A visit to the Spring Hill 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 Spring Hill Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Spring Hill Cemetery (FG ID #97711).
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 Spring Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Spring Hill Cemetery:
44.0355, -98.9759
The Spring Hill Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Gann Valley.
The cemetery is located in Buffalo County<2>.
The county seat for Buffalo County is located in Gann Valley. Gann Valley lies just to the west southwest of the Spring Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Spring Hill Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 23 miles [37 km]<3> of the Spring Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Spring Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vega Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Vega Cemetery is located in Brule County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vega Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Jerauld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- St. Placidus Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Crow Creek Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ebenezer Baptist Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- New Zion Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- The New Zion Cemetery is located in Hand County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Zion Cemetery
- Hope Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- The Hope Cemetery is located in Jerauld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Cemetery
- St. John the Baptist Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- The St. John the Baptist Cemetery is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John the Baptist Cemetery
- The St. John the Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John the Baptist Episcopal Cemetery
- St. John's Cemetery
- St. John's Episcopal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2168051 <1>
- Chery Twp. Pioneer Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Norwegian Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Norwegian Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- The Norwegian Cemetery is located in Brule County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwegian Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Cedar Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Cedar Cemetery is located in Hand County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cemetery
- St. Margarets Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Jerauld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rosehill Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Rosehill Cemetery is located in Hand County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill Cemetery
- Community Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Anthony Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Earlville Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Earlville Cemetery is located in Beadle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlville Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 14 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Spring Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Spring Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Gann Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lyonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lyonville is located in Brule County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonville
- Estimated population in 2014: 49 people
- Crow Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Crow Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ames
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Kimball
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pukwana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wessington Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Chamberlain
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Thompson
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- White Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oacoma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lane
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Stephan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
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 Spring Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Buffalo County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Spring Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Chamberlain
- Gann Valley
- Kimball
- Oacoma
- Pukwana
- Wessington Springs
- White Lake
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 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 Spring Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to South Dakota:
- Pages specific to Buffalo 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 Spring Hill Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #97711
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1258273 (Spring Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1258273 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: Buffalo
- Est. Elev: 518 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Gannvalley
- Location given for Spring Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 44.0355488 Lon: -98.97593
- 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 Buffalo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Spring Hill 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. |