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A visit to the Piedmont 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 Piedmont Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Piedmont Cemetery (FG ID #2143973)

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 Piedmont Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   44.2426°   (44° 14' 33")

Lon:   -103.3871°   (-103° 23' 13")

The cemetery is located in Meade County<2>.

As an estimate, the Piedmont Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Piedmont.

The county seat for Meade County is located in Sturgis. Sturgis lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Piedmont Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 21 miles [33.8 km] of the Piedmont Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Piedmont Cemetery.

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

  • Piedmont
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Summerset
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Tilford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tilford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilford
    • Tilford is located in Meade County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Tilford
    • From the Piedmont Cemetery to Tilford
  • Nemo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Blackhawk
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Johnson Siding
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Pactola ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pactola. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pactola
    • Pactola is located in Pennington County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Pactola
    • From the Piedmont Cemetery to Pactola
  • Sioux Village
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sioux Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Village
    • Sioux Village is located in Pennington County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 262 people
  • Silver City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Silver City is located in Pennington County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 60 people
  • Rapid City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Sturgis
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Galena
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Roubaix
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Canyon City ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canyon City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon City
      • Canyon City is located in Pennington County
    • Ashland Heights
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashland Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Heights
      • Ashland Heights is located in Pennington County
    • Diamond City ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
      • Diamond City is located in Lawrence County
    • Colonial Pine Hills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonial Pine Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Pine Hills
      • Colonial Pine Hills is located in Pennington County
    • Mystic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Rapid Valley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Box Elder
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Box Elder have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder
      • Box Elder is located in Pennington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,564 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Box Elder <7>
    • Rochford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Crook City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Centennial City ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centennial City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial City
      • Centennial City is located in Lawrence County
    • Woodville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)

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 Piedmont Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Meade County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Piedmont 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 Piedmont Cemetery:

The official website for Meade County: www.meadecounty.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 Meade, 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' (or 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 Piedmont Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2426, Longitude: -103.3871    
<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>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.
<7>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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