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A visit to the Homestead 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 Homestead Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Homestead Cemetery (FG ID #2402790)

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 Homestead Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   46.3409°   (46° 20' 27")

Lon:   -97.0712°   (-97° 4' 16")

The cemetery is located in Richland County<3>.

As an estimate, the Homestead Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the southwest of Wyndmere.

The county seat for Richland County is located in Wahpeton. Wahpeton lies 22 miles [35.4 km] to the east southeast of the Homestead Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 15 miles [24.1 km] of the Homestead Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 22 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km] of the Homestead Cemetery.

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

  • Wyndmere
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Barney
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barney have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney
    • Barney is located in Richland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barney <7>
  • Mooreton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • McLeod
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Mantador
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mantador have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantador
    • Mantador is located in Richland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mantador <7>
  • Fairview Junction
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Galchutt
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Colfax
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Walcott
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walcott have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
    • Walcott is located in Richland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walcott <7>
  • Dwight
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Barrie
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barrie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrie
    • Barrie is located in Richland County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Barrie
    • From the Homestead Cemetery to Barrie
  • Abercrombie
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
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    • Lidgerwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lidgerwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lidgerwood
      • Lidgerwood is located in Richland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 616 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lidgerwood <7>
    • Great Bend
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Bend
      • Great Bend is located in Richland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Great Bend <7>
    • Milnor
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milnor have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milnor
      • Milnor is located in Sargent County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milnor <7>
    • Kent
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Hankinson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Christine
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christine have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christine
      • Christine is located in Richland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Christine <7>
    • Kindred
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kindred have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kindred
      • Kindred is located in Cass County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 802 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kindred <7>
    • Ransom City ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ransom City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom City
      • Ransom City is located in Sargent County
    • Wahpeton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wahpeton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahpeton
      • Wahpeton is located in Richland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,728 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wahpeton <7>
    • Wolverton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)

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 Homestead Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Richland County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Homestead 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 Homestead Cemetery:

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>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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Homestead Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.3409, Longitude: -97.0712    
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of North Dakota's counties, including Richland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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 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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.