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. 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 West Lead Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the West Lead Cemetery:
44.3484, -103.7782
The West Lead Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Lead.
The cemetery is located in Lawrence County<2>.
The county seat for Lawrence County is located in Deadwood. Deadwood lies just to the northeast of the West Lead Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on 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.
- Terry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Seth Bullock Grave
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Seth Bullock Grave is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seth Bullock Grave
- Mt. Moran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Ambrose Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Englewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Carbonate Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Preston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Galena Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ward Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Ward Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Cemetery
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Anderson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crook City Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Meadow Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Gulch Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- The Bear Gulch Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Gulch Cemetery
- Little Dane Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- St. Onge Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bear Butte Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Black Hills National Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ft. Meade National Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 19 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)
- Lancaster City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster City
- 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 (7 more) ...
- Savoy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Centennial City ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Centennial City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial City
- Crook City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spearfish
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Whitewood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nahant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- North Spearfish
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Spearfish is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spearfish
- 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.
- Deadwood
- Lead
- Preston
- Roubaix
- Saint Onge
- Spearfish
- Sturgis
- Tinton - Historic
- Whitewood
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 West Lead Cemetery:
- Pages specific to South Dakota:
- Pages specific to Lawrence 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 West Lead Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1967595
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2513709 (West Lead Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2513709 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: Lawrence
- Est. Elev: 1660 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Lead
- Location given for West Lead Cemetery:
- Lat: 44.34845 Lon: -103.778422
- 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 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Lead 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. |