List of cemeteries in South Dakota

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This list of cemeteries in South Dakota includes notable examples of currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (abandoned or removed) cemeteries, churchyards, columbaria, mausolea, and other formal burial grounds. Several cemeteries of historic and/or architectural value are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). It does not include pet cemeteries. This list is sorted by county.

Bennett

Wounded Knee Cemetery; mass grave from the Wounded Knee Massacre{{cite web |last1=Carter |first1=John E. |editor-last1=Wishart |editor-first1=David J. |title=Wounded Knee Massacre |url=http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.war.056 |website=Encyclopedia of the Great Plains |publisher=University of Nebraska–Lincoln |access-date=March 26, 2024 |date=2011}}

Butte

Snoma Finnish Cemetery; NRHP-listed{{cite book |last1=Parker |first1=Watson |last2=Lambert |first2=Hugh K. |title=Black Hills Ghost Towns |date=1974 |publisher=The Swallow Press Inc. |location=Chicago |pages=176–177 |edition=1st}}

Clark

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Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion; chapel is NRHP-listed{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=06000458}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bluff View Cemetery Chapel |publisher=National Park Service |last1=Vogel |first1=Mike |date=May 31, 2006 |accessdate=March 26, 2024}}

Codington

Mount Hope Cemetery, Aberdeen; mausoleum is NRHP-listed{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=86001500}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mount Hope Cemetery Mausoleum |publisher=National Park Service |last1=Hoff |first1=Lauretta |date=August 13, 1986 |accessdate=March 26, 2024}}

Fall River

Hot Springs National Cemetery, Hot Springs{{cite web |title=Hot Springs National Cemetery |url=https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/HotSprings.asp |website=National Cemetery Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |access-date=March 26, 2024}}

Gregory

St. John's Catholic Church and Cemetery, Dallas; NRHP-listed{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=09000945}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. John's Catholic Church |publisher=National Park Service|last1=Nelson |first1=Chris |date=November 20, 2009 |accessdate=March 26, 2024}}

Harding

Emmanuel Lutheran Church and Cemetery; NRHP-listed{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=87000531}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Emmanuel Lutheran Church and Cemetery |publisher=National Park Service|author= |date= |accessdate=March 26, 2024}} With {{NRHP url|id=87000531|photos=y|title=photos}}.
Peace Valley Evangelical Church and Cemetery{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=87000550}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Peace Valley Evangelical Church and Cemetery |publisher=National Park Service|author= |date= |accessdate=March 26, 2024}} With {{NRHP url|id=87000550|photos=y|title=photos}}.

Kingsbury

De Smet Cemetery, De Smet; burial place of several members of the Charles Ingalls family{{cite news |last1=Lawrence |first1=Tom |title=Lawrence: De Smet is home to Ingalls' buildings, memorabilia, graves |url=https://www.aberdeennews.com/story/opinion/columns/2021/01/11/lawrence-de-smet-is-home-to-ingalls-buildings-memorabilia-graves/115746538/ |access-date=March 26, 2024 |work=Aberdeen News |date=January 11, 2021}}

Lawrence

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Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood; burial place of multiple Wild West figures, including Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, and Seth Bullock{{cite news |last1=Kaufman |first1=Erik |title=Deadwood legends, history live on at Mount Moriah Cemetery |url=https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/the-vault/deadwood-legends-history-live-on-at-mount-moriah-cemetery |access-date=March 26, 2024 |work=Mitchell Republic |date=February 10, 2023}}

Lincoln

Canton Asylum for American Indians Cemetery, Canton; NRHP-listed{{cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Canton Asylum for American Indians Cemetery |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/0cdb76b4-c077-421a-a4aa-109496f1bcd8 |website=NPGallery |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=March 26, 2024 |date=February 20, 1998}}

Lyman

Messiah Episcopal Church Cemetery, Lower Brule Indian Reservation; contains Iron Nation's Gravesite, NRHP-listed{{cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Iron Nation's Gravesite |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/faea23d7-f2cc-4573-acde-6258d4b0a7b3/ |website=NPS Gallery |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=July 23, 2024 |date=February 24, 2014}}

Meade

Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis; NRHP-listed{{cite web |last1=Mehls |first1=Steve F. |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Black Hills National Cemetery |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/16000258 |website=NPGallery |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=March 26, 2024 |date=May 17, 2016}}{{cite web |title=Black Hills National Cemetery |url=https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/FtMeade.asp |website=National Cemetery Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |access-date=March 26, 2024}}
Fort Meade National Cemetery, Sturgis{{cite web |title=Fort Meade National Cemetery |url=https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/BlackHills.asp |website=National Cemetery Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |access-date=March 26, 2024}}

Mellette

Sicangu Akicita Owicahe Tribal Veterans Cemetery, White River{{cite news |last1=Melnyk |first1=Les' |title=NCA partners with tribes to honor Native American traditions and culture |url=https://news.va.gov/111298/nca-honor-native-american-culture/ |access-date=March 26, 2024 |work=VA News |date=November 23, 2022}}

Minnehaha

Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls; site of NRHP-listed Josephine Martin Glidden Memorial Chapel{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=87001732}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Josephine Martin Glidden Memorial Chapel / Mt. Pleasant Chapel|publisher=National Park Service|author=William L. Webster |author2=John Rau |date=February 20, 1987 |accessdate=January 9, 2018}} With {{NRHP url|id=87001732|photos=y|title=six photos from 1986-87}}.
South Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Sioux Falls{{cite news |last1=Mitchell |first1=Trevor J. |title=South Dakota's first state-run veterans cemetery opens following Memorial Day service |url=https://eu.argusleader.com/story/news/2021/05/31/south-dakota-first-state-run-veterans-cemetery-opens-2021-memorial-day-service-sioux-falls/7487541002/ |access-date=March 26, 2024 |work=Sioux Falls Argus Leader |date=May 31, 2021}}
Woodlawn Cemetery{{cite news |last1=Todd |first1=Annie |title=What tales do the dead speak of in Sioux Falls? |url=https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2022/10/27/what-do-sioux-falls-cemeteries-oldest-graves-tell-residents-about-past/69540235007/ |access-date=April 2, 2024 |work=Argus Leader |date=October 27, 2022}}

Moody

First Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, Flandreau; NRHP-listed{{cite web |last1=Almlie |first1=Liz |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: First Presbyterian Church and Cemetery |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/100001402 |website=NPGallery |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=March 26, 2024 |date=May 24, 2017}}

Oglala Lakota

Akicita Owicahe Lakota Freedom Veterans Cemetery, Kyle{{cite news |last1=White Horse |first1=Cora |title=Akicita Owicahe Lakota Freedom Veterans’ Cemetery Dedication |url=https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/akicita-owicahe-lakota-freedom-veterans-cemetery-dedication/ |access-date=March 26, 2024 |work=Lakota Times |date=July 17, 2014}}

Perkins

Duck Creek Lutheran Church and Cemetery, NRHP-listed{{cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Duck Creek Lutheran Church and Cemetery |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/87000561 |website=NPGallery |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=March 26, 2024 |date=April 10, 1987}}

Roberts

Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Veterans Cemetery, Sisseton{{cite news |last1=Mondesir |first1=Pascale |title=Sisseton-Wahpeton tribes receives veterans cemetery |url=https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/content/news/Sisseton-Wahpeton-tribes-receives-veterans-cemetery-384044411.html |access-date=March 26, 2024 |work=Dakota News Now |date=June 23, 2016}}

Union

Saint John Cemetery, Beresford{{cite gnis|type=retired|id=1257615|name=St. John Cemetery}}
St. Paul Lutheran Church and Cemetery, Richland; NRHP-listed{{cite web|last1=Herrnstadt |first1=Caitlin |last2=Leggio |first2=Christine |url={{NRHP url|id=100002103}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Saint Paul Lutheran Church and Cemetery |publisher=National Park Service |date=February 26, 2018 |accessdate=March 26, 2024}}

References

External links

[https://www.cem.va.gov/find-cemetery/state.asp?STATE=SD South Dakota national cemeteries, National Cemetery Administration]
South Dakota State Historical Society's [https://apps.sd.gov/dt58cemetery/ pre-1940 historical cemetery record search]
[https://southdakotagravestones.org/ South Dakota Gravestone Photo Project]

*South Dakota

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