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A visit to the Saint Wendel Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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. Wendel Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Wendel Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Wendel Cemetery

Lat:   45.6681°   (45° 40' 5")

Lon:   -94.3669°   (-94° 22' 0")

The St. Wendel Cemetery is located in Stearns County<2>.

The county seat for Stearns County is located in Saint Cloud. Saint Cloud lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the southeast of the St. Wendel 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. Wendel Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Wendel Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Stearns County
  • St. Stephni Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Stephni Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Stephni Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Stephni Cemetery is located in Stearns County
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Stearns County
  • Immaculate Conception Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immaculate Conception Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Immaculate Conception Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Immaculate Conception Cemetery is located in Stearns County
  • St. Hegwigs Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Hegwigs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Hegwigs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Hegwigs Cemetery is located in Stearns County
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Stearns County
  • Highland Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Highland Cemetery is located in Stearns County
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Stearns County
  • Monastic Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Monastic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Monastic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Monastic Cemetery is located in Stearns County
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Stearns County
  • Brockway Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brockway Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brockway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Brockway Cemetery is located in Stearns County
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Stearns County
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Francis Xavier Cemetery is located in Stearns County
    • Rice Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rice Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rice Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Rice Cemetery is located in Benton County
    • St. Mary Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary Cemetery
      • The St. Mary Cemetery is located in Morrison County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Bowlus.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83406 <5>
    • St. Johns Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Stearns County
    • Ebenezer Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ebenezer Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ebenezer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Stearns County
    • Seven Dolors Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seven Dolors Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seven Dolors Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Seven Dolors Cemetery is located in Stearns County
    • Stranger Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stranger Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stranger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Stranger Cemetery is located in Stearns County
    • Immaculate Conception Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immaculate Conception Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Immaculate Conception Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Immaculate Conception Cemetery is located in Benton County
    • Holy Cross Church Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Cross Church Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Cross Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Holy Cross Church Cemetery is located in Morrison County

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. Wendel Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Wendel Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Saint Wendel
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saint Wendel. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Wendel
    • Saint Wendel is located in Stearns County
  • Avon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
    • Avon is located in Stearns County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,652 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <7>
  • Collegeville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Opole
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Opole. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opole
    • Opole is located in Stearns County
  • Saint Stephen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Stephen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Stephen
    • Saint Stephen is located in Stearns County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 867 people
  • Holdingford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holdingford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holdingford
    • Holdingford is located in Stearns County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 725 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holdingford <7>
  • Saint Joseph
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Sartell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sartell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartell
    • Sartell is located in Stearns County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,079 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sartell <7>
  • Evergreen Village
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evergreen Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
    • Evergreen Village is located in Stearns County
  • Watab
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watab
    • Watab is located in Benton County
  • Rice
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rice have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
    • Rice is located in Benton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,401 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rice <7>
  • Evergreen Village
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evergreen Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
    • Evergreen Village is located in Benton County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • North Prairie
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for North Prairie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Prairie
      • North Prairie is located in Morrison County
    • Albany
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Waite Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Bowlus
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Sauk Rapids
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Royalton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Saint Anthony
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Anthony have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Anthony
      • Saint Anthony is located in Stearns County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
    • Pleasant Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
      • Pleasant Lake is located in Stearns County
    • Saint Cloud
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Elmdale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elmdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
      • Elmdale is located in Morrison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
    • Upsala
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Cold Spring
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
      • Cold Spring is located in Stearns County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,350 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cold Spring <7>
    • Rockville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
      • Rockville is located in Stearns County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,599 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockville <7>

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. Wendel Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Stearns County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Wendel Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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. Wendel Cemetery:

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. Wendel Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #2068111  (Saint Wendel Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #2068111 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Saint Stephen
    • County: Stearns         Elev: 366
    • Location given for GNIS #2068111 (Saint Wendel Cemetery)

The official website for Stearns County: www.co.stearns.mn.us/

The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/

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 Stearns, 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the St. Wendel Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6681, Longitude: -94.3669       In this case, the coordinates for the St. Wendel Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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