A visit to the Saint Joseph 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. Joseph Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. Joseph Cemetery (FG ID #97565).
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. Joseph Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Joseph Cemetery:
42.6798, -96.6807
The St. Joseph Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Elk Point.
The cemetery is located in Union County<2>.
Adjacent to the St. Joseph Cemetery and just to the east is the Elk Point Cemetery.
The county seat for Union County is located in Elk Point. Elk Point lies just to the north of the St. Joseph Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Joseph Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> of the St. Joseph Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Joseph Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
- Union County Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Union County Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union County Cemetery
- Westfield Twp. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Westfield Twp. Cemetery is located in Plymouth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Twp. Cemetery
- Richland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Richland Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Cemetery
- Ionia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Ionia Cemetery is located in Dixon County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ionia Cemetery
- Ponca Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- First Brule Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Old Brule Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Civil Bend Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Civil Bend Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Civil Bend Cemetery
- St. Peters Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dowlin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Dowlin Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowlin Cemetery
- Ahlsborg Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Silver Ridge Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Silver Ridge Cemetery is located in Dixon County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge Cemetery
- Mills Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Mills Family Cemetery is located in Plymouth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Family Cemetery
- Brule Creek Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fairview Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Dixon County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Hancock Twp. Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Hancock Twp. Cemetery is located in Plymouth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Twp. Cemetery
- Bluff View Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Plymouth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Plymouth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Joseph Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Joseph Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Elk Point
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Westfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ponca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Burbank
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Millnerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Junction City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newcastle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Spink
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Akron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Martinsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Willis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- North Sioux City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Adaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Vermillion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Waterbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Goodwin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Goodwin is located in Dakota County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwin
- Maskell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Maskell is located in Dixon County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maskell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Jackson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dakota Dunes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Obert
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Chatsworth
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Big Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sioux City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Village is located in Woodbury County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Village
- Evergreen Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Village is located in Woodbury County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- James
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
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. Joseph Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Union County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Joseph Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Akron
- Akron lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the St. Joseph Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Akron.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
- Elk Point
- Jackson
- Newcastle
- North Sioux City
- Ponca
- Sioux City
- Vermillion
- Waterbury
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 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 St. Joseph Cemetery:
- Pages specific to South Dakota:
- Pages specific to Union 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. Joseph Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #97565
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1257634 (Saint Joseph Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1257634 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: Union
- Est. Elev: 344 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Elk Point
- Location given for Saint Joseph Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.6794413 Lon: -96.6800362
- 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 Union, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- St. Joseph 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. |