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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 Pine Lawn Memorial Park ...

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

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Pine Lawn Memorial Park

Lat:   44.0411°   (44° 2' 27")

Lon:   -103.2477°   (-103° 14' 51")

The Pine Lawn Memorial Park is located in Pennington County<2>.

The county seat for Pennington County is located in Rapid City. Rapid City lies just to the north northeast of the Pine Lawn Memorial Park .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 17 that are within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3> of the Pine Lawn Memorial Park.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Pine Lawn Memorial Park, with the nearest first.

  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Cemetery
    • The Mountain View Cemetery is located in Pennington County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountain View Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Rapid City.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #97276 <5>
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Calvary Cemetery is located in Pennington County
  • Blackhawk Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blackhawk Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blackhawk Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Blackhawk Cemetery is located in Meade County
  • Rockerville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rockerville Cemetery
    • The Rockerville Cemetery is located in Pennington County
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Cemetery
    • The Mountain View Cemetery is located in Pennington County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountain View Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Keystone.
    • The Mountain View Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Keystone Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #97167 <5>
  • Elk Vale Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elk Vale Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elk Vale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Elk Vale Cemetery is located in Meade County
  • Piedmont Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Piedmont Cemetery
    • The Piedmont Cemetery is located in Meade County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Piedmont Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Piedmont.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2143973 <5>
  • Larsen Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Larsen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Larsen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Larsen Cemetery is located in Pennington County
  • Viewfield Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Viewfield Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Viewfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Viewfield Cemetery is located in Meade County
  • Mountain Meadow Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain Meadow Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain Meadow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mountain Meadow Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
  • Fairburn Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairburn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairburn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Fairburn Cemetery is located in Custer County
  • Black Hills National Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Black Hills National Cemetery
    • The Black Hills National Cemetery is located in Meade County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Black Hills National Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northwest of Sturgis.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96818 <5>
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Rochford Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rochford Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rochford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Rochford Cemetery is located in Pennington County
    • Custer Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Custer Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Custer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Custer Cemetery is located in Custer County
    • Ft. Meade National Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Meade National Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Meade National Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ft. Meade National Cemetery is located in Meade County
    • Bear Butte Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Galena Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Galena Cemetery
      • The Galena Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
      • The Galena Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Vinegar Hill Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2183441 <5>

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Pine Lawn Memorial Park.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Pine Lawn Memorial Park, with the nearest first.

  • Rapid City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Colonial Pine Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonial Pine Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Pine Hills
    • Colonial Pine Hills is located in Pennington County
  • Rapid Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapid Valley
    • Rapid Valley is located in Pennington County
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 8,260 people
  • Sioux Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sioux Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
  • Green Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
    • Green Valley is located in Pennington County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 51 people
  • Rockerville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Blackhawk
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Ashland Heights
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashland Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Heights
    • Ashland Heights is located in Pennington County
  • Johnson Siding
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Siding
    • Johnson Siding is located in Pennington County
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 659 people
  • Box Elder
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Box Elder have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <6>
  • Summerset
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hayward ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hayward have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
    • Hayward is located in Pennington County
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Pactola ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • 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.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pactola
      • Pactola is located in Pennington County
    • Keystone
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Caputa
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Hermosa
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Piedmont
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Spokane ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spokane. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokane
      • Spokane is located in Custer County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 3,237 people
    • Silver City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
    • Nemo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hill City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
      • Hill City is located in Pennington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,074 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hill City <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 Pine Lawn Memorial Park. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Pennington County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Pine Lawn Memorial Park.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Pine Lawn Memorial Park:

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 Pine Lawn Memorial Park:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1257056  (Pine Lawn Memorial Park)
    • Note: GNIS record #1257056 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: Rapid City East
    • County: Pennington         Elev: 1179
    • Location given for GNIS #1257056 (Pine Lawn Memorial Park)

The official website for Pennington County: www.co.pennington.sd.us/

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 Pennington, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Pine Lawn Memorial Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0411, Longitude: -103.2477       In this case, the coordinates for the Pine Lawn Memorial Park 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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