About Summit Hill Cemetery
Summit Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Garretson, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. It lies about 1.6 mi northeast of Garretson. The grounds sit at about 1,542 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Isaac N. Fry. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1258408. The nearest other listed cemetery is Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, about 2.1 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is George Boom Funeral Home - Brandon Valley Chapel in Brandon, about 8.3 mi away. It is one of 65 cemeteries we list in Minnehaha County, and 21 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Minnehaha County dates to 1873. 3 of the 65 listings in Minnehaha County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Garretson. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Summit Hill Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Medal of Honor recipient.
- Isaac N. Fry1839-1900United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
People whose Wikidata entry gives Summit Hill 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
43.70656, -96.53214
What Summit Hill 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
- Zion Lutheran Church CemeteryGarretson, SDLutheran cemetery2.1 mi
- Saint Rose CemeteryGarretson, SDCemetery2.3 mi
- Norway Lutheran CemeteryGarretson, SDLutheran cemetery3.4 mi
- Sherman CemeteryGarretson, SDCemetery3.5 mi
- Split Rock Luthern Church CemeteryBrandon, SDChurch cemetery4.3 mi
- Highland CemeteryGarretson, SDCemetery4.8 mi
- West Palisades CemeteryLuverne, MNCemetery5.2 mi
- Saint Paul's CemeteryBaltic, SDCemetery5.2 mi
- Palisades CemeteryLuverne, MNCemetery6.0 mi
- Rosendal CemeteryGarretson, SDCemetery6.5 mi
Funeral homes near Summit Hill Cemetery
- George Boom Funeral Home - Brandon Valley Chapel8.3 miFuneral home · Brandon · (605) 582-7473
- Heartland Funeral Home8.9 miFuneral home · Brandon · (605) 582-5822
- Minnehaha Funeral Home & Cremation Services11 miFuneral home · Baltic · (605) 529-5411
- Foster-Hartquist Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Jasper · (507) 348-4321
- Minnehaha Funeral Home & Cremation Services12 miFuneral home · Dell Rapids · (605) 428-4200
- Kahler Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Dell Rapids · (605) 428-3900
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