List of cemeteries in South Dakota

Black Hills National Cemetery

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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

## Bennett

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* Wounded Knee Cemetery; mass grave from the Wounded Knee Massacre[1]

## Butte

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* Snoma Finnish Cemetery; NRHP-listed[2]

## Clark

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Bluff View Cemetery Chapel

* Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion; chapel is NRHP-listed[3]

## Codington

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* Mount Hope Cemetery, Aberdeen; mausoleum is NRHP-listed[4]

## Fall River

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* Hot Springs National Cemetery, Hot Springs[5]

## Gregory

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* St. John's Catholic Church and Cemetery, Dallas; NRHP-listed[6]

## Harding

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* Emmanuel Lutheran Church and Cemetery; NRHP-listed[7]
* Peace Valley Evangelical Church and Cemetery[8]

## Kingsbury

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* De Smet Cemetery, De Smet; burial place of several members of the Charles Ingalls family[9]

## Lawrence

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Grave of Wild Bill Hickok, Mount Moriah Cemetery

* Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood; burial place of multiple Wild West figures, including Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, and Seth Bullock[10]

## Lincoln

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* Canton Asylum for American Indians Cemetery, Canton; NRHP-listed[11]

## Lyman

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* Messiah Episcopal Church Cemetery, Lower Brule Indian Reservation; contains Iron Nation's Gravesite, NRHP-listed[12]

## Meade

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* Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis; NRHP-listed[13][14]
* Fort Meade National Cemetery, Sturgis[15]

## Mellette

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* Sicangu Akicita Owicahe Tribal Veterans Cemetery, White River[16]

## Minnehaha

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* Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls; site of NRHP-listed Josephine Martin Glidden Memorial Chapel[17]
* South Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Sioux Falls[18]
* Woodlawn Cemetery[19]

## Moody

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* First Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, Flandreau; NRHP-listed[20]

## Oglala Lakota

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* Akicita Owicahe Lakota Freedom Veterans Cemetery, Kyle[21]

## Perkins

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* Duck Creek Lutheran Church and Cemetery, NRHP-listed[22]

## Roberts

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* Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Veterans Cemetery, Sisseton[23]

## Union

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* Saint John Cemetery, Beresford[24]
* St. Paul Lutheran Church and Cemetery, Richland; NRHP-listed[25]

## See also

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* List of cemeteries in the United States

## References

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1. ^ Carter, John E. (2011). Wishart, David J. (ed.). "Wounded Knee Massacre". Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
2. ^ Parker, Watson; Lambert, Hugh K. (1974). Black Hills Ghost Towns (1st ed.). Chicago: The Swallow Press Inc. pp. 176–177.
3. ^ Vogel, Mike (May 31, 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bluff View Cemetery Chapel". National Park Service. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
4. ^ Hoff, Lauretta (August 13, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mount Hope Cemetery Mausoleum". National Park Service. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
5. ^ "Hot Springs National Cemetery". National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
6. ^ Nelson, Chris (November 20, 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. John's Catholic Church". National Park Service. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
7. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Emmanuel Lutheran Church and Cemetery". National Park Service. Retrieved March 26, 2024. With photos.
8. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Peace Valley Evangelical Church and Cemetery". National Park Service. Retrieved March 26, 2024. With photos.
9. ^ Lawrence, Tom (January 11, 2021). "Lawrence: De Smet is home to Ingalls' buildings, memorabilia, graves". Aberdeen News. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
10. ^ Kaufman, Erik (February 10, 2023). "Deadwood legends, history live on at Mount Moriah Cemetery". Mitchell Republic. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
11. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Canton Asylum for American Indians Cemetery". NPGallery. National Park Service. February 20, 1998. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
12. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Iron Nation's Gravesite". NPS Gallery. National Park Service. February 24, 2014. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
13. ^ Mehls, Steve F. (May 17, 2016). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Black Hills National Cemetery". NPGallery. National Park Service. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
14. ^ "Black Hills National Cemetery". National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
15. ^ "Fort Meade National Cemetery". National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
16. ^ Melnyk, Les' (November 23, 2022). "NCA partners with tribes to honor Native American traditions and culture". VA News. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
17. ^ William L. Webster; John Rau (February 20, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Josephine Martin Glidden Memorial Chapel / Mt. Pleasant Chapel". National Park Service. Retrieved January 9, 2018. With six photos from 1986-87.
18. ^ Mitchell, Trevor J. (May 31, 2021). "South Dakota's first state-run veterans cemetery opens following Memorial Day service". Sioux Falls Argus Leader. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
19. ^ Todd, Annie (October 27, 2022). "What tales do the dead speak of in Sioux Falls?". Argus Leader. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
20. ^ Almlie, Liz (May 24, 2017). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: First Presbyterian Church and Cemetery". NPGallery. National Park Service. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
21. ^ White Horse, Cora (July 17, 2014). "Akicita Owicahe Lakota Freedom Veterans' Cemetery Dedication". Lakota Times. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
22. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Duck Creek Lutheran Church and Cemetery". NPGallery. National Park Service. April 10, 1987. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
23. ^ Mondesir, Pascale (June 23, 2016). "Sisseton-Wahpeton tribes receives veterans cemetery". Dakota News Now. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
24. ^ "St. John Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
25. ^ Herrnstadt, Caitlin; Leggio, Christine (February 26, 2018). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Saint Paul Lutheran Church and Cemetery". National Park Service. Retrieved March 26, 2024.

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