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A visit to the Schafer 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 Schafer Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Schafer Cemetery (FG ID #102563)

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 Schafer Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   47.8052°   (47° 48' 18")

Lon:   -103.2176°   (-103° 13' 3")

The Schafer Cemetery is located in McKenzie County<2>.

The county seat for McKenzie County is located in Watford City. Watford City lies just to the west of the Schafer Cemetery .

Establishment of the Schafer Cemetery ...

The Schafer Cemetery was established in 1907.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> of the Schafer Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Tepee Buttes Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tepee Buttes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tepee Buttes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Tepee Buttes Cemetery is located in McKenzie County
  • Salem Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Salem Cemetery is located in McKenzie County
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Trinity Cemetery is located in McKenzie County
  • Wilmington Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilmington Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilmington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Wilmington Cemetery is located in McKenzie County
  • Zoar Lutheran Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Johnsons Corner Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnsons Corner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnsons Corner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Johnsons Corner Cemetery is located in McKenzie County
  • Clear Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Rawson Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rawson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rawson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Rawson Cemetery is located in McKenzie County
  • Union Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Union Cemetery is located in McKenzie County
  • Spring Grove Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spring Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Spring Grove Cemetery is located in McKenzie County
  • Silent City Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Silent City Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Silent City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Silent City Cemetery is located in McKenzie County
  • Alexander Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alexander Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Alexander Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Alexander Cemetery is located in McKenzie County
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Red Wing Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Red Wing Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Red Wing Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Red Wing Cemetery is located in McKenzie County
    • Garden Valley Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garden Valley Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garden Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Garden Valley Cemetery is located in McKenzie County
    • West Prairie Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Prairie Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The West Prairie Cemetery is located in McKenzie County
    • Good Hope Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hauges Norwegian Lutheran Church Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Redeemer Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Redeemer Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Redeemer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Redeemer Cemetery is located in McKenzie County
    • Camp Creek Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Camp Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Camp Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Camp Creek Cemetery is located in McKenzie County
    • Charbonneau Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Antelope Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antelope Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antelope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Antelope Cemetery is located in McKenzie County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 11 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Schafer Cemetery.

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

  • Schafer
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Schafer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schafer
    • Schafer is located in McKenzie County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Schafer
    • From the Schafer Cemetery to Schafer
  • Watford City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Watford City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watford City
    • Watford City is located in McKenzie County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,944 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watford City <7>
  • Arnegard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arnegard have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnegard
    • Arnegard is located in McKenzie County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arnegard <7>
  • Keene
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Rawson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rawson have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
    • Rawson is located in McKenzie County
  • Banks ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Banks. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
    • Banks is located in McKenzie County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Banks
    • From the Schafer Cemetery to Banks
  • Lake Jessie
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Alexander
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Mandaree
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mandaree have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandaree
    • Mandaree is located in McKenzie County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mandaree <7>
  • Charbonneau
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Grassy Butte
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)

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 Schafer Cemetery. The following communities are located in McKenzie County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Schafer 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 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 Schafer 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 Schafer Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1031374  (Schafer Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1031374 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: Schafer
    • County: McKenzie         Elev: 634
    • Location given for GNIS #1031374 (Schafer Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #102563

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

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 North Dakota's counties, including McKenzie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Schafer Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.8052, Longitude: -103.2176    
<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.




 

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