A visit to the Wangen Prairie 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 Wangen Prairie Cemetery ...
The Wangen Prairie Cemetery is located in Goodhue County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Aspelund Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Cannon Falls Cemetery
- The Cannon Falls Cemetery is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Falls Cemetery
- Cannon River Cemetery
- The Cannon River Cemetery is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon River Cemetery
- Cannon River Church Cemetery
- Eidsvold Cemetery
- The Eidsvold Cemetery is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidsvold Cemetery
- Episcopal Church Cemetery
- German Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
- Hillcrest Cemetery
- The Hillcrest Cemetery is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Cemetery
- Holden Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
- Kibbe Cemetery
- The Kibbe Cemetery is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibbe Cemetery
- Knoll Cemetery
- The Knoll Cemetery is located in Goodhue County
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- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lakeside Cemetery
- The Lakeside Cemetery is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lakeside Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Randolph.
- Little Cannon Cemetery
- McNutt Cemetery
- The McNutt Cemetery is located in Dakota County
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- Nazareth Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Nerstrand Cemetery
- The Nerstrand Cemetery is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nerstrand Cemetery
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
- The Oak Lawn Cemetery is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Lawn Cemetery
- Old Cemetery
- The Old Cemetery is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Cemetery
- Prairie Creek Cemetery
- Redrose Cemetery
- The Redrose Cemetery is located in Dakota County
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- Former name for Redrose Cemetery:
- Rose Leaf Cemetery
- St. Anscars Cemetery
- The St. Anscars Cemetery is located in Goodhue County
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- Spring Garden Cemetery
- Urland Cemetery
- The Urland Cemetery is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urland Cemetery
- Wangs Cemetery
- The Wangs Cemetery is located in Goodhue County
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- Wheeling Evangelical Cemetery
- Zion Cemetery
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Dakota County
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- The Zion Cemetery has also been known as:
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Wangen Prairie Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Belle Creek
- Belle Creek is located in Goodhue County
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- Cannon City
- Cannon City is located in Rice County
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- Cannon Falls
- Castle Rock
- Castle Rock is located in Dakota County
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- Dennison
- Dundas
- Eureka Center
- Eureka Center is located in Dakota County
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- Farmington
- Hader
- Hader is located in Goodhue County
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- Hampton
- Kenyon
- Miesville
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Nerstrand
- New Trier
- New Trier is located in Dakota County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Northfield
- Randolph
- Randolph is located in Dakota County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Stanton
- Stanton is located in Goodhue County
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- Vermillion
- Wanamingo
- Wangs
- Wangs is located in Goodhue County
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- Waterford
- Waterford is located in Dakota County
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- Welch
- White Rock
- White Rock is located in Goodhue 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 Wangen Prairie Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Goodhue County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wangen Prairie Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cannon Falls
- Dundas
- Farmington
- Goodhue
- Kenyon
- Nerstrand
- Northfield
- Wanamingo
- Zumbrota
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 Wangen Prairie Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Minnesota:
- Pages specific to Goodhue 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 Wangen Prairie Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2064970 (Wangen Prairie Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2064970 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: Goodhue
- Est. Elev: 285 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Sogn
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Goodhue, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wangen Prairie Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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