A visit to the West Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the West Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The West Cemetery (FG ID #83799).
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 West Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the West Cemetery:
44.6888, -95.6552
The West Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Hanley Falls.
The cemetery is located in Yellow Medicine County<3>.
The county seat for Yellow Medicine County is located in Granite Falls. Granite Falls lies 9 miles [14.5 km] to the north northeast of the West Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the West Cemetery.
Name Variations for West Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give a you a feel for the variations that might have occurred with West Cemetery.
West Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hanley Falls Cemetery
- West Yellow Medicine Lutheran Cemetery
- West Yellow Medicine Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the West Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from West Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- East Yellow Medicine Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- English Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The English Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Cemetery
- Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Lutheran Cemetery is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutheran Cemetery
- Christ Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Christ Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christ Cemetery
- Cottonwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Cottonwood Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Cemetery
- Methodist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Methodist Cemetery is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methodist Cemetery
- Spring Creek Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Lucas Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Lucas Cemetery is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Lucas Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Hillcrest Cemetery is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Cemetery
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- St. Andrews Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Andrews Cemetery is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Andrews Cemetery
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Run Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Clarkfield Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Clarkfield Cemetery is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkfield Cemetery
- Camp Release Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bergen Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rock Valle Lutheran Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Granite Falls City Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dueland Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The Dueland Cemetery is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dueland Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> of the West Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from West Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Hanley Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cottonwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hazel Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hazel Run is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Wood Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wood Lake is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
- Granite Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clarkfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Echo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Echo is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Echo <5>
- Ghent
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sacred Heart
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boyd
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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 <5>
- Marshall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Vesta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vesta is located in Redwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Belview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Belview is located in Redwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Maynard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Minneota
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Montevideo
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Milroy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Saint Leo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Saint Leo is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Leo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Taunton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Seaforth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lynd
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lucan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Delhi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Renville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
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 West Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Yellow Medicine County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The West Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Belview
- Boyd
- Clara City
- Clarkfield
- Cottonwood
- Delhi
- Echo
- Echo lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the West Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Echo.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Granite Falls
- Hanley Falls
- Lucan
- Marshall
- Maynard
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Continue List (8 more)
- Minneota
- Montevideo
- Renville
- Sacred Heart
- Vesta
- Watson
- Wood Lake
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 West Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Minnesota:
- Pages specific to Yellow Medicine 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 West Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #83799
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #653945 (West Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #653945 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: Yellow Medicine
- Est. Elev: 320 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Wood Lake NW
- Location given for West Cemetery:
- Lat: 44.6891241 Lon: -95.6550211
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- West Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Yellow Medicine, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |