pemberton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pemberton is also located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Eagle Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grogan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Grogan is located in Watonwan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grogan
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. Matthews Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Blue Earth County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Matthews Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Amboy
- Delavan
- Eagle Lake
- Easton
- Garden City
- Good Thunder
- Lake Crystal
- Lewisville
- Madelia
- Mankato
- Mapleton
- Minnesota Lake
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Continue List (4 more)
- Truman
- Vernon Center
- Winnebago
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 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. Matthews Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Minnesota:
- Pages specific to Blue Earth 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. Matthews Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #650896 (Saint Matthews Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #650896 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: Blue Earth
- Est. Elev: 308 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Amboy
- Location given for Saint Matthews Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.9616284 Lon: -94.1552356
- 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 Blue Earth, 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. Matthews 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. |