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A visit to the Saint Peters 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. Peters Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. Peters Cemetery (FG ID #1952440)

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. Peters Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   42.6046°   (42° 36' 16")

Lon:   -96.5597°   (-96° 33' 34")

The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Union County<2>.

The county seat for Union County is located in Elk Point. Elk Point lies just to the northwest of the St. Peters Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> of the St. Peters Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Civil Bend Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Civil Bend Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Civil Bend Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Civil Bend Cemetery is located in Union County
  • Hancock Twp. Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hancock Twp. Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hancock Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hancock Twp. Cemetery is located in Plymouth County (IA)
  • McCook Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Elk Point Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Logan Park Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Logan Park Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Logan Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Logan Park Cemetery is located in Woodbury County (IA)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Ponca Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Mills Family Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mills Family Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mills Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mills Family Cemetery is located in Plymouth County (IA)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Dakota County (NE)
  • War Eagle Grave
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the War Eagle Grave
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the War Eagle Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The War Eagle Grave is located in Woodbury County (IA)
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liberty Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liberty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Liberty Cemetery is located in Plymouth County (IA)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Westfield Twp. Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westfield Twp. Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westfield Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Westfield Twp. Cemetery is located in Plymouth County (IA)
    • Calvary Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Calvary Cemetery is located in Dixon County (NE)
    • St. Michaels Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Michaels Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Michaels Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Michaels Cemetery is located in Dakota County (NE)
    • Floyd Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Floyd Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Floyd Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Floyd Cemetery is located in Woodbury County (IA)
    • Richland Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richland Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Richland Cemetery is located in Union County
    • Floyd Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Floyd Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Floyd Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Floyd Cemetery is located in Woodbury County (IA)
    • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Woodbury County (IA)
    • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pleasant Valley Cemetery is located in Plymouth County (IA)

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Peters Cemetery.

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

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. Peters 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. Peters Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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. Peters Cemetery:

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. Peters Cemetery:

The official website for State of South Dakota: https://www.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 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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 St. Peters Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6046, Longitude: -96.5597    
<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 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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