A visit to the Walnut Lake 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 Walnut Lake Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Walnut Lake Cemetery:
43.6958, -93.8291
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Walnut Lake Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Walnut Lake Cemetery is located in Faribault County<2>.
The county seat for Faribault County is located in Blue Earth. Blue Earth lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Walnut Lake Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Walnut Lake Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Walnut Lake Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Walnut Lake Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Walnut Lake Methodist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Brush Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Brush Creek Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek Cemetery
- North Blue Earth Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Schermerhorn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Schermerhorn Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schermerhorn Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- St. Casimir Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Casimir Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Casimir Cemetery
- The St. Casimir Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Casimer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83260 <5>
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dell Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Dell Lutheran Church Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell Lutheran Church Cemetery
- The Dell Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dell Cemetery
- Dell Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2164748 <5>
- Rice Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ellingson Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clayton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Clayton Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Cemetery
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- Lura Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Lura Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lura Cemetery
- King Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The King Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
- Emerald Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Emerald Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Cemetery
- St. Paul's Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The St. Paul's Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul's Cemetery
- Immanuel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Immanuel Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Cemetery
- Immanuel United Methodist Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- South Blue Earth Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bricelyn Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Bricelyn Lutheran Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricelyn Lutheran Cemetery
- The Bricelyn Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bricelyn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81981 <5>
- United Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The United Lutheran Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for United Lutheran Cemetery
- The United Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John's Cemetery
- St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2443887 <5>
- Zions Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Zions Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zions Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Walnut Lake Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Walnut Lake Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Dell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dell is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Wells
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Easton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Easton is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Frost
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bricelyn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bricelyn is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricelyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Walters
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Walters is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Minnesota Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Delavan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Delavan is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delavan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Kiester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Blue Earth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Blue Earth is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Earth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,098 people
- Former name for Blue Earth:
- Blue Earth City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Earth <6>
- Freeborn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Rake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rake is located in Winnebago County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Conger
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Conger is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Vinje
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vinje is located in Winnebago County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinje
- Mapleton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Waldorf
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Waldorf is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldorf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Winnebago
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Elmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Elmore is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Scarville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Manchester
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Manchester is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Hartland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hartland is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 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 Walnut Lake Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Faribault County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Walnut Lake Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alden
- Amboy
- Blue Earth
- Bricelyn
- Buffalo Center
- Delavan
- Easton
- Elmore
- Frost
- Frost lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Walnut Lake Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Frost.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Hartland
- Kiester
- Mapleton
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Continue List (4 more)
- New Richland
- Wells
- Winnebago
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 websites either 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 Walnut Lake Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Minnesota:
- Pages specific to Faribault 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 Walnut Lake Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1817510 (Walnut Lake Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1817510 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: Faribault
- Est. Elev: 346 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Brush Creek
- Location given for Walnut Lake Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.6957878 Lon: -93.8291169
- 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 Faribault, 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- Walnut Lake 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. |