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A visit to the Cow Creek Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Cow Creek Cemetery ...

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

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Cow Creek Cemetery

Lat:   48.3142°   (48° 18' 51")

Lon:   -103.8216°   (-103° 49' 17")

The Cow Creek Cemetery is located in Williams County<2>.

The county seat for Williams County is located in Williston. Williston lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the southeast of the Cow Creek Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 22 miles [35.4 km] of the Cow Creek Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Cow Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • St. George Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. George Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. George Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. George Cemetery is located in Williams County
  • Williston Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williston Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Williston Cemetery is located in Williams County
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bethel Cemetery is located in Williams County
  • Faith Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Faith Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Faith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Faith Cemetery is located in Williams County
  • Painted Woods Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Painted Woods Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Painted Woods Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Painted Woods Cemetery is located in Williams County
  • St. Boniface Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Boniface Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Boniface Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Boniface Cemetery is located in Williams County
  • Round Prairie Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Round Prairie Cemetery
    • The Round Prairie Cemetery is located in Williams County
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Williams County
  • Hillside Memory Gardens
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Memory Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Memory Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hillside Memory Gardens is located in Williams County
  • East Fork Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Fork Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Fork Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The East Fork Cemetery is located in Williams County
  • Gladys Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gladys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gladys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Gladys Cemetery is located in Williams County
  • Riverview Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Riverview Cemetery is located in Williams County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Westview Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bethel Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bethany Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Grenora Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grenora Cemetery
      • The Grenora Cemetery is located in Williams County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Grenora Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Grenora.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2147730 <5>
    • Bainville Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bainville Cemetery
      • The Bainville Cemetery is located in Roosevelt County (MT)
    • Epping Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Epping Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Epping Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Epping Cemetery is located in Williams County
    • Bethany Valley Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethany Valley Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethany Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bethany Valley Cemetery is located in Williams County
    • Hanks Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 16 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Cow Creek Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Cow Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Bonetraill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonetraill
    • Bonetraill is located in Williams County
  • Williston
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Trenton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Springbrook
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
    • Springbrook is located in Williams County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
  • Zahl
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Hanks
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanks
    • Hanks is located in Williams County
  • Appam
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appam
    • Appam is located in Williams County
  • Bainville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bainville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainville
    • Bainville is located in Roosevelt County (MT)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bainville <6>
  • Grenora
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Epping
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Epping have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epping
    • Epping is located in Williams County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Epping <6>
  • Alamo
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • McCabe
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Dagmar
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Jessie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Jessie
      • Lake Jessie is located in Williams County
    • Dore
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dore
      • Dore is located in McKenzie County
    • Stady ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stady
      • Stady is located in Divide County

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 Cow Creek Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Williams County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Cow Creek Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Cow Creek Cemetery:

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 Cow Creek Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1028522  (Cow Creek Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1028522 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Bonetraill SE
    • County: Williams         Elev: 708
    • Location given for GNIS #1028522 (Cow Creek Cemetery)

The official website for State of North Dakota: https://www.nd.gov/

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 North Dakota's counties, including Williams, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Cow Creek Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.3142, Longitude: -103.8216       In this case, the coordinates for the Cow Creek Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<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.




 

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