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Sherburne County Cemeteries

Bailey Station Cemetery

Big Lake Township

15543 County Road 14, Elk River, MN 55330, USA

Jacque Nadeau - Actuary

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Bailey Station Cemetery was established in 1872.

In 1992 Nick Anderson, a local Boy Scout, dedicated his Eagle Scout Project to Big Lake Township's Bailey Station Cemetery. His project included research, restorations and preparing the cemetery to be operational again. In July 1995, a Volunteer Board of Directors was formed to re-establish the cemetery and maintain its function. At the Reconvened 1995 Annual Big Lake Township Meeting, the Citizens of the Town voted to approve a levy for the project. Memorial Day 1996 was the first day lots were once again available for public purchase.


Baldwin Cemetery

Baldwin Township

10785 305th Ave NW, Princeton, MN 55371, USA

Lester Kriesel - Sexton

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Deeds show that the first part of the cemetery was donated to the Township of Baldwin on April 28, 1876; the second part was purchased in 1900. The first deed states that the land was to be used for a public burial ground and a schoolhouse site. Up to the present time there has been no schoolhouse erected.


Becker Catholic Cemetery or Immaculate Conception Catholic Cemetery

City of Becker

11501 Sherburne Ave, Becker, MN, USA

Mary of the Visitation Church Office

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Becker Cemetery

City of Becker

11615 Sherburne Ave, Becker, MN 55308, USA

Craig Schwarzkopf - Sexton

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The Becker Cemetery was officially organized in 1881, but there are headstones as early as 1867 within the cemetery. Records were kept starting in 1911.


Bellwood Cemetery

Orrock Township

146th St NW (County Rd 1) & 264th Ave

Bill Trebesch

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The Bellwood Cemetery was organized in 1898.


Berry Community Cemetery

Baldwin Township

10917 325th Ave NW, Princeton, MN 55371

Rob Gutkaes

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The Berry Community Cemetery is non-denominational and open for public internment.


Big Lake Catholic Cemetery or Our Lady of the Lake Church Cemetery

City of Big Lake

590 Eagle Lake Rd N, Big Lake, MN 55309

Mary of the Visitation Church Office

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Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Parish and Cemetery was established in 1958. The cemetery added a "Pieta" shrine in 1987.


Big Lake Cemetery or Big Lake City Cemetery

City of Big Lake

601 Eagle Lake Rd N, Big Lake, MN 55309

Larry Moores

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The Big Lake Cemetery was organized in 1872.


Blue Mound Cemetery or Blue Hill Cemetery or Galbraith Cemetery

Bluehill Township

County Rd 9 in the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge

Bill Andresen - Sexton

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The Blue Mound cemetery was organized in 1876. The Galbraith family owned the cemetery in the 1800's. Besides families who lived in the area, such as the Bornekes and the Brandes, there are also many Civil War veterans buried here.

The Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge took over the cemetery around 1964, at the time farmers were being bought out by the Dept. of the Interior.

Although people can still purchase plots in the cemetery, only one side is available. The other side is reserved for those belonging to the original families of Blue Hill.


Clear Lake Cemetery or Haven Cemetery

Clear Lake Township

8906 85th Ave S E, Clear Lake, MN 55319

Lloyd Stimmler

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The Clear Lake Cemetery and the Clear Lake Cemetery Association was organized in 1881. The association purchased five acres of land from Daniel Frye for $105. The first burial was Henry Jones, a Civil War veteran, on October 30, 1881.


Craig Cemetery or Whitney Cemetery

Livonia Township

Coordinates Only: 45°23'34.8"N 93°33'10.8"W

NOT ACTIVE

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The Craig Cemetery has gravestones from the late 1800s up until 1990. Most of the gravestones are members of the Craig or Whitney families.


Danish Cemetery

Becker Township

7010 140th Ave SE, Clear Lake, MN 55319

Kirk Kolbinger

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The Danish Cemetery was established by Danish settlers on property acquired from Peter Skytte. A variety of evergreens were planted - some were spruce which are native to Denmark.

The first burial, Nels F. Nelson, took place in 1885. In 1886, nineteen families purchased lots for one dollar a piece. A movement to install twenty hitching posts was made in 1905. In 1914 the Cemetery Association was incorporated.


Ewing Cemetery or Houghton Cemetery or Fuller Cemetery

Big Lake Township

Private Cemetery

Sherburne History Center

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The Ewing Cemetery is located on private property in Big Lake Township.

The private cemetery contains 18 graves including those of the first treasurer of Sherburne County, two soldiers, a noted hunter and licensed Indian trader, and a seven-year-old named "Georgie."


Greenwood Cemetery

Big Lake Township

17355 County Rd 43, Big Lake, MN 55309

Saron Lutheran Church

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The Greenwood Cemetery was organized in 1894. Saron Lutheran Church took over care of the cemetery in 1994.


Livonia Cemetery

Livonia Township

245th Ave NW & 104th St NW

Livonia Township: Chris Aubart

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The Livonia Cemetery was organized in 1884. Stones as old as 1873 have been recorded.


Meadowvale Cemetery

City of Elk River

22898 Co Rd 32, Elk River, MN 55330

Tom & Jannell Thompson

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The Meadowvale Cemetery was organized in 1895.


Our Savior's Lutheran Church Cemetery

Santiago Township

18977 17th St, Princeton, MN 55371

Louis Severson, Jeff Anderson & John Wold

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The Our Savior's Lutheran Church Cemetery was organized in 1922. The cemetery is located behind the church.


Oak Hill Cemetery or (Old Our Savior's Cemetery)

Blue Hill Township

County Rd 3 & County Rd 22

Unknown

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The Oak Hill Cemetery was organized in the late 1890s. The Jenson name is a common last name in this cemetery.


Orono Cemetery

City of Elk River

18414 Boston St NW, Elk River, MN 55330

Dave Anderson

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The Orono Cemetery is located on the south side of Lake Orono in Elk River. Graves date back to 1855. The cemetery is managed by the Orono Cemetery Association.


Orrock Cemetery

Orrock Township

26649 Co Rd 41, Big Lake, MN 55309

Larry & Laurie Wokson

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The Orrock Cemetery was organized in 1896 by Eidskog Lutheran Church, but some graves date back to the 1870s.


Reformatory Cemetery

Haven Township

2305 Minnesota Blvd, St Cloud, MN 56304

Minnesota Correctional Facility

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The Reformatory Cemetery is a cemetery on state land managed by the St. Cloud MN Correctional Facility. There are a total of 35 graves with the first being in 1895 and the last being in 1955. 33 of the graves were inmates at the correctional facility. One of them is a transient that was found dead by the nearby railroad tracks. The other is a baby girl, the one-day-old daughter of a female inmate who was housed here in 1932.


Santiago Cemetery

Santiago Township

40th St & 175th Ave SE

Craig Schwarzkopf

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The Santiago Cemetery was organized in 1874.


Snake River Cemetery

Becker Township

8940 Snake River Rd, Becker, MN 55308

Barb Reitman & Nancy Jacobsen

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The Snake River Cemetery was organized in 1903 when residents from Snake River and Kragero formed a cemetery association. The oldest gravestone dates back to 1873.


South Santiago Cemetery or Santiago Lutheran Cemetery

Santiago Township

42nd St SE & 140th Ave SE

Bill Rogers

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The South Santiago Cemetery was organized in 1882. The cemetery site was obtained free from the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad on January 15, 1884.


St. Andrew's Catholic Cemetery

City of Elk River

19250 Jackson Ave NW, Elk River, MN 55330

Rich Eversman & Dan LeFebvre

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The St. Andrew's Catholic Cemetery was organized in 1899. Records date to the 1860's.


St. Marcus Catholic Cemetery

City of Clear Lake

8701 Main Ave, Clear Lake, MN 55319

St. Marcus Catholic Church

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The St. Marcus Catholic Cemetery was organized in 1889. The first burial took place in 1889 when a young girl, Anna Hartel, according to legend, was struck by lightning on her father's farm. The marker is inscribed simply, "Anna Hartel - 1874-1889." She is believed to have been the child of John Hartel, one of the parish organizers.

In 1971, a cemetery improvement project was completed. Another acre was purchased from Chester Goenner, new roads were hard topped, and a new fence was put in. Monuments were righted and grass planted on bare places, as well as extensive tree planting. The old crucifix was moved and a new granite crucifix was placed at the entrance.


St. Pius X Cemetery

City of Zimmerman

26493 4th St W, Zimmerman, MN 55398

Dennis Dehn

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The St. Pius X Cemetery was organized in 1959.


Svea Hill Cemetery or Union Cemetery

Orrock Township

235th Ave NW & 162nd St

Unknown

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The Svea Hill Cemetery was organized in 1898.


Two Stone Cemetery or Gronnerud Cemetery

Orrock Township

263rd Ave (County Rd 4) & 180th St. (County Rd 41)

NOT ACTIVE

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The Two Stone Cemetery is a small, fenced plot with two headstones. A sign says, "Gronnerud Cemetery c. 1879." The two headstones belong to Gustav and Elise Gronnerud. Gustav died in 1879 and Elise died in 1890.


Vernon Cemetery

City of Elk River

30 Evans Ave NW, Elk River, MN 55330

Lynn Caswell & Jody Birdsall

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The Vernon Cemetery was deeded in 1878 and organized in 1915. The first burials were in 1855.


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