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A visit to the Saint Joseph Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the St. Joseph Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. Joseph Cemetery (FG ID #273529)

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 St. Joseph Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Joseph Cemetery

Lat:   42.9284°   (42° 55' 42")

Lon:   -87.9088°   (-87° 54' 31")

The cemetery is located in Milwaukee County<2>.

As an estimate, the St. Joseph Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Milwaukee.

The county seat for Milwaukee County is located in Milwaukee. Milwaukee lies just to the north of the St. Joseph Cemetery .

Name Variations for St. Joseph Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

St. Joseph Cemetery has also been known as:

  • St. Josephs Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the St. Joseph Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the St. Joseph Cemetery.

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

  • South Milwaukee
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Cudahy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cudahy have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cudahy
    • Cudahy is located in Milwaukee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,077 people
  • Oak Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Francis
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Greendale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greendale have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
    • Greendale is located in Milwaukee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,127 people
  • Franklin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklin have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
    • Franklin is located in Milwaukee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,925 people
  • Greenfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • West Milwaukee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Milwaukee have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milwaukee
    • West Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,090 people
  • Saint Martins
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • West Allis
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Milwaukee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Hales Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hales Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Corners
    • Hales Corners is located in Milwaukee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,553 people
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Kneeland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Caledonia
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Durham
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Tess Corners
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Union Church
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Raymond
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • New Berlin
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Muskego
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muskego have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskego
      • Muskego is located in Waukesha County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,317 people
    • Franksville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franksville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franksville
      • Franksville is located in Racine County
    • Wauwatosa
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wauwatosa have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauwatosa
      • Wauwatosa is located in Milwaukee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,084 people
    • Shorewood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shorewood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood
      • Shorewood is located in Milwaukee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,117 people
    • Elm Grove
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Wind Point
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wind Point have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wind Point
      • Wind Point is located in Racine County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,685 people
    • Whitefish Bay
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Prospect
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)

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 St. Joseph Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Milwaukee County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Joseph 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 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 St. Joseph 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 St. Joseph Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1573183  (Saint Josephs Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1573183 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: Greendale
    • County: Milwaukee         Elev: 224
    • Location given for GNIS #1573183 (Saint Josephs Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #273529

The official website for Milwaukee County: www.co.milwaukee.wi.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Milwaukee, 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 St. Joseph Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9284, Longitude: -87.9088    
<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 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.
<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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