A visit to the German Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
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 German Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the German Cemetery:
43.0314, -90.6215
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the German Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The German Cemetery is located in Grant County<2>.
The county seat for Grant County is located in Lancaster. Lancaster lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the south southwest of the German Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the German Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km] of the German Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from German Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Switzer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Switzer Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzer Cemetery
- Prairie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Catholic Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Crown Hill Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Hill Cemetery
- Brechler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Brechler Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brechler Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Beulah Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Beulah Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Cemetery
- Borah Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Borah Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borah Cemetery
- Pipal Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Pipal Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipal Cemetery
- Rosendale Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Rosendale Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosendale Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Wayne Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Wayne Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Cemetery
- Boydtown Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Boydtown Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown Cemetery
- St. Lawrence Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The St. Lawrence Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Lawrence Cemetery
- Pleasant Mound Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Casler Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Casler Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casler Cemetery
- Rock Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Rock Church Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Church Cemetery
- The Rock Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Rock Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88835 <5>
- Blue River Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The Blue River Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River Cemetery
- Steele Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Steele Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Coumbe Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- The Coumbe Cemetery is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coumbe Cemetery
- Sand Prairie Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- The Sand Prairie Cemetery is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Prairie Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the German Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from German Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Fennimore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Preston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Preston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Stitzer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Werley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Werley is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werley
- Mount Ida
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ida is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ida
- Boscobel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Boscobel is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
- Annaton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Woodman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woodman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Montfort
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Montfort is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
- Blue River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Boydtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Mount Hope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Highland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Westport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Westport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Lancaster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lancaster is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
- Livingston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Livingston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Muscoda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Muscoda is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
- Wauzeka
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Wauzeka is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauzeka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Cobb
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cobb is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Balmoral
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Balmoral is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmoral
- Steuben
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Millville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Millville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
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 German Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Grant County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The German Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Avoca
- Bloomington
- Boscobel
- Fennimore
- Highland
- Lancaster
- Montfort
- Muscoda
- Wauzeka
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 German Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Wisconsin:
- Pages specific to Grant 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 German Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1565475 (German Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1565475 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: Grant
- Est. Elev: 340 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Castle Rock
- Location given for German Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.031377 Lon: -90.6215149
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Grant, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- German 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> | 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. |