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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. Mary's Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. Mary's Cemetery (FG ID #2473212)

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 St. Mary's Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Mary's Cemetery

Lat:   43.1366°   (43° 8' 11")

Lon:   -101.9065°   (-101° 54' 23")

The St. Mary's Cemetery is located in Bennett County<2>.

The county seat for Bennett County is located in Martin. Martin lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east northeast of the St. Mary's Cemetery .

Name Variations for St. Mary's 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.

St. Mary's Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Gamble 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.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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. Mary's Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to South Dakota:
  • Pages specific to Bennett County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the St. Mary's Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 15 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the St. Mary's Cemetery.

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

    • Swett ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swett
      • Swett is located in Bennett County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 283 people
    • Martin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Allen
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Batesland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Batesland have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesland
      • Batesland is located in Oglala Lakota County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Batesland <4>
    • Merriman
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Tuthill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Denby
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denby
      • Denby is located in Oglala Lakota County
    • Porcupine
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Wounded Knee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Continue List   (6 more) ...
      • Kyle
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Gordon
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
        • Gordon is located in Sheridan County (NE)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,486 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gordon <4>
      • Vetal
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vetal
        • Vetal is located in Bennett County
      • Potato Creek
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potato Creek
        • Potato Creek is located in Jackson County
      • Manderson - White Horse Creek
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Manderson - White Horse Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manderson - White Horse Creek
        • Manderson - White Horse Creek is located in Oglala Lakota County
      • Manderson
        (29 miles [46.7 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 St. Mary's Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Bennett County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Mary's Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    • Gordon
    • Martin
      • Martin lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the St. Mary's Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Martin.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
    • Merriman

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 26 miles [41.8 km] of the St. Mary's Cemetery.<7>

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

    • St. Johns Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Red Bear Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Red Bear Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Red Bear Cemetery is located in Bennett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Red Bear Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #97436 <1>
    • Peyote Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Knight Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knight Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Knight Cemetery is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knight Cemetery
    • Body of Christ Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Feather on Head Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Feather on Head Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Feather on Head Cemetery is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Feather on Head Cemetery
    • Salaway Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Our Lady of the Lake Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Merriman Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • St. Elizabeth Catholic Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • St. Joseph Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
    • Continue List   (10 more) ...
      • Mediator Cemetery
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mediator Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Mediator Cemetery is located in Shannon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mediator Cemetery
      • Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Cemetery
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Native American Cemetery
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Native American Cemetery
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Native American Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Native American Cemetery is located in Shannon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Native American Cemetery
      • St. Julia Cemetery
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Lamont Cemetery
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • The Lamont Cemetery is located in Shannon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lamont Cemetery
      • St. Anns Cemetery
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • The St. Anns Cemetery is located in Oglala Lakota County
        • The St. Anns Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Wolf Creek Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anns Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #97509 <1>
      • St. Anns Cemetery
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The St. Anns Cemetery is located in Shannon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anns Cemetery
      • Dane Cemetery
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • The Dane Cemetery is located in Cherry County (NE)
        • The Dane Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Danish Lutheran Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dane Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2343176 <1>
      • Center Cemetery
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)

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

    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. Mary's Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1266674  (Gamble Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #1266674 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: Swett
      • County: Bennett         Elev: 1011
      • Location given for GNIS #1266674 (Gamble Cemetery)
    • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2473212

    The official website for State of South Dakota: 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 Bennett, 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 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 St. Mary's Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1366, Longitude: -101.9065    
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <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 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.




 

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