A visit to the Castlewood 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 Castlewood Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Castlewood Cemetery (FG ID #1301468).
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 Castlewood Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Castlewood Cemetery:
44.7180, -97.0246
The Castlewood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Castlewood.
The cemetery is located in Hamlin County<2>.
The county seat for Hamlin County is located in Hayti. Hayti lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Castlewood Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Castlewood Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km] of the Castlewood Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Castlewood Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hamlin Reformed Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bemis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Bemis Cemetery is located in Hamlin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Deuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Bemis Christian Reformed Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Oxford Cemetery is located in Hamlin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Cemetery
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Norden Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The East Norden Cemetery is located in Hamlin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norden Cemetery
- Havana Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Norden Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The West Norden Cemetery is located in Hamlin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norden Cemetery
- Tabor Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bemis Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Spooner Children Graves
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope Lutheran Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Olivet Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Olivet Cemetery is located in Hamlin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet Cemetery
- Poinsett Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Poinsett Cemetery is located in Kingsbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poinsett Cemetery
- Rose Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Holy Rosary Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Schneider's Grove Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
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 Castlewood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Castlewood Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Castlewood
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kones Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dempster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Appleby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hayti
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Alsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Estelline
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bemis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kranzburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Norden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Watertown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Goodwin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Johnsonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Kampeska
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hazel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Badger
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Altamont
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Altamont is located in Deuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
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 Castlewood Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hamlin County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Castlewood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brandt
- Bruce
- Bruce lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Castlewood Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bruce.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Bryant
- Castlewood
- Clear Lake
- Estelline
- Hayti
- Hayti lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Castlewood Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hayti.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti
- Hazel
- Lake Norden
- Toronto
- Vienna
- Watertown
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Castlewood Cemetery:
- Pages specific to South Dakota:
- Pages specific to Hamlin 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 Castlewood Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1301468
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 Hamlin, 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' (or 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- Castlewood Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |