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A visit to the McAskill 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 McAskill Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the McAskill 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 McAskill Cemetery

Lat:   45.4691°   (45° 28' 8")

Lon:   -92.5796°   (-92° 34' 46")

The McAskill Cemetery is located in Polk County<2>.

The county seat for Polk County is located in Balsam Lake. Balsam Lake lies just to the east of the McAskill Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> of the McAskill Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Fristad Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fristad Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fristad Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Fristad Cemetery is located in Polk County
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Polk County
  • Long Lake Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Long Lake Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Long Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Long Lake Cemetery is located in Polk County
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Polk County
  • New Home Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Home Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The New Home Cemetery is located in Polk County
  • St. Croix Falls Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Croix Falls Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Croix Falls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Croix Falls Cemetery is located in Polk County
  • Kahbakong Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kahbakong Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kahbakong Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Kahbakong Cemetery is located in Chisago County (MN)
  • Balsam Lake Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Balsam Lake Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Balsam Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Balsam Lake Cemetery is located in Polk County
  • Granum Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Granum Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Granum Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Granum Cemetery is located in Polk County
  • Sand Lake Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sand Lake Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sand Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Sand Lake Cemetery is located in Polk County
  • Franconia Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Franconia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Franconia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Franconia Cemetery is located in Chisago County (MN)
  • El Salem Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the El Salem Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the El Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The El Salem Cemetery is located in Polk County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Union Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • 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 Polk County
    • Lawson Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lawson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lawson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lawson Cemetery is located in Polk County
    • Haustrup Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haustrup Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haustrup Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Haustrup Cemetery is located in Polk County
    • Almelund Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Almelund Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Almelund Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Almelund Cemetery is located in Chisago County (MN)
    • Apple River Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Apple River Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Apple River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Apple River Cemetery is located in Polk County
    • St. Peters Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Polk County
    • Pleasant Prairie Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Prairie Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pleasant Prairie Cemetery is located in Polk County
    • Volga Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Volga Cemetery
      • The Volga Cemetery is located in Polk County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Volga Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Amery.
      • The Volga Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Traveler's Rest Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1361634 <5>

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the McAskill Cemetery.

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

  • Centuria
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centuria
    • Centuria is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 905 people
  • Saint Croix Falls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Croix Falls
    • Saint Croix Falls is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
  • Taylors Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylors Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Falls
    • Taylors Falls is located in Chisago County (MN)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,035 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylors Falls <6>
  • Milltown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milltown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
    • Milltown is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 875 people
  • Balsam Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Balsam Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balsam Lake
    • Balsam Lake is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 978 people
  • Dresser
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dresser have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresser
    • Dresser is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
  • Franconia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franconia
    • Franconia is located in Chisago County (MN)
  • Shafer
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shafer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafer
    • Shafer is located in Chisago County (MN)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,144 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shafer <6>
  • Luck
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luck have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luck
    • Luck is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,051 people
  • Bunyan
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bunyan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
    • Bunyan is located in Polk County
  • Almelund
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Almelund have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almelund
    • Almelund is located in Chisago County (MN)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Almelund <6>
  • Osceola
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Osceola is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,580 people
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Atlas
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
      • Atlas is located in Polk County
    • Center City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Volga ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Volga. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
      • Volga is located in Polk County
    • Deronda
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deronda
      • Deronda is located in Polk County
    • Lindstrom
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lindstrom have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindstrom
      • Lindstrom is located in Chisago County (MN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,731 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lindstrom <6>
    • Horse Creek
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
      • Horse Creek is located in Polk County
    • Frederic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frederic have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederic
      • Frederic is located in Polk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
    • Amery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amery
      • Amery is located in Polk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,799 people
    • Chisago City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chisago City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisago City
      • Chisago City is located in Chisago County (MN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,241 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chisago City <6>

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 McAskill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Polk County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The McAskill 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 McAskill 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 McAskill Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1569164  (McAskill Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1569164 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: Centuria
    • County: Polk         Elev: 385
    • Location given for GNIS #1569164 (McAskill Cemetery)

The official website for Polk County: www.co.polk.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 Polk, 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the McAskill Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4691, Longitude: -92.5796       In this case, the coordinates for the McAskill 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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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