A visit to the United Church of Hope 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 United Church of Hope Cemetery ...
The United Church of Hope Cemetery is located in Renville County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Bird Island Cemetery
- The Bird Island Cemetery is located in Renville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird Island Cemetery
- Brookfield Cemetery
- The Brookfield Cemetery is located in Renville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Cemetery
- Christine Cemetery
- The Christine Cemetery is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christine Cemetery
- Community Cemetery
- The Community Cemetery is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Community Cemetery
- Cosmos Cemetery
- The Cosmos Cemetery is located in Meeker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosmos Cemetery
- Early Lake Lillian Community Burial Ground
- Evergreen Cemetery
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Renville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Friends Cemetery
- The Friends Cemetery is located in Renville County
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- Hector Cemetery
- The Hector Cemetery is located in Renville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector Cemetery
- Lake Lillian Baptist Cemetery
- Lake Lillian United Methodist Cemetery
- Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
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- Olivia Cemetery
- The Olivia Cemetery is located in Renville County
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- Olivia German Cemetery
- The Olivia German Cemetery is located in Renville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivia German Cemetery
- Peace Cemetery
- The Peace Cemetery is located in Meeker County
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- Pioneers Union Cemetery
- St. John's Catholic Cemetery
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
- St. Mary's Cemetery
- The St. Mary's Cemetery is located in Renville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary's Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Bird Island.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2295159 <2>
- St. Paul Cemetery
- The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Renville County
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- St. Pauls Cemetery
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Renville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- Tromso Cemetery
- The Tromso Cemetery is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tromso Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 17 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the United Church of Hope Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Atwater
- Bird Island
- Blomkest
- Blomkest is located in Kandiyohi County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
- Buffalo Lake
- Cedar Mills
- Cedar Mills is located in Meeker County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Cosmos
- Danube
- Hector
- Kandiyohi
- Kandiyohi is located in Kandiyohi County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
- Lake Lillian
- Olivia
- Prinsburg
- Prinsburg is located in Kandiyohi County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 497 people
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Renville
- Roseland
- Roseland is located in Kandiyohi County
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- Rosendale
- Rosendale is located in Meeker County
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- Stewart
- Stewart is located in McLeod County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Svea
- Svea is located in Kandiyohi County
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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 United Church of Hope Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Renville County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The United Church of Hope Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Atwater
- Bird Island
- Buffalo Lake
- Cosmos
- Danube
- Fairfax
- Franklin
- Grove City
- Hector
- Hutchinson
- Lake Lillian
- Morton
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- Continue List (4 more)
- Renville
- Stewart
- Willmar
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 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 United Church of Hope Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Minnesota:
- Pages specific to Renville 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 United Church of Hope Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2065394 (United Church of Hope Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2065394 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: Renville
- Est. Elev: 340 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Olivia SE
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Renville, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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- United Church of Hope Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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