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Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Sitting Bull Burial Site. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Sitting Bull Burial Site (FG ID #2469211)

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 Sitting Bull Burial Site ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sitting Bull Burial Site

Lat:   46.0894°   (46° 5' 21")

Lon:   -100.6341°   (-100° 38' 2")

The Sitting Bull Burial Site is located in Sioux County<2>.

The county seat for Sioux County is located in Fort Yates. Fort Yates lies just to the southeast of the Sitting Bull Burial Site .

Name Variations for Sitting Bull Burial Site ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Sitting Bull Burial Site has also been known as:

  • Sitting Bull Gravesite

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 23 miles [37 km]<3> of the Sitting Bull Burial Site.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sitting Bull Burial Site, with the nearest first.

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 14 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Sitting Bull Burial Site.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sitting Bull Burial Site, with the nearest first.

  • Fort Yates
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Yates have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Yates
    • Fort Yates is located in Sioux County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Yates <6>
  • Selfridge
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Selfridge have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selfridge
    • Selfridge is located in Sioux County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Selfridge <6>
  • Kenel
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • McLaughlin
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McLaughlin have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLaughlin
    • McLaughlin is located in Corson County (SD)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 642 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McLaughlin <6>
  • Pollock
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pollock have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock
    • Pollock is located in Campbell County (SD)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pollock <6>
  • Westfield
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Cannon Ball
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cannon Ball have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Ball
    • Cannon Ball is located in Sioux County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cannon Ball <6>
  • Mahto
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Solen
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Solen have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solen
    • Solen is located in Sioux County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Solen <6>
  • Strasburg
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strasburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strasburg
    • Strasburg is located in Emmons County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Strasburg <6>
  • Linton
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Linton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton
    • Linton is located in Emmons County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 964 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Linton <6>
  • Porcupine
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Shields
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Livona
    (28 miles [45.1 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 Sitting Bull Burial Site. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Sioux County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sitting Bull Burial Site.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Sitting Bull Burial Site:

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 Sitting Bull Burial Site:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1032106  (Sitting Bull Burial Site)
    • Note: GNIS record #1032106 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: Fort Yates
    • County: Sioux         Elev: 498
    • Location given for GNIS #1032106 (Sitting Bull Burial Site)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2469211

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 Sioux, 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 Sitting Bull Burial Site. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0894, Longitude: -100.6341    
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.




 

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