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A visit to the West Norway 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 West Norway Lake Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the West Norway Lake Cemetery:

45.3403, -95.2272

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the West Norway Lake Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The West Norway Lake Cemetery is located in Kandiyohi County<2>.

The county seat for Kandiyohi County is located in Willmar. Willmar lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the south southeast of the West Norway Lake Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the West Norway Lake Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the West Norway Lake Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from West Norway Lake Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Sunburg Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • The Sunburg Cemetery is located in Kandiyohi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunburg Cemetery
  • Monson Lake Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • The Monson Lake Cemetery is located in Swift County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson Lake Cemetery
  • Nichols Farm Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Nichols Farm Cemetery is located in Swift County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols Farm Cemetery
  • West Lake Lutheran Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Stockholm Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • The Hillcrest Cemetery is located in Swift County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Cemetery
  • Spring Creek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • The Spring Creek Cemetery is located in Swift County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek Cemetery
  • Church of God Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Church of God Cemetery is located in Kandiyohi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church of God Cemetery
  • Nannestad Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Nannestad Cemetery is located in Kandiyohi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nannestad Cemetery
  • East Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • First Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • The First Lutheran Cemetery is located in Kandiyohi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Lutheran Cemetery
  • Frank Lake Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • The Frank Lake Cemetery is located in Swift County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frank Lake Cemetery
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Colfax Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • The Colfax Cemetery is located in Kandiyohi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Colfax Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the northwest of New London.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2428399 <5>
    • South Lake Johanna Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hitman Family Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • West Lake Johanna Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Bethesda Lutheran Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Florida Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • The Lake Florida Cemetery is located in Kandiyohi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Florida Cemetery
    • Lake Johanna Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • The Lake Johanna Cemetery is located in Pope County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Johanna Cemetery

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the West Norway Lake Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from West Norway Lake Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Sunburg
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Sunburg is located in Kandiyohi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
  • Swift Falls
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Swift Falls is located in Swift County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Falls
  • Murdock
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Murdock is located in Swift County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murdock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
  • Kerkhoven
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • De Graff
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • De Graff is located in Swift County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Graff
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
  • Brooten
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Brooten is located in Stearns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooten
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
  • Pennock
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Pennock is located in Kandiyohi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 509 people
  • Belgrade
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Belgrade is located in Stearns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgrade
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 787 people
  • New London
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Spicer
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Spicer is located in Kandiyohi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,224 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spicer <6>
  • Sedan
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Sedan is located in Pope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
  • Willmar
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Wilmar
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Wilmar is located in Kandiyohi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmar
    • Benson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Hawick
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Hawick is located in Kandiyohi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawick
    • Regal
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Regal is located in Kandiyohi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regal
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
    • Grove Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Grove Lake is located in Pope County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Lake
    • Kandiyohi
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Kandiyohi is located in Kandiyohi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kandiyohi
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
    • Elrosa
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Clontarf
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Raymond
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Glenwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Lake Henry
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Henry is located in Stearns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Henry
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
    • Spring Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Spring Hill is located in Stearns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
    • Long Beach
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Long Beach is located in Pope County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
    • Starbuck
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)

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 Norway Lake Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kandiyohi County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The West Norway Lake Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Belgrade
  • Benson
  • Brooten
    • Brooten lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the West Norway Lake Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Brooten.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooten
  • Glenwood
  • Kerkhoven
  • Murdock
  • New London
  • Raymond
  • Spicer
    • Spicer lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the West Norway Lake Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Spicer.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicer
  • Starbuck
  • Willmar
    • Willmar lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the West Norway Lake Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Willmar.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willmar

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Norway Lake Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Minnesota:
  • Pages specific to Kandiyohi 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 Norway Lake Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #2067746  (West Norway Lake Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2067746 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: Kandiyohi
      • Est. Elev: 402 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Sunburg
      • Location given for West Norway Lake Cemetery:
      • Lat: 45.3402778     Lon: -95.2272222
      • 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 Kandiyohi, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- West Norway 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.