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A visit to the Fort Meade National Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

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 Ft. Meade National Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Ft. Meade National Cemetery:

44.4024, -103.4766

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Ft. Meade National Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Ft. Meade National Cemetery is located in Meade County<2>.

The county seat for Meade County is located in Sturgis. Sturgis lies just to the west northwest of the Ft. Meade National Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Ft. Meade National Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 18 miles [29 km]<3> of the Ft. Meade National Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Bear Butte Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Black Hills National Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • The Black Hills National Cemetery is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Hills National Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Black Hills National Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southeast of Sturgis.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96818 <5>
  • Crook City Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • The Crook City Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crook City Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Crook City Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Crook City.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2276694 <5>
  • Oak Ridge Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • The Oak Ridge Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge Cemetery
  • Galena Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • The Galena Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Cemetery
    • The Galena Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Vinegar Hill Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2183441 <5>
  • Anderson Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • The Anderson Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Cemetery
  • Piedmont Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • The Piedmont Cemetery is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Piedmont Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Piedmont.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2143973 <5>
  • Little Dane Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • The Little Dane Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Dane Cemetery
  • St. Ambrose Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • The St. Ambrose Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Ambrose Cemetery
  • Mt. Moran Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • The Mt. Moran Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Moran Cemetery
  • Mt. Moriah Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Seth Bullock Grave
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • The Seth Bullock Grave is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seth Bullock Grave
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • South Lead Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • The South Lead Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lead Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the South Lead Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Lead.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2180695 <5>
    • St. Onge Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • The St. Onge Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Onge Cemetery
    • West Lead Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • The West Lead Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lead Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the West Lead Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Lead.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1967595 <5>
    • Vale Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • The Vale Cemetery is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale Cemetery
    • Beals Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • The Beals Cemetery is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beals Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Beals Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Vale.
      • The Beals Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Old Vale Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1305736 <5>
    • Mountain Meadow Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Terry Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Wilson Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • The Wilson Cemetery is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Ft. Meade National Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Ft. Meade National Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Sturgis
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Tilford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Tilford is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilford
  • Whitewood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Crook City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Crook City is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crook City
  • Centennial City ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Centennial City is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial City
  • Galena
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Galena is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
  • Roubaix
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Roubaix is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roubaix
    • Estimated population in 2013: 14 people
  • Piedmont
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Deadwood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Greenwood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Greenwood is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Greenwood has also been known as:
    • Laflin
  • Lead
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Lead is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lead
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,947 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lead <6>
  • Nemo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Lancaster City ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Lancaster City is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster City
      • Estimated population in 2014: 419 people
    • Central City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Central City is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
    • Woodville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodville is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Summerset
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Vale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Saint Onge
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Trojan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Trojan is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trojan
      • Estimated population in 2014: 627 people
    • Nisland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Dumont
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Dumont is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumont
      • Estimated population in 2014: 45 people
    • Blackhawk
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Spearfish
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Carbonate ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Carbonate is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbonate

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 Ft. Meade National Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Meade County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Ft. Meade National Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Deadwood
  • Lead
    • Lead lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Ft. Meade National Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lead.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lead
  • Nisland
  • Preston
  • Roubaix
  • Saint Onge
  • Spearfish
  • Sturgis
    • Sturgis lies less than 2 miles<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Ft. Meade National Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Sturgis.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgis
  • Tilford
    • Tilford lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Ft. Meade National Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Tilford.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilford
  • Whitewood

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 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 Ft. Meade National Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to South Dakota:
  • Pages specific to Meade 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 Ft. Meade National Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1255112  (Fort Meade National Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1255112 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: Meade
      • Est. Elev: 1059 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Fort Meade
      • Location given for Fort Meade National Cemetery:
      • Lat: 44.40222     Lon: -103.47583
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    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 South Dakota's counties, including Meade, 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- Ft. Meade National 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>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.