A visit to the Silver Lake Pioneer 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 Silver Lake Pioneer Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Silver Lake Pioneer Cemetery:
46.8338, -96.3506
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Silver Lake Pioneer Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Silver Lake Pioneer Cemetery is located in Clay County<2>.
The county seat for Clay County is located in Moorhead. Moorhead lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the west of the Silver Lake Pioneer Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Silver Lake Pioneer Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Silver Lake Pioneer Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Silver Lake Pioneer Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hegland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Hegland Cemetery is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegland Cemetery
- Hawley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Hawley Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley Cemetery
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Solem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Solem Cemetery is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solem Cemetery
- Dale Covenant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Prairie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elkton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Elkton Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton Cemetery
- Gran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Gran Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gran Cemetery
- Grong Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Old Yankee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Old Yankee Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Yankee Cemetery
- Park Lutheran Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dale Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Dale Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Lysne Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Lysne Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lysne Cemetery
- Bethany Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Bethany Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Cemetery
- Houglum Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Houglum Cemetery is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houglum Cemetery
- Eskjo Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Eskjo Cemetery is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskjo Cemetery
- Highland Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Salem Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The West Salem Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Glyndon.
- Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Riverside Cemetery (located 70 miles to the north).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83177 <5>
- Norwegian Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Norwegian Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwegian Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Silver Lake Pioneer Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Silver Lake Pioneer Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Hawley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Muskoda
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Muskoda is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskoda
- Rollag
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rollag is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollag
- Hitterdal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hitterdal is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitterdal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Glyndon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Baker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Baker is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Barnesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sabin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sabin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Cormorant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cormorant is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cormorant
- Dilworth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Audubon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ulen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Felton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Moorhead
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Finkle
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Finkle is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finkle
- Lawndale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lawndale is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
- Bucks Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bucks Mill is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Mill
- Kragnes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kragnes is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragnes
- Oakport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Oakport is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakport
- Briarwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Briarwood is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Wild Rice
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wild Rice is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rice
- Comstock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Comstock is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Pelican Rapids
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- North River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- North River is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Prairie Rose
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Prairie Rose is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Rose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Frontier
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Frontier is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
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 Silver Lake Pioneer Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Clay County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Silver Lake Pioneer Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Audubon
- Barnesville
- Glyndon
- Hawley
- Hawley lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Silver Lake Pioneer Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hawley.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley
- Hitterdal
- Lake Park
- Moorhead
- Pelican Rapids
- Ulen
- Ulen lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Silver Lake Pioneer Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ulen.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulen
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 Silver Lake Pioneer Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Minnesota:
- Pages specific to Clay 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 Silver Lake Pioneer Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #652063 (Silver Lake Pioneer Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #652063 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: Clay
- Est. Elev: 345 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hawley SE
- Location given for Silver Lake Pioneer Cemetery:
- Lat: 46.8338487 Lon: -96.3506213
- 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 Clay, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Silver Lake Pioneer 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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