About Silver Creek Cemetery
Silver Creek Cemetery is a cemetery near Baudette, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota. It lies about 5.5 mi west of Baudette. The grounds sit at about 1,086 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Johan Christian Gjelhaug. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 652043. The nearest other listed cemetery is Clementson Cemetery, about 2.3 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Helgeson Funeral Chapels in Baudette, about 5.5 mi away. It is one of 10 cemeteries we list in Lake of the Woods County, and 3 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Baudette. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Silver Creek Cemetery
- Johan Christian Gjelhaug1843-1914Norwegian American
People whose Wikidata entry gives Silver Creek Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
48.68832, -94.48529
What Silver Creek Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
Funeral homes near Silver Creek Cemetery
- Helgeson Funeral Chapels5.5 miFuneral home · Baudette
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