A visit to the Greenwood 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 Greenwood Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Greenwood Cemetery:
45.3044, -96.4751
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Grant County<2>.
The county seat for Grant County is located in Milbank. Milbank lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southwest of the Greenwood Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Greenwood Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Greenwood Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Greenwood Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mound Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Mound Cemetery is located in Big Stone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Johns Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the east of Milbank.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #97555 <5>
- Mills Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Mills Cemetery is located in Big Stone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Cemetery
- Lakeside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Lakeside Cemetery is located in Big Stone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Cemetery
- Immanuel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Immanuel Cemetery is located in Lac qui Parle County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Cemetery
- Yellow Bank Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Yellow Bank Cemetery is located in Lac qui Parle County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Bank Cemetery
- Rest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Rest Cemetery is located in Big Stone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Cemetery
- Big Stone Baptist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West St. Paul Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The West St. Paul Cemetery is located in Big Stone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West St. Paul Cemetery
- St. Lawrence Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Lawrence Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Lawrence Cemetery
- Odessa Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Long Island Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Long Island Cemetery is located in Big Stone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- St. Pauli Lutheran Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The St. Pauli Lutheran Memorial Cemetery is located in Big Stone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauli Lutheran Memorial Cemetery
- The St. Pauli Lutheran Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Paul Cemetery
- St. Paul Church Cemetery
- St. Paul Lutheran Memorial Cemetery
- St. Pauli Cemetery
- St. Pauli Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2586514 <5>
- Bailey Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Big Stone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- Milbank Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Milbank Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milbank Cemetery
- Eids Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Eids Cemetery is located in Big Stone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eids Cemetery
- Maple Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Maple Cemetery is located in Big Stone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Cemetery
- Elim Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Elim Cemetery is located in Big Stone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elim Cemetery
- Alban Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Alban Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban Cemetery
- St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Salem Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Lac qui Parle County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Odessa Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Eidskog Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Eidskog Cemetery is located in Big Stone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidskog Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Greenwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Greenwood Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Big Stone City
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ortonville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Odessa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Milbank
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shady Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Beach is located in Roberts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Beach
- Bellingham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bellingham is located in Lac qui Parle County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Corona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Correll
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Correll is located in Big Stone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Correll
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Twin Brooks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nassau
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Nassau is located in Lac qui Parle County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nassau <6>
- Albee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Albee is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Louisburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Louisburg is located in Lac qui Parle County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Barry
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Barry is located in Big Stone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Graceville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wilmot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- LaBolt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Revillo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Marietta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Marietta is located in Lac qui Parle County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Johnson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson is located in Big Stone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Beardsley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stockholm
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marvin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Strandburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
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 Greenwood Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Grant County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Greenwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Appleton
- Beardsley
- Bellingham
- Big Stone City
- Chokio
- Clinton
- Graceville
- Marietta
- Marvin
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Continue List (6 more)
- Odessa
- Ortonville
- Strandburg
- Twin Brooks
- Wilmot
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 websites either 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 Greenwood Cemetery:
- Pages specific to South Dakota:
- Pages specific to Grant 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 Greenwood Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1265647 (Greenwood Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1265647 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: Grant
- Est. Elev: 336 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Ortonville
- Location given for Greenwood Cemetery:
- Lat: 45.3044093 Lon: -96.475057
- 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 Grant, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Greenwood 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. |