About Gayton Cemetery
Gayton Cemetery is a cemetery near Fort Yates, Sioux County, North Dakota. It lies about 11 mi east of Fort Yates. The grounds sit at about 2,323 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1029094. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Philomena Cemetery, about 2.6 mi to the west. It is one of 16 cemeteries we list in Sioux County, and 2 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Fort Yates. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
46.05894, -100.86523
What Gayton 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
- Saint Philomena CemeteryFort Yates, NDCemetery2.6 mi
- Old Saint Philomena CemeteryFort Yates, NDCemetery3.9 mi
- Reed CemeteryFort Yates, NDCemetery10 mi
- Sitting Bull Burial SiteFort Yates, NDCemetery11 mi
- Saint Peters Catholic Church CemeteryFort Yates, NDCatholic cemetery11 mi
- Saint Lukes CemeteryFort Yates, NDCemetery12 mi
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
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