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A visit to the Bethania 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 Bethania Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Bethania Cemetery (FG ID #96797)

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 Bethania Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   44.4969°   (44° 29' 48")

Lon:   -97.3693°   (-97° 22' 9")

The cemetery is located in Kingsbury County<3>.

As an estimate, the Bethania Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the west of Erwin.

The county seat for Kingsbury County is located in De Smet. De Smet lies 11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest of the Bethania Cemetery .

Name Variations for Bethania Cemetery ...

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.

Bethania Cemetery has also been known as:

  • East Bethania Cemetery

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 21 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Bethania Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Clara Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Erwin Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Kingsbury County
  • Odden Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Hinderlie Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Garfield Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garfield Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Garfield Cemetery is located in Hamlin County
  • Scandinavian Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scandinavian Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scandinavian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Scandinavian Cemetery is located in Hamlin County
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Badger Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Our Redeemer Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Our Redeemer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Our Redeemer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Our Redeemer Cemetery is located in Hamlin County
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Hamlin County
  • Spirt Lake Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spirt Lake Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spirt Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Spirt Lake Cemetery is located in Kingsbury County
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Danish Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Apostolic Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Apostolic Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Apostolic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Apostolic Cemetery is located in Hamlin County
    • Lake Preston Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lake Preston Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lake Preston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lake Preston Cemetery is located in Kingsbury County
    • Hetland Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Nielsen Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Olivet Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Olivet Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Olivet Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Olivet Cemetery is located in Hamlin County
    • Lake Thisted Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lake Thisted Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lake Thisted Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lake Thisted Cemetery is located in Kingsbury County
    • Nordland Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • United Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the United Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the United Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The United Cemetery is located in Kingsbury County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 18 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> of the Bethania Cemetery.

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

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 Bethania Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kingsbury County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Bethania 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 Bethania Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1253873  (Bethania Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1253873 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: Lake Preston NE
    • County: Kingsbury         Elev: 563
    • Location given for GNIS #1253873 (Bethania Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #96797

The official website for State of South Dakota: https://www.sd.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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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 Bethania Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4969, Longitude: -97.3693    
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Kingsbury, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Lake Norden and Badger. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<8>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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