A visit to the Peterson 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 Peterson Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Peterson Cemetery:
44.7666, -91.6760
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Peterson Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Peterson Cemetery is located in Dunn County<2>.
The county seat for Dunn County is located in Menomonie. Menomonie lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Peterson Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Peterson Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Peterson Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Peterson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Sand Hill Cemetery is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill Cemetery
- Rock Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Rock Creek Cemetery is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Cemetery
- Falls City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Falls City Cemetery is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City Cemetery
- Fossum Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Fossum Cemetery is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossum Cemetery
- Brunswick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Brunswick Cemetery is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick Cemetery
- Waneka Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Waneka Cemetery is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waneka Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- Forest Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Peru Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Peru Cemetery is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Cemetery
- East Pepin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The East Pepin Cemetery is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pepin Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Iron Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Iron Creek Cemetery is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Creek Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Lakeview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. John Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The St. John Cemetery is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John Cemetery
- Prince of Peace Covenant Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- McCombs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The McCombs Cemetery is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCombs Cemetery
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Drammen Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Drammen Lutheran Cemetery is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drammen Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Drammen Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the south of Eau Claire.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1970640 <5>
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Eau Claire.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87946 <5>
- Froens Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Froens Cemetery is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Froens Cemetery
- Little Elk Creek Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hadleyville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Hadleyville Cemetery is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadleyville 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 Peterson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Peterson Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Rock Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rock Falls is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Falls
- Lufkin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lufkin is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufkin
- Falls City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Falls City is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
- Meridean
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Meridean is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridean
- Shawtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shawtown is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Elk Mound
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Elk Mound is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
- Eau Claire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Eau Claire is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Claire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69,087 people
- Dunnville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dunnville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville
- Altoona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Altoona is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,062 people
- Seymour
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Seymour is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Mondovi
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mondovi is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,562 people
- Albertville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Albertville is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertville
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Menomonie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Menomonie is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,599 people
- Lake Hallie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Hallie is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hallie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,779 people
- Durand
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Durand is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Eleva
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eleva is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
- Allen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Allen is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Irvine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Irvine is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvine
- Colfax
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Colfax is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Eau Galle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Eau Galle is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Galle
- Springdale ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Springdale is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Tainter Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tainter Lake is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tainter Lake
- Chippewa Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Chippewa Falls is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,407 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 Peterson Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Dunn County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Peterson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Altoona
- Chippewa Falls
- Colfax
- Durand
- Eau Claire
- Eleva
- Fall Creek
- Menomonie
- Mondovi
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 professional and volunteer 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 Peterson Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Wisconsin:
- Pages specific to Dunn 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 Peterson Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1571266 (Peterson Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1571266 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: Dunn
- Est. Elev: 230 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Elk Creek Lake
- Location given for Peterson Cemetery:
- Lat: 44.7666277 Lon: -91.6759999
- 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 Dunn, 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- Peterson 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. |