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A visit to the Ideal Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

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 Ideal Cemetery ...

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

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

Lat:   44.3364°   (44° 20' 11")

Lon:   -98.1956°   (-98° 11' 44")

The Ideal Cemetery is located in Beadle County<2>.

The county seat for Beadle County is located in Huron. Huron lies just to the north northwest of the Ideal Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> of the Ideal Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Restlawn Memory Garden
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Restlawn Memory Garden
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Restlawn Memory Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Restlawn Memory Garden is located in Beadle County
  • Cavour Protestant Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cavour Protestant Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cavour Protestant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Cavour Protestant Cemetery is located in Beadle County
  • St. Patrick Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patrick Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Patrick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Patrick Cemetery is located in Beadle County
  • Aquilla Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Aquilla Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Aquilla Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Aquilla Cemetery is located in Sanborn County
  • Shue Creek Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shue Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shue Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Shue Creek Cemetery is located in Beadle County
  • Atfield Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Atfield Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Atfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Atfield Cemetery is located in Beadle County
  • Broadland Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Broadland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Broadland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Broadland Cemetery is located in Beadle County
  • Wolsey Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Rest Haven Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rest Haven Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rest Haven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Rest Haven Cemetery is located in Jerauld County
  • Bonny Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bonny Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bonny Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bonny Cemetery is located in Sanborn County
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Beadle County
  • Zion Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Zion Cemetery is located in Beadle County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Dixon Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dixon Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dixon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Dixon Cemetery is located in Beadle County
    • Trinity Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Trinity Cemetery is located in Beadle County
    • St. Williams Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Williams Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Williams Cemetery is located in Beadle County
    • Bethany - Silver Creek Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethany - Silver Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethany - Silver Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bethany - Silver Creek Cemetery is located in Sanborn County
    • St. Anthonys Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anthonys Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anthonys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Anthonys Cemetery is located in Sanborn County
    • Fairview Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
      • The Fairview Cemetery is located in Jerauld County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Lane.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96988 <5>
    • Silver Creek Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Silver Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Silver Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Silver Creek Cemetery is located in Sanborn County
    • Faith Mennonite Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Faith Mennonite Cemetery
      • The Faith Mennonite Cemetery is located in Kingsbury County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Faith Mennonite Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the west of Yale.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2189004 <5>

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 23 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km] of the Ideal Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Ideal Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Huron
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
    • Huron is located in Beadle County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,420 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huron <6>
  • Morningside
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside
    • Morningside is located in Beadle County
  • Cavour
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cavour have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavour
    • Cavour is located in Beadle County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cavour <6>
  • Virgil
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virgil have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil
    • Virgil is located in Beadle County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Virgil <6>
  • Yale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Alpena
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alpena have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpena
    • Alpena is located in Jerauld County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alpena <6>
  • Broadland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadland
    • Broadland is located in Beadle County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
  • Wolsey
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolsey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolsey
    • Wolsey is located in Beadle County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wolsey <6>
  • Iroquois
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Woonsocket
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Osceola
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Osceola. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Osceola is located in Kingsbury County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 90 people
  • Lane
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lane have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
    • Lane is located in Jerauld County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <6>
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Forestburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestburg
      • Forestburg is located in Sanborn County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 73 people
    • Hitchcock
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hitchcock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitchcock
      • Hitchcock is located in Beadle County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hitchcock <6>
    • Bonilla
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonilla
      • Bonilla is located in Beadle County
    • Bancroft
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bancroft. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
      • Bancroft is located in Kingsbury County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
    • Carpenter
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Wessington Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cuthbert
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthbert
      • Cuthbert is located in Sanborn County
    • Artesian
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Artesian have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesian
      • Artesian is located in Sanborn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Artesian <6>
    • Carthage
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Spottswood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spottswood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottswood
      • Spottswood is located in Spink County
    • Wessington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wessington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wessington
      • Wessington is located in Beadle County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wessington <6>

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 Ideal Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Beadle County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 Ideal 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 Ideal Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1255732  (Ideal Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1255732 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: Huron
    • County: Beadle         Elev: 388
    • Location given for GNIS #1255732 (Ideal Cemetery)

The official website for Beadle County: www.beadlecounty.org/

The official website for State of South Dakota: https://www.sd.gov/

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 Beadle, 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' 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 Ideal Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3364, Longitude: -98.1956       In this case, the coordinates for the Ideal Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 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.
<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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