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A visit to the Saint Olaf Cemetery ...


The location of the St. Olaf Cemetery has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<1>


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 St. Olaf Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Olaf Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Olaf Cemetery

Lat:   46.5800°   (46° 34' 47")

Lon:   -97.6257°   (-97° 37' 32")

The St. Olaf Cemetery is located in Ransom County<2>.

The county seat for Ransom County is located in Lisbon. Lisbon lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south southwest of the St. Olaf Cemetery .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 St. Olaf Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to North Dakota:
  • Pages specific to Ransom County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the St. Olaf Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church
  • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 20 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the St. Olaf Cemetery.

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

    • Enderlin
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sheldon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Lisbon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Nome
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Alice
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
      • Alice is located in Cass County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
    • Fort Ransom
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Fingal
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fingal have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fingal
      • Fingal is located in Barnes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fingal <4>
    • Elliott
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elliott have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
      • Elliott is located in Ransom County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
    • Kathryn
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Leonard
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Chaffee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • McLeod
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Continue List   (8 more) ...
      • Woods
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
        • Woods is located in Cass County
      • Milnor
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milnor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <4>
      • Barrie
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barrie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrie
        • Barrie is located in Richland County
      • Buffalo
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
        • Buffalo is located in Cass County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo <4>
      • Tower City
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Gwinner
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gwinner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwinner
        • Gwinner is located in Sargent County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 956 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gwinner <4>
      • Verona
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Verona have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
        • Verona is located in LaMoure County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Verona <4>
      • Oriska
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oriska have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriska
        • Oriska is located in Barnes County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oriska <4>

    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 St. Olaf Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Ransom County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    • Alice
      • Alice lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the St. Olaf Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Alice.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
    • Buffalo
    • Davenport
    • Enderlin
    • Fingal
      • Fingal lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the St. Olaf Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Fingal.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fingal
    • Kathryn
    • Leonard
    • Lisbon
      • Lisbon lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the St. Olaf Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lisbon.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
    • Milnor
      • Milnor lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the St. Olaf Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Milnor.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milnor
    • Nome
      • Nome lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the St. Olaf Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Nome.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nome
    • Oriska
      • Oriska lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the St. Olaf Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Oriska.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriska
    • Sheldon
    • Continue List   (4 more) ...

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 16 miles [25.7 km] of the St. Olaf Cemetery.<5>

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

    • Enderlin City Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • SheldonCemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • The SheldonCemetery is located in Ransom County
      • The SheldonCemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Marys Cemetery
      • Sheldon City Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the SheldonCemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102489 <6>
    • Fillmore Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Trinity Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Trinity Cemetery is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
    • St. Paul Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
    • Trinity Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Trinity Cemetery is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
    • Immanuel Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Immanuel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Immanuel Cemetery is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immanuel Cemetery
    • Oakwood Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Ransom County
      • The Oakwood Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Lisbon Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakwood Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102242 <6>
    • Salem Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Salem Cemetery is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
    • Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • The Trinity Lutheran Cemetery is located in Barnes County
      • The Trinity Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
      • Lucca Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2385111 <6>
    • Bethania Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethania Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bethania Cemetery is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethania Cemetery
    • St. Petri Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • The St. Petri Cemetery is located in Barnes County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Petri Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Nome.
      • The St. Petri Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Peters Church Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Petri Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2405853 <6>
    • Continue List   (10 more) ...
      • Hill Side Cemetery
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Free Lutheran Cemetery
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Free Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Free Lutheran Cemetery is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Free Lutheran Cemetery
      • Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Holy Trinity Cemetery
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Holy Trinity Cemetery is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Trinity Cemetery
      • Waldheim Lutheran Church Cemetery
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Northland Cemetery
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Standing Rock Cemetery
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Standing Rock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Standing Rock Cemetery is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Standing Rock Cemetery
      • Watson Cemetery
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Watson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Watson Cemetery is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Watson Cemetery
      • Tabor Cemetery
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tabor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Tabor Cemetery is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tabor Cemetery
      • St. Johannes Cemetery
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johannes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The St. Johannes Cemetery is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johannes Cemetery

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

    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 St. Olaf Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1031245  (Saint Olaf Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #1031245 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: Buttzville
      • County: Ransom         Elev: 353
      • Location given for GNIS #1031245 (Saint Olaf Cemetery)

    The official website for State of North Dakota: 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 Ransom, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the St. Olaf Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5800, Longitude: -97.6257       In this case, the coordinates for the St. Olaf Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>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.
    <6>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.









 

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