RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of South Dakota >> Hyde County >> Spring Lake CemeteryIndex...

A visit to the Spring Lake 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 Lake Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Spring Lake Cemetery (FG ID #97712).

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 Lake Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Spring Lake Cemetery:

44.7941, -99.5617

The Spring Lake Cemetery is located 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the north of Highmore.

The cemetery is located in Hyde County<3>.

The county seat for Hyde County is located in Highmore. Highmore lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the south southeast of the Spring Lake Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Spring Lake Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 24 miles [38.6 km] of the Spring Lake Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 15 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of the Spring Lake Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Spring Lake 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 Spring Lake Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hyde County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Spring Lake Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Agar
    • Agar lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the West (W) of the Spring Lake Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Agar.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agar
  • Blunt
    • Blunt lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> to the Southwest (SW) of the Spring Lake Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Blunt.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blunt
  • Faulkton
  • Gettysburg
  • Harrold
    • Harrold lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Spring Lake Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Harrold.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrold
  • Highmore
  • Holabird
  • Lebanon
    • Lebanon lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Spring Lake Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lebanon.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
  • Onida
    • Onida lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Spring Lake Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Onida.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onida
  • Orient
    • Orient lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Spring Lake Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Orient.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient
  • Ree Heights
  • Seneca
  • Tolstoy

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 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 Lake Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to South Dakota:
  • Pages specific to Hyde 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 Lake Cemetery:

    Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #97712

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1258280  (Spring Lake Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1258280 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: Hyde
      • Est. Elev: 568 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Thomas Lake
      • Location given for Spring Lake Cemetery:
      • Lat: 44.7941487     Lon: -99.5615041
      • 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>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 Lake Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
    <3>If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Hyde, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <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.