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A visit to the Mount Hope 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 Mt. Hope Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Mt. Hope Cemetery (FG ID #97270)

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 Mt. Hope Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Hope Cemetery

Lat:   44.9163°   (44° 54' 58")

Lon:   -97.0992°   (-97° 5' 57")

The cemetery is located in Codington County<2>.

As an estimate, the Mt. Hope Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Watertown.

The county seat for Codington County is located in Watertown. Watertown lies just to the south southwest of the Mt. Hope Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> of the Mt. Hope Cemetery.<4>

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

  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Mother of God Monastery Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mother of God Monastery Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mother of God Monastery Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mother of God Monastery Cemetery is located in Codington County
  • Schneider's Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schneider's Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Schneider's Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Schneider's Grove Cemetery is located in Codington County
  • Holy Rosary Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • St. Joseph's Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jellis Grave
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jellis Grave
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jellis Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Jellis Grave is located in Codington County
  • St. John's Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John's Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. John's Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. John's Cemetery is located in Codington County
  • Kampeska Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kampeska Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kampeska Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Kampeska Cemetery is located in Codington County
  • Spooner Children Graves
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spooner Children Graves
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spooner Children Graves have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Spooner Children Graves is located in Codington County
  • Esterly Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Esterly Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Esterly Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Esterly Cemetery is located in Codington County
  • St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery is located in Codington County
  • Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery is located in Hamlin County
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Berger Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Berger Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Berger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Berger Cemetery is located in Codington County
    • St. Maurice Esterly Blessed Sacrament Catholic Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Maurice Esterly Blessed Sacrament Catholic Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Maurice Esterly Blessed Sacrament Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Maurice Esterly Blessed Sacrament Catholic Cemetery is located in Codington County
    • Oxford Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oxford Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oxford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Oxford Cemetery is located in Hamlin County
    • St. Luke's Lutheran Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Luke's Lutheran Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Luke's Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Luke's Lutheran Cemetery is located in Codington County
    • Goodwin Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goodwin Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goodwin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Goodwin Cemetery is located in Deuel County
    • New Helgen Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Helgen Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Helgen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The New Helgen Cemetery is located in Codington County
    • Strange Graves
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Strange Graves
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Strange Graves have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Strange Graves is located in Codington County
    • Castlewood Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Bemis Christian Reformed Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bemis Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Troy Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Troy Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Troy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Troy Cemetery is located in Grant County
    • Klix Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Klix Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Klix Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Klix Cemetery is located in Codington County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 19 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Mt. Hope Cemetery.

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

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 Mt. Hope Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Codington County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 Mt. Hope 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 Mt. Hope Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1256563  (Mount Hope Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1256563 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: Watertown East
    • County: Codington         Elev: 543
    • Location given for GNIS #1256563 (Mount Hope Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #97270

The official website for Codington County: www.codington.org/

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

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 Codington, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Mt. Hope Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9163, Longitude: -97.0992    
<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 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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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