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A visit to the Our Savior's East 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 Our Savior's East Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Our Savior's East Cemetery

Lat:   43.1476°   (43° 8' 51")

Lon:   -97.5561°   (-97° 33' 21")

The Our Savior's East Cemetery is located in Yankton County<1>.

The county seat for Yankton County is located in Yankton. Yankton lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Our Savior's East Cemetery .

Name Variations for Our Savior's East Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give a you a feel for the variations that might have occurred with Our Savior's East Cemetery.

Our Savior's East Cemetery has also been known as:

  • East Cemetery
  • James River Lutheran Cemetery
  • James River Norske Lutheran Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Our Savior's East Cemetery.<3>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Our Savior's East Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • West Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The West Cemetery is located in Yankton County
  • Odessa Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Odessa Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Odessa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Odessa Cemetery is located in Yankton County
  • Ulmer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ulmer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ulmer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ulmer Cemetery is located in Hutchinson County
  • Reform Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reform Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reform Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Reform Cemetery is located in Yankton County
  • Petersburg Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Petersburg Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Petersburg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Petersburg Cemetery is located in Yankton County
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • 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.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Yankton County
  • Mueller Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mueller Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mueller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mueller Cemetery is located in Yankton County
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rose Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rose Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Bon Homme County
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ebenezer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ebenezer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Bon Homme County
  • Reform Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reform Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reform Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Reform Cemetery is located in Bon Homme County
  • Gall Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gall Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Gall Cemetery is located in Bon Homme County
  • Beadleston Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beadleston Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beadleston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Beadleston Cemetery is located in Yankton County
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Klasi Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Klasi Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Klasi Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Klasi Cemetery is located in Yankton County
    • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Zion Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Knodel Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knodel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knodel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Knodel Cemetery is located in Hutchinson County
    • Civil Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Elim Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elim Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elim Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Elim Cemetery is located in Yankton County
    • Freidensthal Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Freidensthal Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Freidensthal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Freidensthal Cemetery is located in Bon Homme County
    • Polish Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Voll Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Voll Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Voll Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Voll Cemetery is located in Yankton County
    • Huber Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huber Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Huber Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Huber Cemetery is located in Hutchinson County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 20 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> of the Our Savior's East Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Our Savior's East 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 Our Savior's East 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 Our Savior's East Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Freeman
    • Freeman lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Our Savior's East Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Freeman.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
  • Hurley
    • Hurley lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Our Savior's East Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hurley.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
  • Lesterville
  • Marion
    • Marion lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the Northeast (NE) of the Our Savior's East Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Marion.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Olivet
    • Olivet lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the Northwest (NW) of the Our Savior's East Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Olivet.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
  • Santee
    • Santee lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the Southwest (SW) of the Our Savior's East Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Santee.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santee
  • Scotland
  • Tabor
    • Tabor lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Our Savior's East Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Tabor.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
  • Tripp
    • Tripp lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Our Savior's East Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Tripp.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripp
  • Tyndall
  • Viborg
  • Volin
    • Volin lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the Southeast (SE) of the Our Savior's East Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Volin.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volin
  • Wakonda
    • Wakonda lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Our Savior's East Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Wakonda.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakonda
  • Yankton
    • Yankton lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Our Savior's East Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Yankton.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankton

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 helpful 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 Our Savior's East 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 Our Savior's East Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1254827  (East Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1254827 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: Menno
    • County: Yankton         Elev: 382
    • Location given for GNIS #1254827 (East Cemetery)

The official website for Yankton County: www.co.yankton.sd.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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 Our Savior's East Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1476, Longitude: -97.5561    
<3>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.
<4>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.
<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>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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