A visit to the Sommerfeld Family 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 Sommerfeld Family Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sommerfeld Family Cemetery:
44.9422, -95.8583
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Sommerfeld Family Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Sommerfeld Family Cemetery is located in Lac qui Parle County<2>.
The county seat for Lac qui Parle County is located in Madison. Madison lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Sommerfeld Family Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Sommerfeld Family Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sommerfeld Family Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Our Saviour's Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- German American Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Camp Release Twp. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Petri Cemetery West
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The St. Petri Cemetery West is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Petri Cemetery West
- St. Petri Cemetery East
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The St. Petri Cemetery East is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Petri Cemetery East
- Terrace Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Terrace Lawn Cemetery is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Lawn Cemetery
- Trinity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lac qui Parle Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Lac qui Parle Cemetery is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac qui Parle Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- Sunset Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Sunset Memorial Cemetery is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Memorial Cemetery
- The Sunset Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Montevideo Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83664 <5>
- Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Dawson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Dawson Cemetery is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson Cemetery
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- Riverside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- Ten Mile Lake Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Ten Mile Lake Cemetery is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile Lake Cemetery
- Brono Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Brono Cemetery is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brono Cemetery
- Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bergen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Release Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Camp Release Cemetery is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Release Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Camp Release Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the west of Granite Falls.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #82049 <5>
- Strombeck Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Strombeck Cemetery is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strombeck Cemetery
- St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 18 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Sommerfeld Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sommerfeld Family Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Watson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Boyd
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Boyd is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boyd <6>
- Montevideo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dawson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Clarkfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Milan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Providence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Providence is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Big Bend City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Big Bend City is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend City
- Hazel Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hazel Run is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Madison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Madison is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,376 people
- Granite Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Leo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Leo is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Leo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
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- Appleton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Maynard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hanley Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hanley Falls is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Louisburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Louisburg is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Holloway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Holloway is located in Swift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Danvers
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Danvers is located in Swift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 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 Sommerfeld Family Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lac qui Parle County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sommerfeld Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Appleton
- Bellingham
- Boyd
- Boyd lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Sommerfeld Family Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Boyd.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Canby
- Canby lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the Sommerfeld Family Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Canby.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canby
- Clara City
- Clarkfield
- Cottonwood
- Dawson
- Granite Falls
- Hanley Falls
- Madison
- Maynard
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Continue List (4 more)
- Milan lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Sommerfeld Family Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Milan.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Montevideo
- Watson
- Watson lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Sommerfeld Family Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Watson.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Wood Lake
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 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 Sommerfeld Family Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Minnesota:
- Pages specific to Lac qui Parle 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 Sommerfeld Family Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2065856 (Sommerfeld Family Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2065856 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: Lac qui Parle
- Est. Elev: 314 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Clarkfield NE
- Location given for Sommerfeld Family Cemetery:
- Lat: 44.9422222 Lon: -95.8583333
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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 Lac qui Parle, 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- Sommerfeld Family 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. |