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A visit to the West Lead 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 West Lead Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The West Lead Cemetery (FG ID #1967595)

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 West Lead Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the West Lead Cemetery

Lat:   44.3484°   (44° 20' 54")

Lon:   -103.7782°   (-103° 46' 41")

The cemetery is located in Lawrence County<2>.

As an estimate, the West Lead Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Lead.

The county seat for Lawrence County is located in Deadwood. Deadwood lies just to the northeast of the West Lead Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> of the West Lead Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 18 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the West Lead Cemetery.

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

  • Lead
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Central City
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Lancaster City ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lancaster City have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster City
    • Lancaster City is located in Lawrence County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 419 people
  • Trojan
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Deadwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Carbonate ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Preston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Galena
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Maurice
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Dumont
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Roubaix
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Savoy
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Centennial City ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centennial City have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial City
      • Centennial City is located in Lawrence County
    • Crook City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Spearfish
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spearfish have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearfish
      • Spearfish is located in Lawrence County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,900 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spearfish <7>
    • Whitewood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • North Spearfish
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Spearfish have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spearfish
      • North Spearfish is located in Lawrence County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,221 people

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 West Lead Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lawrence County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The West Lead Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 West Lead 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 West Lead Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #2513709  (West Lead Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #2513709 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Lead
    • County: Lawrence         Elev: 1660
    • Location given for GNIS #2513709 (West Lead Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #1967595

The official website for Lawrence County: www.lawrence.sd.us/

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 Lawrence, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the West Lead Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3484, Longitude: -103.7782    
<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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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.
<7>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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