A visit to the Spirit Mound 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 Spirit Mound Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Spirit Mound Cemetery:
42.8886, -96.9428
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Spirit Mound Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Spirit Mound Cemetery is located in Clay County<2>.
The county seat for Clay County is located in Vermillion. Vermillion lies just to the south of the Spirit Mound Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Spirit Mound Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> of the Spirit Mound Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Spirit Mound Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Clay Point Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Clay Point Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Point Cemetery
- Mortvedt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Mortvedt Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mortvedt Cemetery
- Clay Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Clay Creek Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Creek Cemetery
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Pleasant Valley Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley Cemetery
- The Pleasant Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasant Valley Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #97401 <5>
- St. Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Cemetery
- Lodi Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Lodi Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi Cemetery
- South Lodi Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The South Lodi Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lodi Cemetery
- Bluff Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Rockfield Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield Cemetery
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Meckling Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Meckling Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckling Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Bluff View Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Danefield Seventh-day Advent Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the west of Vermillion.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96977 <5>
- Dowlin Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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 southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Danisi Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Danisi Cemetery is located in Yankton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danisi Cemetery
- Brule Creek Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Brule Creek Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brule Creek Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brule Creek Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Spink.
- The Brule Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brule Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1973015 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Spirit Mound Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Spirit Mound Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Bloomingdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bloomingdale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Greenfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Greenfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Estimated population in 2014: 40 people
- Hub City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hub City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Meckling
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vermillion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Alsen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Alsen is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alsen
- Junction City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Junction City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Spink
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Spink is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spink
- Estimated population in 2014: 237 people
- Komstad ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Komstad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komstad
- Estimated population in 2014: 12 people
- Riverside ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Burbank
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wakonda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Gayville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Maskell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Maskell is located in Dixon County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maskell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Volin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Obert
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Obert is located in Cedar County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
- Wynot
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Beresford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beresford is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beresford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,043 people
- Former name for Beresford:
- Paris
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beresford <6>
- Saint Helena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Newcastle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
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 Spirit Mound Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Clay County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Spirit Mound Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Beresford
- Centerville
- Gayville
- Newcastle
- Saint Helena
- Vermillion
- Volin
- Volin lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Spirit Mound Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Volin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volin
- Wakonda
- Wynot
- Wynot lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the Spirit Mound Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Wynot.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynot
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 Spirit Mound Cemetery:
- Pages specific to South Dakota:
- Pages specific to Clay 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 Spirit Mound Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1258238 (Spirit Mound Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1258238 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: Clay
- Est. Elev: 368 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hub City
- Location given for Spirit Mound Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.888606 Lon: -96.9428228
- 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 Clay, 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 from Point A (ie- Spirit Mound 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. |