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A visit to the Bluff View 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 Bluff View Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Bluff View Cemetery (FG ID #96824)

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 Bluff View Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   42.7714°   (42° 46' 17")

Lon:   -96.9045°   (-96° 54' 16")

The Bluff View Cemetery is located in Clay County<2>.

The county seat for Clay County is located in Vermillion. Vermillion lies just to the west northwest of the Bluff View Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> of the Bluff View Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Fairview Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Fairview Cemetery is located in Clay County
  • Dowlin Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dowlin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dowlin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Dowlin Cemetery is located in Clay County
  • Clay Creek Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clay Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clay Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Clay Creek Cemetery is located in Clay County
  • Ionia Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ionia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ionia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ionia Cemetery is located in Dixon County (NE)
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • 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 Clay County
  • Maskell Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maskell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maskell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Maskell Cemetery is located in Dixon County (NE)
  • Clay Point Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clay Point Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clay Point Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Clay Point Cemetery is located in Clay County
  • Spirit Mound Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spirit Mound Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spirit Mound Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Spirit Mound Cemetery is located in Clay County
  • Ahlsborg Lutheran Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Taylor Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taylor Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Taylor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Taylor Cemetery is located in Clay County
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Clay County
  • Obert Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Obert Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Obert Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Obert Cemetery is located in Cedar County (NE)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Lime Creek Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lime Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lime Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lime Creek Cemetery is located in Dixon County (NE)
    • Union County Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union County Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union County Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Union County Cemetery is located in Union County
    • Brule Creek Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Meckling Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meckling Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meckling Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Meckling Cemetery is located in Clay County
    • St. Paul Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Union County
    • First Brule Creek Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Old Brule Creek Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Brule Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Brule Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Old Brule Creek Cemetery is located in Union County
    • Mortvedt Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mortvedt Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mortvedt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mortvedt Cemetery is located in Clay County
    • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 19 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Bluff View Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bluff View 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 Bluff View Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Clay County.

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

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 Bluff View 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 Bluff View Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1253983  (Bluff View Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1253983 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: Vermillion
    • County: Clay         Elev: 376
    • Location given for GNIS #1253983 (Bluff View Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #96824

The official website for Clay County: www.claycountysd.org/

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>If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Clay, 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 Bluff View Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7714, Longitude: -96.9045    
<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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