A visit to the Gayville 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 Gayville Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Gayville Cemetery:
42.8950, -97.1803
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Gayville Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Gayville Cemetery is located in Yankton County<2>.
The county seat for Yankton County is located in Yankton. Yankton lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the west of the Gayville Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Gayville Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Gayville Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Gayville Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Vangen Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Vangen Church Cemetery is located in Yankton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vangen Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Vangen Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Mission Hill.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2157385 <5>
- Rosenberg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Rosenberg Cemetery is located in Yankton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenberg Cemetery
- Danisi Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Danisi Cemetery is located in Yankton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danisi Cemetery
- Volin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Volin Cemetery is located in Yankton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volin Cemetery
- St. Helena Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Helena Cemetery is located in Cedar County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Helena Cemetery
- Meckling Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Meckling Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckling Cemetery
- Taylor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Bluff Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the west of Vermillion.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96977 <5>
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Pleasant Valley Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley Cemetery
- The Pleasant Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasant Valley Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #97401 <5>
- South Lodi Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The South Lodi Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lodi Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mortvedt Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Mortvedt Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mortvedt Cemetery
- Garden of Memories Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Yankton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #97496 <5>
- Yankton Municipal Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Yankton Municipal Cemetery is located in Yankton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankton Municipal Cemetery
- The Yankton Municipal Cemetery has also been known as:
- Yankton City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1887189 <5>
- Clay Creek Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Clay Creek Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Creek Cemetery
- Walshtown Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Walshtown Cemetery is located in Yankton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walshtown Cemetery
- Wynot Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Wynot Cemetery is located in Cedar County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynot Cemetery
- Lodi Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Lodi Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi 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 Gayville Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Gayville Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Gayville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Volin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mission Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Saint Helena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meckling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Valleyview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Valleyview is located in Yankton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Wakonda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wynot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bloomingdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bloomingdale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Yankton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bow Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bow Valley is located in Cedar County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Valley
- Aten
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Aten is located in Cedar County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aten
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Irene
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hub City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hub City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Mayfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mayfield is located in Yankton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
- Estimated population in 2014: 208 people
- Riverside ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Vermillion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fordyce
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Obert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Obert is located in Cedar County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
- Greenfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Greenfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Estimated population in 2014: 40 people
- Maskell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maskell is located in Dixon County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maskell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Komstad ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Komstad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komstad
- Estimated population in 2014: 12 people
- Utica
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Constance
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Constance is located in Cedar County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constance
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 Gayville Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Yankton County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Gayville Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Centerville
- Crofton
- Fordyce
- Gayville
- Hartington
- Saint Helena
- Vermillion
- Viborg
- Volin
- Wakonda
- Wynot
- Yankton
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 Gayville Cemetery:
- Pages specific to South Dakota:
- Pages specific to Yankton 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 Gayville Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1255218 (Gayville Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1255218 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: Yankton
- Est. Elev: 356 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Gayville
- Location given for Gayville Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.894996 Lon: -97.1803291
- 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 Yankton, 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- Gayville 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. |
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