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Data Limitations:
•  Expect cemeteries of the same name, even within a given township.
•  Because of the "same name" problem, there may be a few instances where it was difficult to match a transcription to the correct cemetery; read the notes fields.
•  Many cemeteries have been moved; we did our best to identify these, and to give the background information in the notes field.
•  Blank fields do exist; we did our best!
•  If you are having trouble, browse the cemetery list for your county and for bordering counties.
•  Longitude/latitude have been estimated.
•  Many cemeteries will not have an exact postal address.
•  Indian mounds are not included in this database; public cemeteries where Native Americans are buried are included.
•  Omissions are inevitable-it was impossible to recapture information on many early burial sites that are no longer visible as cemeteries. If you know a correction or addition, please send this information to MGS!
•  Errors are also impossible to prevent; use this inventory as a finding aid, and confirm the information for your family! Always check original records!

How the information was compiled: A survey form was mailed to every courthouse and genealogical or historical society in the State of Minnesota. Each volunteer personally contacted local societies in the county for assistance, and then checked a variety of sources known to contain information on Minnesota cemeteries. These included: maps; the U.S. Geological Survey; Wiley Pope's "Cemeteries in Print"; the old MGS Cemetery Notebooks; WPA Survey of Minnesota cemeteries; the "Dalby Burial Files"; the "Kirchner Burial Files"; the 2001 Mortuary Science survey, compiled by the State of MN; cemetery transcriptions published in the Minnesota Genealogist; a search of the Internet; church, county and town histories; and local directories, if available. Volunteers checked card catalogs at MGS, the Family History Library; and the Minnesota Historical Society. Many volunteers also visited their county, and the cemeteries in their county, and contacted area churches, funeral homes, local societies and the county courthouse. Each volunteer used unique methods to communicate with others, and they encountered various responses. Accordingly, the results county-to-county may vary. The date of completion for each county also varies. Some were completed as early as 2001, but most have been completed in 2005 and 2006.

                                                                                                                                                        
Watonwan County
Antrim - Saint John CemeteryAlternate name[s]
 		Township
Antrim		City
 		 Active/Inactive
 
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T105N - R30W		Section
27SWSW
Latitude
43.5147N		 Longitude
94.2542W		USGS 7.5 map
Truman		 Cemetery type
 		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
 
Antrim CemeteryAlternate name[s]
  		Township
Antrim		City
Lewisville		Active/Inactive
Active
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T105N - R30W		Section
15NWNE
Latitude
43.5420N		 Longitude
94.2504W		USGS 7.5 map
Lewisville		 Cemetery type
Public		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
 
Bethlehem Lutheran CemeteryAlternate name[s]
 		Township
Adrian		City
Darfur		 Active/Inactive
Active
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T107N - R33W		Section
19SWSW
Latitude
44.0302N		 Longitude
94.5127W		USGS 7.5 map
Darfur		 Cemetery type
Church		Established
 
Driving Directions
1 mile west of Darfur.
Notes
A Swedish Lutheran Cemetery.
Transcription Date
1978		Transcriber
Gary Richter		 Location of Original
 		Title
Bethlehem Cemetery
Publication Date
Summer, 1983		Publisher
 		Publisher Location
Prairieland Register Vol 7, #2		Page Numbers
p 28-30
MGS Call Number
  		MHS Call Number
CS42 P42 7:2		LDS Call Number
Film 1065294 Item 18
Notes
 
Butterfield CemeteryAlternate name[s]
  		Township
 		City
Butterfield		 Active/Inactive
Active
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T106N - R33W		Section
34NENW
Latitude
43.5655N		 Longitude
94.4724W		USGS 7.5 map
Butterfield		 Cemetery type
Public		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
 
Calvary Catholic CemeteryAlternate name[s]
  		Township
Madelia		City
 		Active/Inactive
Active
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T107N - R30W		Section
26NWNE
Latitude
44.0255N		 Longitude
94.2353W		USGS 7.5 map
Madelia		 Cemetery type
Church		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
Located next to Riverside Cemetery
CemeteryAlternate name[s]
 		Township
South Branch		City
 		Active/Inactive
 
Street Address
  		Township-Range
T105N - R31W		Section
22SWNW
Latitude
43.53N		Longitude
94.33W		USGS 7.5 map
Saint James East		Cemetery type
 		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
Lutheran
CemeteryAlternate name[s]
 		Township
Adrian		City
 		Active/Inactive
 
Street Address
 		 Township-Range
T107N - R33W		Section
27NENE
Latitude
44.03N		Longitude
94.47W 		USGS 7.5 map
Darfur		Cemetery type
  		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
 
East Sveadahl Church CemeteryAlternate name[s]
 		Township
Nelson		City
 		 Active/Inactive
Active
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T107N - R32W		Section
27NENE
Latitude
44.03N		 Longitude
94.398W		USGS 7.5 map
Godahl		 Cemetery type
Church		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
Swedish Lutheran - the two churches share a pastor.
First Mennonite Church CemeteryAlternate name[s]
 		Township
Butterfield		City
  		Active/Inactive
Active
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T106N - R33W		Section
02NWNW
Latitude
44.015N		 Longitude
94.48W		USGS 7.5 map
Darfur		 Cemetery type
Church		Established
1869
Driving Directions
5 miles north of Butterfield
Notes
 
Transcription Date
 		Transcriber
Gary Richter		Location of Original
 		Title
First Minnonite Church Cemetery
Publication Date
Spring 1981		 Publisher
 		Publisher Location
Prairieland Register Vol. 5, #2		Page Numbers
p 36-38
MGS Call Number
 		MHS Call Number
CS42 P72 5:2		LDS Call Number
Film 1065294 Item 18
Notes
 
Transcription Date
  		Transcriber
Sherryl Warreb		Location of Original
 		Title
First Minnonite Church Cemetery
Publication Date
Sept. 2000		Publisher
 		Publisher Location
online at: www.interment.net/data/us/mn/watonwan/mennonite.htm		Page Numbers
 
MGS Call Number
 		 MHS Call Number
 		LDS Call Number
 
Notes
A complete list of both cemetery records and stones.
Grogan CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Cunningham Cemetery		Township
Rosendale		City
  		Active/Inactive
Inactive
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T106N - R31W		Section
18N1/2SW
Latitude
43.59N		Longitude
94.37W		USGS 7.5 map
Saint James East		 Cemetery type
 		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
 
Haseman - Post CemeteryAlternate name[s]
  		Township
Butterfield		City
  		Active/Inactive
inactive
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T106N - R33W		 Section
04NWNE
Latitude
44.015N		Longitude
94.49W		USGS 7.5 map
Darfur		Cemetery type
Private family plot		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
 
Transcription Date
 		Transcriber
Gary Richter		Location of Original
 		Title
Haseman-Post Cemetery
Publication Date
Oct-78		Publisher
 		Publisher Location
Prairieland Register Vol. 2, #4		Page Numbers
p. 63
MGS Call Number
  		MHS Call Number
CS42 P72 2:4		LDS Call Number
Film 1065294. Item 18
Notes
 
Kansas Lake CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Swedish Cemetery		Township
Long Lake		City
  		Active/Inactive
Inactive
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T105N - R32W		Section
18NWNE
Latitude
43.54N		Longitude
94.43W		USGS 7.5 map
Saint James West		 Cemetery type
 		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
Lutheran
LaSalle Lutheran CemeteryAlternate name[s]
  		Township
Riverdale		City
 		 Active/Inactive
Active
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T107N - R31W		Section
17SESE
Latitude
44.04N		 Longitude
94.348W		USGS 7.5 map
LaSalle		 Cemetery type
Church		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
 
Long Lake Lutheran Church CemeteryAlternate name[s]
 		Township
Long Lake		City
St. James		Active/Inactive
Inactive
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T105N - R32W		Section
21 SENW
Latitude
43.53N		Longitude
94.42W		USGS 7.5 map
Saint James West		 Cemetery type
Church		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
Lutheran
Madelia Lutheran CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Faith Lutheran Cemetery		Township
Madelia		City
  		Active/Inactive
Active
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T107N - R30W		 Section
21SESW
Latitude
44.0305N		Longitude
94.2625W		USGS 7.5 map
Madelia		Cemetery type
Church		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
Two Lutheran Churches share this cemetery.
Transcription Date
 		Transcriber
 		Location of Original
 		Title
Faith Lutheran
Publication Date
 		 Publisher
 		Publisher Location
 		 Page Numbers
 
MGS Call Number
Transcription available here.		MHS Call Number
 		LDS Call Number
 
Notes
 
Mennonite CemeteryAlternate name[s]
  		Township
Butterfield		City
 		Active/Inactive
 
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T106N - R33W		Section
22NENW
Latitude
43.5831N		 Longitude
94.4753W		USGS 7.5 map
Butterfield		 Cemetery type
Church		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
 
Mount Hope CemeteryAlternate name[s]
  		Township
 		City
St. James		 Active/Inactive
Active
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T106N - R32W		Section
25NENE
Latitude
43.5748N		 Longitude
94.3713W		USGS 7.5 map
Saint James East		 Cemetery type
 		Established
 
Driving Directions
South of St. James
Notes
 
Old Catholic CemeteryAlternate name[s]
  		Township
Madelia		City
 		Active/Inactive
Inactive
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T107N - R30W		Section
35NENE
Latitude
44.025N		 Longitude
95.249W		USGS 7.5 map
Madelia		 Cemetery type
Church		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
All Bodies have been moved to Calvary Cemetery.
Old Faith Lutheran CemeteryAlternate name[s]
 		Township
Madelia		City
  		Active/Inactive
Inactive
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T107N - R30W		 Section
20NESW
Latitude
44.0305N		Longitude
94.2625W		USGS 7.5 map
Madelia		Cemetery type
Church		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
Most bodies have been moved to Madelia Lutheran Cemetery.
Old Riverside CemeteryAlternate name[s]
  		Township
Riverdale		City
 		 Active/Inactive
 
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T107N - R31W		Section
21SESW
Latitude
44.03N		 Longitude
94.33W		USGS 7.5 map
 		Cemetery type
 		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
All bodies have been moved?
Transcription Date
1979		Transcriber
Gary Richter and Arthur Finnell		Location of Original
 		Title
"Old" Riverside Cemetery
Publication Date
Winter 1980		Publisher
 		Publisher Location
Prairieland Register Vol. 4: #1 		Page Numbers
p. 10
MGS Call Number
 		MHS Call Number
CS42 P72 4:1		 LDS Call Number
Film 1065294 Item 18
Notes
 
Ridge Lawn CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Ridgelawn Memorial Park		Township
Antrim		City
Truman 		Active/Inactive
active
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T105N - R30W		 Section
33NENE
Latitude
43.5143N		Longitude
94.2550W		USGS 7.5 map
Truman		Cemetery type
Public		Established
new
Driving Directions
 
Notes
 
Transcription Date
 		Transcriber
Martin County Genealogical Society		Location of Original
 		Title
Ridgelawn
Publication Date
 		Publisher
 		Publisher Location
Fairmont, MN 56031		 Page Numbers
 
MGS Call Number
 		MHS Call Number
 		LDS Call Number
 
Notes
Transcription for sale by Martin County Genealogical Society.
Riverside CemeteryAlternate name[s]
  		Township
 		City
Madelia		Active/Inactive
Active
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T107N - R30W		Section
26SWNW
Latitude
44.0249N		 Longitude
94.2419W		USGS 7.5 map
Madelia		 Cemetery type
Public		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
 
Transcription Date
1999		Transcriber
Barbara Nelson		Location of Original
 		Title
Riverside Cemetery
Publication Date
 		Publisher
 		 Publisher Location
online at: ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mn/watonwan/cemetery/riversid.txt		Page Numbers
 
MGS Call Number
Copy of transcription available here. 		MHS Call Number
 		LDS Call Number
 
Notes
 
Rosendale Lutheran Church CemeteryAlternate name[s]
 		Township
LaSalle		City
St. James 		Active/Inactive
Inactive
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T106N - R31W		Section
11SWNE
Latitude
44.00N		Longitude
94.31W		USGS 7.5 map
LaSalle		Cemetery type
Church		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
The church closed in 1975
Transcription Date
 		Transcriber
Vicki Serna		Location of Original
 		Title
Rosendale Church Cemetery
Publication Date
Spring, 1983		 Publisher
 		Publisher Location
Prairieland Register Vol. 7, #1		Page Numbers
p 15-19
MGS Call Number
 		MHS Call Number
CS42 P72 7:1		LDS Call Number
Film 1065294 Item 18
Notes
 
Saint John's German Lutheran CemeteryAlternate name[s]
 		Township
Adrian		City
  		Active/Inactive
Active
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T107N - R33W		 Section
19SWSE
Latitude
44.0303N		Longitude
94.5042W		USGS 7.5 map
Darfur		Cemetery type
Church		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
Is it affiliated with Albion Lutheran Church over in Brown County?
Transcription Date
 		Transcriber
Gary Richter		Location of Original
 		Title
Saint Johns German Lutheran Cemetery
Publication Date
Winter, 1981		Publisher
 		Publisher Location
Prairieland Register Vol. 5, #4		Page Numbers
p. 96-97
MGS Call Number
 		MHS Call Number
CS42 P42 5:4		LDS Call Number
Film 1065294 Item 18
Notes
 
Saint Matthew's CemeteryAlternate name[s]
  		Township
 		City
Butterfield		 Active/Inactive
 
Street Address
 		Township-Range
 		Section
 
Latitude
 		 Longitude
 		USGS 7.5 map
 		Cemetery type
Church		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
 
Saint Paul's Lutheran CemeteryAlternate name[s]
 		Township
Antrim		City
Truman		 Active/Inactive
 
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T105N - R30W		Section
33SESE
Latitude
43.50N		 Longitude
94.27W		USGS 7.5 map
Truman		Cemetery type
Church		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
 
Transcription Date
  		Transcriber
Martin County Genealogical Society		 Location of Original
 		Title
Saint Paul's Lutheran
Publication Date
 		Publisher
  		Publisher Location
Fairmont, MN 56031		Page Numbers
 
MGS Call Number
 		MHS Call Number
 		LDS Call Number
 
Notes
Transcription for sale by Martin County Genealogical Society.
Sell - Lamb CemeteryAlternate name[s]
  		Township
South Branch		City
 		 Active/Inactive
inactive
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T105N - R31W		Section
08NWSE
Latitude
43.56N		 Longitude
94.351W		USGS 7.5 map
Saint James East		 Cemetery type
Private family plot		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
 
Trinity Fieldon Evangelical Lutheran CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery		Township
Fieldon		City
 		Active/Inactive
Active
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T106N - R30W 		Section
25NENE
Latitude
43.5749N		Longitude
94.2210W		USGS 7.5 map
Willow Creek		Cemetery type
 		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
affiliated with a Lutheran church over in Blue Earth County.
Transcription Date
 		 Transcriber
 		Location of Original
 		Title
Trinity Lutheran
Publication Date
 		Publisher
 		Publisher Location
 		Page Numbers
 
MGS Call Number
Transcription available here.		MHS Call Number
  		LDS Call Number
 
Notes
 
West Sveadahl CemeteryAlternate name[s]
  		Township
Nelson		City
St. James		 Active/Inactive
Active
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T107N - R32W		Section
18NWSW
Latitude
44.04N		 Longitude
94.44W		USGS 7.5 map
Godahl		Cemetery type
Church		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
Swedish Lutheran - the two churches share a pastor.
Zion Lutheran CemeteryAlternate name[s]
  		Township
Antrim		City
Lewisville		 Active/Inactive
Active
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T105N - R30W		Section
03SESE
Latitude
43.5515N		 Longitude
94.2449W		USGS 7.5 map
Lewisville		 Cemetery type
Church		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
 
Zion Lutheran CemeteryAlternate name[s]
  		Township
Odin		City
 		Active/Inactive
Active
Street Address
West County Road 7		Township-Range
T105N - R33W		 Section
25SESW
Latitude
43.5147N		Longitude
94.4502W		USGS 7.5 map
Mountain Lake SE		 Cemetery type
Church		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
 
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