About Poor Thunder Cemetery
Poor Thunder Cemetery is a cemetery near Rosebud, Mellette County, South Dakota. It lies about 20 mi southeast of Rosebud. The grounds sit at about 2,723 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1257178. The nearest other listed cemetery is Red Leaf Tiospaye Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the west. It is one of 28 cemeteries we list in Mellette County, and 8 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Rosebud. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
43.38930, -101.17860
What Poor Thunder 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
- Red Leaf Tiospaye CemeteryRosebud, SDCemetery0.8 mi
- Saint Stephen CemeteryRosebud, SDCemetery3.4 mi
- Norris CemeteryRosebud, SDCemetery5.1 mi
- Sacred Heart CemeteryRosebud, SDCemetery5.6 mi
- Saint John Lutheran CemeteryRosebud, SDLutheran cemetery5.7 mi
- Holy Innocents CemeteryRosebud, SDCemetery8.1 mi
- Saint Paul Episcopal CemeteryWhite River, SDEpiscopal cemetery8.2 mi
- Epiphany CemeteryRosebud, SDCemetery8.6 mi
- Hollow Horn Bear CemeteryRosebud, SDCemetery10 mi
- Sacred Heart Catholic CemeteryRosebud, SDCatholic cemetery10 mi
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