A visit to the Saint Michael's 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. Michael's Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Michael's Cemetery:
43.7966, -92.9085
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Michael's Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. Michael's Cemetery is located in Mower County<2>.
The county seat for Mower County is located in Austin. Austin lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south southwest of the St. Michael's Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Michael's Cemetery.
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. Michael's Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Michael's Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Waltham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- 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
- Udolpho Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Udolpho Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Udolpho Cemetery
- Lansing Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Lansing Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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 south)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- First Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tanner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Tanner Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Cemetery
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Red Oak Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Oakwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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>
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Westfield Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Westfield Cemetery is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Cemetery
- Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Evanger Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Evanger Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evanger Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Austin.
- The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery
- St. Augustines Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #264295 <5>
- Moscow Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Moscow Cemetery is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow Cemetery
- Old Red Oak Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Grand View Memorial Gardens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hoflanda Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Hoflanda Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoflanda Cemetery
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dexter Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Dexter Cemetery is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Michael's Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Michael's Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Waltham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lansing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lansing is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
- Brownsdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sargeant
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sargeant is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargeant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Hayfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mapleview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mapleview is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Renova ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Renova is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renova
- Blooming Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Austin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Westfield Center ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Westfield Center is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Center
- Dexter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Union
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Varco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Varco is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varco
- Rose Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Elkton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elkton is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Hollandale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rock Dell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Dell is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Dell
- Dodge Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Claremont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Grand Meadow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
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. Michael's 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. Michael's Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Adams
- Adams lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the St. Michael's Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Adams.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Austin
- Austin lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the St. Michael's Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Austin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Blooming Prairie
- Brownsdale
- Claremont
- Dexter
- Dexter lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the St. Michael's Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Dexter.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Dodge Center
- Hayfield
- Kasson
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 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. Michael's 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. Michael's Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2050330 (Saint Michael's Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2050330 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: 393 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Waltham
- Location given for Saint Michael's Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.7966295 Lon: -92.9085235
- 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 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- St. Michael's 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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