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A visit to the West Fairview 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 West Fairview Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the West Fairview 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 West Fairview Cemetery

Lat:   46.4533°   (46° 27' 11")

Lon:   -98.0132°   (-98° 0' 47")

The West Fairview Cemetery is located in Ransom County<2>.

The county seat for Ransom County is located in Lisbon. Lisbon lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the east of the West Fairview Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 18 miles [29 km] of the West Fairview Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Stiklestad Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stiklestad Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stiklestad Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Stiklestad Cemetery is located in Ransom County
  • Sjulli Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sjulli Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sjulli Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Sjulli Cemetery is located in LaMoure County
  • Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pilgrims Rest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pilgrims Rest Cemetery is located in LaMoure County
  • Standing Rock Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Standing Rock Cemetery
    • 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
  • St. Raphael Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Raphael Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Raphael Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Raphael Cemetery is located in LaMoure County
  • Dick Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dick Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Dick Cemetery is located in Ransom County
  • Northland Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Northland Cemetery
    • The Northland Cemetery is located in Ransom County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Northland Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the south of Fort Ransom.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102226 <5>
  • Bethania Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethania Cemetery
    • 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
  • Nordheim Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Griswold Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Griswold Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Griswold Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Griswold Cemetery is located in LaMoure County
  • Swedish Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Swedish Cemetery
    • The Swedish Cemetery is located in Barnes County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Swedish Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Litchville.
    • The Swedish Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Vikstrom Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102634 <5>
  • Rosehill Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rosehill Cemetery
    • The Rosehill Cemetery is located in LaMoure County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rosehill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of LaMoure.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102360 <5>
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • St. Johns Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in LaMoure County
    • St. Ansgar Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Oakwood Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakwood Cemetery
      • The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Ransom County
      • The Oakwood Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Lisbon Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102242 <5>
    • Fillmore Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fillmore Cemetery
      • The Fillmore Cemetery is located in Ransom County
    • Waldheim Lutheran Church Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Spring Creek Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • St. Anns Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Grace Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grace Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Grace Cemetery is located in LaMoure County
    • Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • St. Petri Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Petri Cemetery
      • 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 Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2405853 <5>
    • St. Pauls Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 21 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the West Fairview Cemetery.

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

  • Verona
    (6 miles [9.7 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 <6>
  • Fort Ransom
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Elliott
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • 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
  • LaMoure
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Glover
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
    • Glover is located in Dickey County
  • Lisbon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Kathryn
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Litchville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Grand Rapids
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
    • Grand Rapids is located in LaMoure County
  • Nome
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Marion
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Stirum
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirum
    • Stirum is located in Sargent County
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Oakes
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
      • Oakes is located in Dickey County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,657 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakes <6>
    • Norway
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norway have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
      • Norway is located in Dickey County
    • Enderlin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Dickey
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Berlin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Harlem ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harlem. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
      • Harlem is located in Sargent County
    • Gwinner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • 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 <6>
    • Fingal
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 <6>
    • Saratoga Springs ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saratoga Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga Springs
      • Saratoga Springs is located in LaMoure 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 West Fairview 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 West Fairview Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Berlin
    • Berlin lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the West Fairview Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Berlin.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
  • Cogswell
  • Dickey
    • Dickey lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the West Fairview Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Dickey.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey
  • Enderlin
  • Fingal
    • Fingal lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the West Fairview Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Fingal.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fingal
  • Grand Rapids
  • Kathryn
  • LaMoure
    • LaMoure lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the West Fairview Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for LaMoure.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaMoure
  • Lisbon
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Continue List   (6 more)
    • Nome
      • Nome lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the West Fairview Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Nome.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nome
    • Oakes
      • Oakes lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the South (S) of the West Fairview Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Oakes.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
    • Sheldon
      • Sheldon lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the West Fairview Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Sheldon.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
    • Stirum
      • Stirum lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the West Fairview Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Stirum.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirum
    • Verona
      • Verona lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the West Fairview Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Verona.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona

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 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 West Fairview 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 West Fairview Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1032731  (West Fairview Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1032731 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: Verona NE
    • County: Ransom         Elev: 423
    • Location given for GNIS #1032731 (West Fairview 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 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' 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 West Fairview Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4533, Longitude: -98.0132       In this case, the coordinates for the West Fairview 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.
<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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