A visit to the Saint Marys Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
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. Marys Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Marys Cemetery:
44.2341, -96.4664
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Brookings County<2>.
The county seat for Brookings County is located in Brookings. Brookings lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the west northwest of the St. Marys Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Marys Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 15 miles [24.1 km] of the St. Marys Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Marys Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Trinity Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Brookings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
- Stolz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Stolz Cemetery is located in Lincoln County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stolz Cemetery
- German Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Immanuel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Immanuel Cemetery is located in Lincoln County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Cemetery
- Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Memorial Cemetery is located in Lincoln County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Cemetery
- Memorial Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fairlawn Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Fairlawn Cemetery is located in Brookings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn Cemetery
- Briffett Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Yeo Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Yeo Cemetery is located in Moody County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeo Cemetery
- Troy Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Troy Cemetery is located in Pipestone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Cemetery
- Danish Evangelical Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fountain Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Fountain Cemetery is located in Brookings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Luctor Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Luctor Cemetery is located in Pipestone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luctor Cemetery
- Shaokatan Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Shaokatan Cemetery is located in Lincoln County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaokatan Cemetery
- New Grove Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- The New Grove Cemetery is located in Lincoln County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Grove Cemetery
- North Clare Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- The North Clare Cemetery is located in Moody County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clare Cemetery
- Saints Simon and Jude Catholic Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Saints Simon and Jude Catholic Cemetery is located in Moody County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saints Simon and Jude Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Saints Simon and Jude Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Flandreau.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2159740 <5>
- Union Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Moody County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Flandreau.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #97774 <5>
- Catholic Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- The Catholic Cemetery is located in Moody County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
- Old Catholic Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- The Old Catholic Cemetery is located in Moody County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Catholic Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Flandreau.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2375054 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the St. Marys Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Marys Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Elkton
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ward
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lake Benton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bushnell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bushnell is located in Brookings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Aurora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Flandreau
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Airlie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Airlie is located in Pipestone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
- Holland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Holland is located in Pipestone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Tyler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tyler is located in Lincoln County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,058 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tyler <6>
- White
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brookings
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pipestone
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Arco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sunnyview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyview is located in Brookings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyview
- Estimated population in 2014: 17 people
- Egan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ruthton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hendricks
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ivanhoe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sioux Falls Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sioux Falls Junction is located in Moody County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Falls Junction
- Estimated population in 2014: 119 people
- Florence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Florence is located in Lyon County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Dyce ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dyce is located in Moody County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyce
- Ihlen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Astoria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
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. Marys Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Brookings County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Marys Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brookings
- Bushnell
- Flandreau
- Hendricks
- Holland
- Lake Benton
- Pipestone
- Ruthton
- Tyler
- White
- White lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the St. Marys Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for White.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Woodstock
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 professional and volunteer 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. Marys Cemetery:
- Pages specific to South Dakota:
- Pages specific to Brookings 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. Marys Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1257679 (Saint Marys Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1257679 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: Brookings
- Est. Elev: 537 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Elkton
- Location given for Saint Marys Cemetery:
- Lat: 44.2341347 Lon: -96.4664321
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Brookings, 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- St. Marys 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> | 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. |