A visit to the West Saint Paul 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 St. Paul Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the West St. Paul Cemetery:
45.4241, -96.5137
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the West St. Paul Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The West St. Paul Cemetery is located in Big Stone County<2>.
The county seat for Big Stone County is located in Ortonville. Ortonville lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south southeast of the West St. Paul Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the West St. Paul Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km] of the West St. Paul Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from West St. Paul Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Lakeside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Lakeside Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Cemetery
- Mills Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Mills Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Cemetery
- Bailey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- Elim Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Elim Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elim Cemetery
- Long Island Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Long Island Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island Cemetery
- St. Pauli Lutheran Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The St. Pauli Lutheran Memorial Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauli Lutheran Memorial Cemetery
- The St. Pauli Lutheran Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Paul Cemetery
- St. Paul Church Cemetery
- St. Paul Lutheran Memorial Cemetery
- St. Pauli Cemetery
- St. Pauli Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2586514 <5>
- Clinton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Clinton Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Cemetery
- Lakeside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Lakeside Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Cemetery
- Big Stone Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Big Stone Hutterite Colony Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Grant County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- Mound Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Mound Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Cemetery
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- Maple Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Maple Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Cemetery
- St. Charles Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The St. Charles Cemetery is located in Grant County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Charles Cemetery
- Graceville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Graceville Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceville Cemetery
- Holden Lutheran Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Holden Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Holden Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden Cemetery
- Corona Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Corona Cemetery is located in Roberts County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona Cemetery
- Eidskog Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Eidskog Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidskog Cemetery
- St. Mary Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Mary Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary Cemetery
- Rest Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Rest Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Cemetery
- Eids Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Eids Cemetery is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eids Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 17 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the West St. Paul Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from West St. Paul Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Clinton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shady Beach is located in Roberts County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Beach
- Barry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Barry is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Big Stone City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ortonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Graceville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Corona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Beardsley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Odessa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Milbank
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Collis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Collis is located in Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collis
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Wilmot
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Twin Brooks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chokio
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Browns Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Browns Valley is located in Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Dumont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dumont is located in Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 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 St. Paul Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Big Stone County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The West St. Paul Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Beardsley
- Bellingham
- Big Stone City
- Browns Valley
- Chokio
- Chokio lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the West St. Paul Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Chokio.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chokio
- Clinton
- Dumont
- Dumont lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the West St. Paul Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Dumont.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumont
- Graceville
- Marvin
- Marvin lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the West St. Paul Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Marvin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Continue List (6 more)
- Odessa
- Ortonville
- Peever
- Peever lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the West St. Paul Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Peever.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peever
- Twin Brooks
- Wilmot
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 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 West St. Paul Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Minnesota:
- Pages specific to Big Stone 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 St. Paul Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #654004 (West Saint Paul Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #654004 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: Big Stone
- Est. Elev: 339 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Big Stone Lake East
- Location given for West Saint Paul Cemetery:
- Lat: 45.4241309 Lon: -96.5136711
- 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 Big Stone, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West St. Paul 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. |