List of Cemeteries in Aitkin Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE:In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormatted by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Barbara Timm (cc for Aitkin County, MN) April 2002 ========================================================================= Cemeteries Aitkin County, Minnesota The Cemetery On The Hill A poem by Stacy Vellas (See below) Listed below are all the known cemeteries in Aitkin County. If you know of other cemeteries, burial places or family plots, please contact us. If you have recorded a cemetery and would like to share that list, we would love to have it on this page. If you can provide directions to any of these cemeteries, we would also like to add that information. We welcome your contributions. Just e-mail the information to Barbara Timm. See also this site for Aitkin County Cemeteries. http://www.gac.edu/~kengelha/cemeteries/aitkin.html Cemetery Name Location Anderson Cemetery Kimberly Township ~ Burial site of Joseph Anderson (8 Nov 1905) and Coborn Anderson (20 Nov 1909) Ball Bluff Cemetery Ball Bluff Township ~ Est. 1901 ~ 4 miles S of Jacobson on Highway #65, on a hill just past the Carmel Lutheran Church. Beaver Cemetery Beaver Township ~ Est. 1890 ~ Contact Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church Bennettville Cemetery Also known as Farm Island Lake Cemetery Bethlehem Cemetery Nordland Township Black Cemetery Wealthwood Township, 12 miles S of Aitkin on Hwy 169, E 5 miles on Hwy 18, N 1 mile on CAR 25, E 3/4 mile Calvary Baptist Cemetery Nordland Township Carr Memorial Cemetery McGregor ~ Also known as Woodland Memorial Cemetery Church of the Blessed Virgin Cemetery Est. 1919 ~ Spencer Township Dam Lake Cemetery See Saron Cemetery Diamond Lake Cemetery Located in Aitkin ~ Est. 1891 as part of Maria Church ~ Many early graves unmarked ~ Contact diamond Lake Cemetery Assoc. Doris Cemetery Est. 1900 ~ Farm Island Township ~ Contact Cedar Lake Norwegian Lutheran Church Evergreen Cemetery Aitkin ~ Also known as Larson Cemetery Fairview Cemetery Clark Township ~ Est. 1907 ~ Contact Fairview Cemetery Assoc. Farm Island Lake Cemetery Est. 1904 ~ Farm Lake Township ~ Contact Farm Island Cemetery Assoc ~ Also known as Bennettville Cemetery (see above) Finnish Apostolic Cemetery Salo Township Fleming Lake Cemetery Fleming Township ~ Est. 1912 Forest Cemetery Kimberly Township Giese Cemetery See Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery Grace Church Cemetery McGrath ~ Contact Evangelical Lutheran Grace Congregation Grayling Cemetery McGregor Harrington Cemetery LeMay Township: West of Swatara on Hwy 19, 6 1/2 miles to top of big hill. urn right directly across from White Elk Road onto Ski trail 1/2 mile. At power poles, turn left on small road. Go to the end, stop and walk until you come to pole #5439. Point NW at a 45-degree angle. Look for a cleared area through the trees. The cemetery will be on the hill to your right when you reach the field. Hebron Cemetery ~ Hickory Cemetery Farm Island Township ~ Est. 1900 as a family cemetery ~ Located on Benjamin LeMire farm ~ Remains moved to St. Thomas Cemetery ~ Old markers still present Hill Lake Cemetery Hill Lake Township ~ Est. 1911 ~ No records prior to 1914 Hill Lake Cemetery Est. 1905 ~ Abandoned by 1912 because of poor conditions ~ Originally owned by a Mr. Gustafson ~ Many remains moved to Hill Lake Cemetery ~ No records exist Holden Cemetery Seavey Township Howard Private Cemetery Kimberly Township Idun Cemetery Idun Township Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery Wagner Township ~ Also known as Geise Cemetery Lakeside Cemetery Established 1920's according to first lot sold. Located on 5 acres in Section 16, Lakeside Township. (This information submitted by LaMoine Roseberg) Lakeview Cemetery Located in Workman township near Rat Lake. Go 3 miles West on Hwy 232 from Sathers Store on Hwy 65 or 6 miles East from Palisade on Hwy 232. Lakeview Cemetery 1.6 miles south of the stop lights in Aitkin to the Cemetery Road. Left on Cemetery Road .3 mile to Cemetery on Right side. Est. 1903 ~ Contact Lakeview Cemetery Assoc. Landsford Cemetery Est. 1903 ~ Jevne Township Macville Cemetery Located on the east side of US highway 169, 6 miles S of Hill City ~ Macville Township Malmo Cemetery Malmo Township Ostlund Cemetery Seavey Township Pine Grove Cemetery Logan Township ~ Palisade, S of town along the Mississippi River Pine Needle Cemetery Behind Grace Lutheran Church N of McGregor Pliny Cemetery Pliny Township Rabbit Lake Cemetery Glen Township ~ Est. 1900 ~ Most graves unmarked ~ Cemetery in ruins by 1940 Redtop Cemetery Idun Township Rice River Cemetery Rive River Township Riverside Cemetery Morrison Township Round Lake Cemetery Shamrock Township St. Anthony Cemetery Williams Township St. Thomas Cemetery Aitkin ~ Land deeded to Roman Catholic Diocese of Duluth in 1890 by Thomas R. Foley Salo Cemetery Salo Township ~ Also known as Finnish Evangelist Cemetery Saron Cemetery Est. 1900 for the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Saron Church of Kimberly ~ Glen Township ~ Also known as Dam Lake Cemetery Shamrock Cemetery Also known as Pine Needle Grove Cemetery Shovel Lake Cemetery On a hill on the north side county road 67 near where the former Soo Line tracks cross the road Sheriff Lake Cemetery Spaulding Township Spencer Cemetery Spencer Township Tscgubeganig Cemetery For location see "Minnesota's Big Sandy Lake" by Evan A. Hart Union Cemetery McGregor Verdon Cemetery Verdon Township Wagner Township Cemetery Wagner Township ~ East/West Hwy 18 between North/South Hwy 65 and Hwy 61, to Giese, turn south, go 1 mile on dirt road, cemetery located on right Waukenabo Cemetery Waukenabo Township THE CEMETERY ON THE HILL by Stacy Vellas 'Way up in northern Minnesota In the land of the spruce and pine, My grandfather secured a homestead Near the Aitkin County line. He left his work on the railroad Back in nineteen hundred and one. He headed north with a wagonload, His wife, his daughter and son. He cleared out trees for a garden And put the plow to the land. They worked together side by side She a woman; he a man. He built a house and a hay barn And removed the rocks by hand. Four children survived, the two that died They buried on a small plot of land. I never knew my grandmother. She died before I was born. But, my mother often spoke of her And I wished she wasn't gone. She had leakage of the heart But the cattle still had to be fed. She was fifty-four when she died. "Her heart stopped," My mother said. In a plain pine box she was buried That he made with his own hand. He carried her up the hill to her children And laid her to rest on his land. As a child I'd often pass by her grave On my way to the spring by the lake. I'd stand by the fence and look in on her Where the wild roses grew on her grave. The homestead again is planted in pine. Reforested by the state. And the wind passes over a plot of land In a small fence without a gate. And there in the meadow on the hill Where tall grass grows in the spring. Three lonely little graves remain Where the robins and bluebirds sing. copyright 1994 Stacy Vellas Stacy says: "During my childhood years that cemetery on the hill was a very pleasant place. I knew the story of my Grandmother and her children and I knew she had meant a lot to her children. The wild roses had a gentle odor when I stopped to look in on her. So, for all my life cemeteries have been a look into history for me. A special place where special people that lived and now rest forever. Every few years we go back and care for their graves and it is a pleasant journey back in time."