Cemeteries in South Saint Paul, Minnesota

Private Cemeteries in South Saint Paul, Minnesota often have specific restrictions, such as religious affiliation or family connections. Military Cemeteries in South Saint Paul, Minnesota are primarily for veterans and individuals who have served in the armed forces, and in some cases, their family members. Public Cemeteries in South Saint Paul, Minnesota are open to the general public without any particular restrictions.

We offer detailed information for cemeteries in South Saint Paul, Minnesota , including the names of deceased individuals, their birth and death dates, data about relatives, and cemetery locations. Additionally, you can obtain historical records and conduct searches for ancestors interred in South Saint Paul, Minnesota .

Our database contains records of burials from 3 cemeteries.

Established way back in 1853, the Oakland Cemetery in St. Paul is considered by many to be the oldest public cemetery in the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes. In fact, its website claims that it is the oldest cemetery in the entire Midwest.

Minnesota Woman, also known as Pelican Rapids-Minnesota Woman (c. 5947–5931 BC), is the skeletal remains of a woman thought to be 8,000 years old. The bones were found near Pelican Rapids, Minnesota on June 16, 1931, during construction on U.S. Route 59.

A monument (right) stands on the site of the discovery of “The Minnesota Women” the skeletal remains of a glacial woman that were believed to be at least 10,000 (possibly as much as 20,000) years old.

10,000 years ago Minnesota's climate warmed, glacial lakes drained, and spruce, fir, and tundra landscapes were replaced by a growing deciduous forest of birch, aspen, and coniferous trees, such as balsam fir.

Wabasha (population 2400) is Minnesota's oldest community and one of the oldest cities along the Mississippi. Native and fur trade communities in this area go back to the 1600s, and Wabasha, continuously occupied since 1826, was established as a town in 1830.

The oldest mounds were constructed beginning about 2,500 years ago by local Indigenous people linked to the Archaic period, who may have been inspired by of the burial style known as the Hopewell Tradition.