A visit to the Yankee 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 Yankee Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Yankee Cemetery (FG ID #83873).
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 Yankee Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Yankee Cemetery:
44.4458, -93.6974
The Yankee Cemetery is located in Le Sueur County<2>.
The county seat for Le Sueur County is located in Le Center. Le Center lies just to the south southwest of the Yankee Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Yankee Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Yankee Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Yankee Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. John's Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. John Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- St. Mary's Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bohemian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Scholastica Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pomeranian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Pomeranian Cemetery is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomeranian Cemetery
- Salem German Evangelical Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dresselville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Henry Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Henry Cemetery is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Henry Cemetery
- Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Sharon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lake Gorman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gorman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Gorman Cemetery is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman 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 Yankee Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Yankee Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Lexington
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Le Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Heidelberg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Thomas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Union Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cordova
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New Prague
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cleveland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kilkenny
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wheatland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Le Sueur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Henderson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ottawa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Belle Plaine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lonsdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Saint Patrick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Peter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marysburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Trondjem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cedar Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
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 Yankee Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Le Sueur County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Yankee Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Belle Plaine
- Cleveland
- Henderson
- Jordan
- Kasota
- Kilkenny
- Le Center
- Le Sueur
- Lonsdale
- Madison Lake
- Montgomery
- New Prague
- Saint Peter
- Waterville
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 Yankee Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Minnesota:
- Pages specific to Le Sueur 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 Yankee Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #83873
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #654409 (Yankee Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #654409 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: Le Sueur
- Est. Elev: 318 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Le Center
- Location given for Yankee Cemetery:
- Lat: 44.4457977 Lon: -93.6974565
- 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> | If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Le Sueur, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Yankee 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |