A visit to the Donald 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 Donald Cemetery ...
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Donald 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 Donald Cemetery
Lat: 45.2522° (45° 15' 7")
Lon: -90.9104° (-90° 54' 37")
The Donald Cemetery is located in Taylor County<2>.
The county seat for Taylor County is located in Medford. Medford lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Donald Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 17 miles [27.4 km] of the Donald Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Donald Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Rusk County
- Hannibal Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hannibal Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hannibal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Hannibal Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Yellow River Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yellow River Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Yellow River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Yellow River Cemetery is located in Chippewa County
- Meadowbrook Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meadowbrook Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meadowbrook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Meadowbrook Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Meadowbrook Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meadowbrook Lutheran Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meadowbrook Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Meadowbrook Lutheran Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Nebo Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Nebo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Mt. Nebo Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Meadowbrook Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meadowbrook Catholic Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meadowbrook Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Meadowbrook Catholic Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Holcombe Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holcombe Cemetery
- The Holcombe Cemetery is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88167 <5>
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Chippewa County
- Martin Mission Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Martin Mission Cemetery
- The Martin Mission Cemetery is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1975996 <5>
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Trinity Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Holy Trinity Cemetery is located in Rusk County
- Estella Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Estella Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Estella Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Estella Cemetery is located in Chippewa County
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- South Lawrence Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Lawrence Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Lawrence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The South Lawrence Cemetery is located in Rusk County
- St. Francis Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Francis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The St. Francis Cemetery is located in Rusk County
- St. Marys Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- St. Stanislaus Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Stanislaus Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Stanislaus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The St. Stanislaus Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Perkinstown Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perkinstown Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Perkinstown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Perkinstown Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Holy Assumption Orthodox Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Assumption Orthodox Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Assumption Orthodox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Holy Assumption Orthodox Cemetery is located in Taylor County
- Tony Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tony Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Tony Cemetery is located in Rusk County
- Old Ladysmith Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Ladysmith Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Ladysmith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Old Ladysmith Cemetery is located in Rusk County
- South Lawrence Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Donald Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Donald Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Sheldon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Gilman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
- Gilman is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Jump River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jump River
- Jump River is located in Taylor County
- Polley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polley
- Polley is located in Taylor County
- Hughey ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Conrath
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Estella
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Cornell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Perkinstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Perkinstown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkinstown
- Perkinstown is located in Taylor County
- Lublin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast) - Tony
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Eadsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eadsville
- Eadsville is located in Clark County
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Glen Flora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Flora have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Flora
- Glen Flora is located in Rusk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Ladysmith
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest) - Port Arthur
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Arthur
- Port Arthur is located in Rusk County
- Drywood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drywood
- Drywood is located in Chippewa County
- Ingram
(18 miles [29 km] to the north) - Eidsvold
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidsvold
- Eidsvold is located in Clark County
- Stanley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Thorp
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Hawkins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast) - Boyd
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Glen Flora
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 Donald Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Taylor County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Donald Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Boyd
- Boyd lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Donald Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Boyd.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Cadott
- Cadott lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Donald Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Cadott.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadott
- Cornell
- Cornell lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Donald Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Cornell.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Gilman
- Gilman lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Donald Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Gilman.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
- Ladysmith
- Ladysmith lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Donald Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ladysmith.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladysmith
- Stanley
- Stanley lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the South (S) of the Donald Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Stanley.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Thorp
- Thorp lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Donald Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Thorp.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorp
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 Donald Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Wisconsin:
- Pages specific to Taylor County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Chippewa County
- Cyndi's List
- Family Search
- Genealogy Trails
- Clark County
- Cyndi's List
- Family Search
- Genealogy Trails
- Eau Claire County
- Cyndi's List
- Family Search
- Genealogy Trails
- Price County
- Cyndi's List
- Family Search
- Genealogy Trails
- Rusk County
- Cyndi's List
- Family Search
- Genealogy Trails
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- From Cyndi's List:
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Taylor County
- Cemetery Junction:
- Directory for Wisconsin
- From FamilySearch:
- Cemeteries Wiki for Wisconsin
- From Interment.net:
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Donald Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Donald Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1564050 (Donald Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #1564050 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: Sheldon
- County: Taylor Elev: 363
- Location given for GNIS #1564050 (Donald Cemetery)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Taylor County: www.taylor-county.com/
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 Taylor, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Donald Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2522, Longitude: -90.9104 In this case, the coordinates for the Donald 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. |