A visit to the West Lutheran 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 West Lutheran Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the West Lutheran Cemetery:
43.8408, -94.0436
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the West Lutheran Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The West Lutheran 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 south southwest of the West Lutheran Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the West Lutheran Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the West Lutheran Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from West Lutheran Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Bass Lake Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Bass Lake Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake Cemetery
- East Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The East Lutheran Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lutheran Cemetery
- Belle of Sterling Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sterling Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Sterling Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Cemetery
- Jackson Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Jackson Lake Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Lake Cemetery
- Rice Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Rice Lake Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake Cemetery
- Chase Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Chase Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Cemetery
- Lura Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Lura Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lura Cemetery
- St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Amboy.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2151028 <5>
- Pioneer Shelbyville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Pleasant View Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Cemetery
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- North Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The North Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Wiltsey Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Wiltsey Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiltsey Cemetery
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon Center Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Vernon Center Cemetery is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Center Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside 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 West Lutheran Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from West Lutheran Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Delavan
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Delavan is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delavan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Amboy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Winnebago
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mapleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Easton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Easton is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Minnesota Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Vernon Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon Center is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
- Good Thunder
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Willow Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Willow Creek is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Huntley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Huntley is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Beauford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Beauford is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauford
- Blue Earth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Garden City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Garden City is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Dell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dell is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Wells
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pemberton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pemberton is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Rapidan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rapidan is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapidan
- Granada
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Frost
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Waldorf
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Waldorf is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldorf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Saint Clair
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Truman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Truman is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,028 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 West Lutheran 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 West Lutheran Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Amboy
- Amboy lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the West Lutheran Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Amboy.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Blue Earth
- Delavan
- Easton
- Frost
- Frost lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the West Lutheran Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Frost.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Garden City
- Good Thunder
- Granada
- Lake Crystal
- Lewisville
- Mapleton
- Minnesota Lake
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Continue List (4 more)
- Vernon Center
- Wells
- Wells lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the West Lutheran Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Wells.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Winnebago
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 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 West Lutheran 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 West Lutheran Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2049240 (West Lutheran Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2049240 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: 321 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Delavan
- Location given for West Lutheran Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.8407913 Lon: -94.0435676
- 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Lutheran 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. |