A visit to the Smith's Mill 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 Smith's Mill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Smith's Mill Cemetery:
44.1327, -93.7644
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Smith's Mill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Smith's Mill Cemetery is located in Waseca County<2>.
The county seat for Waseca County is located in Waseca. Waseca lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Smith's Mill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Smith's Mill Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Smith's Mill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Smith's Mill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Janesville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Anns Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anns Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Eagle Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Bunker Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Bunker Hill Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill Cemetery
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Cedar Hill Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cedar Hill Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Elysian.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2182359 <5>
- Greenland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Greenland Cemetery is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland Cemetery
- Burgess Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Burgess Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess Cemetery
- Tivoli Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Tivoli Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tivoli Cemetery
- McPherson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The McPherson Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherson Cemetery
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- Round Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Round Lake Cemetery is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Lake Cemetery
- Marysburg Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Marysburg Cemetery is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysburg Cemetery
- The Marysburg Cemetery has also been known as:
- Schurch of the Immaculate Conception Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1997319 <5>
- Alma City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Alma City Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma City Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Sugar Grove Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove Cemetery
- Peddler's Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Minske Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Minske Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minske Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- St. Jarlath Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Okaman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Okaman Cemetery is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okaman Cemetery
- Dehn Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Dehn Family Cemetery is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dehn Family Cemetery
- St. Peter's Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Peter's Cemetery is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peter's Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Smith's Mill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Smith's Mill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Smiths Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Smiths Mill is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Mill
- Janesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Saint Clair
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Madison Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Greenland is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Elysian
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Alma City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Alma City is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma City
- Marysburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Marysburg is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysburg
- Pemberton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pemberton is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Palmer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Palmer is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Mankato
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Waterville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beauford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beauford is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauford
- Cleveland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Waseca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- North Mankato
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Skyline
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Skyline is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Waldorf
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Waldorf is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldorf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Wilton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wilton is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Cordova
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cordova is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordova
- Kasota
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kilkenny
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rapidan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rapidan is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapidan
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 Smith's Mill 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 Smith's Mill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cleveland
- Eagle Lake
- Janesville
- Kasota
- Kilkenny
- Madison Lake
- Mankato
- North Mankato
- Saint Peter
- Waseca
- Waterville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Smith's Mill 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 Smith's Mill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2051226 (Smith's Mill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2051226 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: 320 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Madison Lake
- Location given for Smith's Mill Cemetery:
- Lat: 44.1327453 Lon: -93.764395
- 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Smith's Mill 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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