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A visit to the Big Falls Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

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 Big Falls Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Big Falls Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Big Falls Cemetery

Lat:   44.6116°   (44° 36' 41")

Lon:   -89.0173°   (-89° 1' 2")

The Big Falls Cemetery is located in Waupaca County<2>.

The county seat for Waupaca County is located in Waupaca. Waupaca lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the south of the Big Falls Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Big Falls Cemetery.<4>

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

  • St. Johns Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
    • The St. Johns Trinity Lutheran Cemetery is located in Waupaca County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Johns Trinity Lutheran Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Marion.
    • The St. Johns Trinity Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Johns Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88986 <5>
  • Hitterdahl Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hitterdahl Cemetery
    • The Hitterdahl Cemetery is located in Waupaca County
  • Roseland Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roseland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roseland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Roseland Cemetery is located in Waupaca County
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Waupaca County
  • Greenleaf Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenleaf Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenleaf Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Greenleaf Cemetery is located in Waupaca County
  • Union Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Union Cemetery is located in Waupaca County
  • Danish Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Danish Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Danish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Danish Cemetery is located in Waupaca County
  • Marble Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marble Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marble Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Marble Cemetery is located in Waupaca County
  • Northland Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Northland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Northland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Northland Cemetery is located in Waupaca County
  • Iola Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Iola Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Iola Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Iola Cemetery is located in Waupaca County
  • Lola Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lola Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lola Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lola Cemetery is located in Waupaca County
  • Ogdensburg Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ogdensburg Cemetery
    • The Ogdensburg Cemetery is located in Waupaca County
    • The Ogdensburg Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Park Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88638 <5>
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Salem Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Salem Cemetery is located in Shawano County
    • Zion Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Zion Cemetery is located in Shawano County
    • St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
      • The St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery is located in Shawano County
      • The St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2184901 <5>
    • Little Creek Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Little Creek Cemetery is located in Waupaca County
    • Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Trinity Lutheran Cemetery is located in Waupaca County
    • Townline Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Townline Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Townline Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Townline Cemetery is located in Waupaca County
    • Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
      • The Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery is located in Shawano County
      • The Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Norwegian Luthern Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2185220 <5>
    • Scandinavia Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scandinavia Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scandinavia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Scandinavia Cemetery is located in Waupaca County
    • St. Martin Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Martin Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Martin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Martin Cemetery is located in Waupaca County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Big Falls Cemetery.

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

  • Big Falls
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls
    • Big Falls is located in Waupaca County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
  • Granite City ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
    • Granite City is located in Waupaca County
  • Split Rock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
    • Split Rock is located in Shawano County
  • Marion
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Marion is located in Waupaca County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
  • Iola
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iola have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
    • Iola is located in Waupaca County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
  • Tigerton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
    • Tigerton is located in Shawano County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
  • Ogdensburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ogdensburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
    • Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
  • Manawa
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manawa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
    • Manawa is located in Waupaca County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
  • Scandinavia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scandinavia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
    • Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
  • Clintonville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clintonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
    • Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
  • Pella
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
    • Pella is located in Shawano County
  • Leopolis
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
    • Leopolis is located in Shawano County
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Galloway
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
      • Galloway is located in Marathon County
    • Alban
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
      • Alban is located in Portage County
    • Garfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
      • Garfield is located in Portage County
    • Little Wolf ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little Wolf. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
      • Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
    • Rosholt
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosholt have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosholt
      • Rosholt is located in Portage County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
    • Baldwins Mill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Baldwins Mill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
      • Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
    • Bear Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
      • Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
    • Embarrass
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Embarrass have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
      • Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
    • Nelsonville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
      • Nelsonville is located in Portage County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
    • Wittenberg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
      • Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
    • Elderon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elderon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderon
      • Elderon is located in Marathon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
    • Amherst Junction
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amherst Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
      • Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
    • Amherst
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
      • Amherst is located in Portage County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
    • Sheridan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
      • Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
    • Waupaca
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waupaca have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
      • Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
    • Ostrander
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
      • Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
    • Bowler
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowler have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowler
      • Bowler is located in Shawano County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 286 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 Big Falls Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Waupaca County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Big Falls Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 Big Falls 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 Big Falls Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1850410  (Big Falls Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1850410 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: Big Falls
    • County: Waupaca         Elev: 278
    • Location given for GNIS #1850410 (Big Falls Cemetery)

The official website for Waupaca County: www.co.waupaca.wi.us/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/

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 Wisconsin's counties, including Waupaca, 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 Big Falls Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6116, Longitude: -89.0173       In this case, the coordinates for the Big Falls Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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>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.




 

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