Rutz Lake Cemetery, Waconia Township, Carver County, Minnesota, United States

Overview of Rutz Lake Cemetery

• Name:
  Rutz Lake Cemetery
• Also Known As:
  Faith Lutheran Church Cemetery
  Faith Rutz Lake Cemetery
• Place Type:
  Cemetery
• Located In:
  Waconia Township, Carver County, Minnesota, United States
  
• Surveys:
  Township 116 North, Range 25 West, Fifth Principal Meridian
• Survey Area:
  section 8
  (S8)
• Established:
  1862
• Condition:
  ?
• Note:
  In ‘History of the Minnesota Valley - including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota’, by Rev. Edward D. Neill, written in 1882, the following is written: ‘A cemetery on section 8 was established in 1862, and the first burial therein was Theresa Vokenant, daughter of Jacob Volkenant, who located on section 7 in 1856. She died in 1863.’
  
  In ‘Compendium of History and Biography of Carver and Hennepin Counties, Minnesota’, written in 1919, it states: ‘In 1862 a cemetery was established on section 8, a mile and a half west of Swan Lake, and near schoolhouse No. 43.’
• Coordinates:
  Latitude:44.869684744° 52' 10.9"N

  Longitude:-93.864411293° 51' 51.9"W
• Nearby Cities:
  • Mayer 1.6 mi. NW
  • Maple 2.5 mi. E
  • Waconia 4 mi. E
  • New Germany 5.3 mi. W
  • Saint Bonifacius (Hennepin County) 6.2 mi. NE
  • Watertown 6.5 mi. N
• Nearby Cemeteries:
  • Zion (Watertown Township) 2.4 mi. NW
  • Evangelical United Brethren (Hollywood Township) 2.5 mi. NW
  • Crow River (Camden Township) 4.3 mi. W
  • Trinity Lutheran Church (Waconia) 4.4 mi. E
  • Waconia Public (Waconia) 4.4 mi. E
  • Swede Lake (Watertown Township) 4.6 mi. N
  • Saint Josephs 4.6 mi. SE
  • Scandia (Laketown Township) 5.5 mi. E
  • Saint Mark (Camden Township) 5.6 mi. W
  • Saint John's Lutheran Church (Hollywood Township) 5.8 mi. NW
  • Saint Johns (Young America Township) 6 mi. S
  • Young America Public (Norwood Young America) 6.1 mi. S
• Elevation:
  308 m
• Histopolis Place ID:
  792307680
• Updated Jan 22, 2016