A visit to the Altoona 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 Altoona Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Altoona Cemetery (FG ID #96754)
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed 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 Altoona Cemetery ...
The Altoona Cemetery is located in Beadle County<2>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Atfield Cemetery
- The Atfield Cemetery is located in Beadle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atfield Cemetery
- Beulah Cemetery
- The Beulah Cemetery is located in Hand County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Cemetery
- Bonilla Cemetery
- The Bonilla Cemetery is located in Beadle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonilla Cemetery
- Broadland Cemetery
- The Broadland Cemetery is located in Beadle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadland Cemetery
- Buffalo Cemetery
- The Buffalo Cemetery is located in Spink County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Cemetery
- Burdette Cemetery
- The Burdette Cemetery is located in Hand County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette Cemetery
- Crandon Cemetery
- The Crandon Cemetery is located in Spink County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Spink County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Garfield Cemetery
- The Garfield Cemetery is located in Spink County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield Cemetery
- Graceland Cemetery
- The Graceland Cemetery is located in Spink County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceland Cemetery
- Greenlawn Cemetery
- Guttenberg Cemetery
- The Guttenberg Cemetery is located in Spink County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guttenberg Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Hillestad Cemetery
- The Hillestad Cemetery is located in Spink County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillestad Cemetery
- Irving Cemetery
- The Irving Cemetery is located in Spink County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving Cemetery
- McCord Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Spink County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- St. Anne Cemetery
- The St. Anne Cemetery is located in Spink County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anne Cemetery
- St. Bernard Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Beadle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Spink County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Trinity Cemetery
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Sanborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
- Tulare Cemetery
- The Tulare Cemetery is located in Spink County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulare Cemetery
- Wessington Cemetery
- Wolsey Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 17 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Altoona Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Bonilla
- Broadland
- Carpenter
- Cavour
- Doland
- Frankfort
- Hitchcock
- Huron
- LaDelle
- LaDelle is located in Spink County
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- Morningside
- Redfield
- Spottswood
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Tulare
- Virgil
- Wessington
- Wolsey
- Yale
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 Altoona Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Beadle County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Altoona Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ashton
- Cavour
- Doland
- Frankfort
- Hitchcock
- Huron
- Miller
- Redfield
- Saint Lawrence
- Virgil
- Wessington
- Wolsey
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 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 Altoona Cemetery:
- Pages specific to South Dakota:
- Pages specific to Beadle County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
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 Altoona Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #96754
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1253635 (Altoona Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1253635 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Beadle
- Est. Elev: 413 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hitchcock SW
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 South Dakota's counties, including Beadle, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Altoona Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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