A visit to the Saint Johns 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 St. Johns Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. Johns Cemetery (FG ID #97559).
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed 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 St. Johns Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Johns Cemetery:
43.7194, -98.4643
The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Aurora County<2>.
Just for reference: A short distance and to the north of The St. Johns Cemetery is the Plankinton Cemetery. See below for details.
The county seat for Aurora County is located in Plankinton. Plankinton lies just to the west southwest of the St. Johns Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Johns Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 18 miles [29 km]<3> of the St. Johns Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Johns Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Knutson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Knutson Cemetery is located in Aurora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knutson Cemetery
- Dudley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Dudley Cemetery is located in Aurora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley Cemetery
- Quaker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Quaker Cemetery is located in Davison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Cemetery
- St. Mary Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The St. Mary Cemetery is located in Aurora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary Cemetery
- Silver Ridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Silver Ridge Cemetery is located in Aurora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge Cemetery
- Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Aurora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Davison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- Victor Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Lake Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Crystal Lake Cemetery is located in Aurora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake Cemetery
- Old St. Paul Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Old St. Paul Cemetery is located in Aurora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old St. Paul Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Davison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
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- Nicolaisen Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Nicolaisen Cemetery is located in Davison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicolaisen Cemetery
- Aurora Center Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Quaker Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Quaker Cemetery is located in Aurora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Cemetery
- Trinity Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Aurora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Charity Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- St. John Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- The St. John Cemetery is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John Cemetery
- Church of God Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the St. Johns Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Johns Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Plankinton
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stickney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Vernon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Storla
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Storla is located in Aurora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storla
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6 people
- White Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Aurora Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Aurora Center is located in Aurora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora Center
- Loomis
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Harrison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Corsica
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Letcher
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cuthbert
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Holland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Mitchell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Crow Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Joubert
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Douglas City is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas City
- Woonsocket
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lane
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Kimball
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wessington Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ethan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
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 St. Johns Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Aurora County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Johns Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Armour
- Corsica
- Forestburg
- Harrison
- Kimball
- Letcher
- Mitchell
- Mount Vernon
- Plankinton
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Continue List (6 more)
- Stickney
- Storla
- Wessington Springs
- White Lake
- Woonsocket
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 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 St. Johns Cemetery:
- Pages specific to South Dakota:
- Pages specific to Aurora County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
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 St. Johns Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #97559
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1257617 (Saint Johns Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1257617 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Aurora
- Est. Elev: 459 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Plankinton
- Location given for Saint Johns Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.721379 Lon: -98.4686965
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Aurora, 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 from Point A (ie- St. Johns Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |