County archive: MN - 147
Find Any Grave in Steele County MN | Cemetery Records & Burial Lookup
Search cemetery names, burial records, grave details, and local archive context for Steele County, Minnesota from one focused county hub.
46
Steele County Cemeteries
18
Burial Records Indexed
46
Mapped Cemetery Sites
Quick answer
How do I search Steele County cemetery and burial records?
Use this page as the county-level filter between the statewide archive and individual cemetery lookups. Start with the cemetery directory, compare the source mix and burial depth, then run a focused search for the exact cemetery or person name you need.
County overview
About Steele County Cemetery Records & Burial Search
Steele County, Minnesota contains 46 documented cemeteries including municipal grounds, church burial sites, and family plots spread across the county archive. This page connects 18 burial records with cemetery locations, grave detail, and military service context where available. Forest Hill Cemetery is one of the strongest current archive entry points for this county, with record coverage reaching back to 1915 in the current dataset. Use the cemetery directory below to browse all locations, or move into the burial record section when you already know the surname or full name you need.
This county archive page is built to support searches like Steele County cemetery records, Steele County burial records, grave lookup in Minnesota, and local genealogy research with stronger place context before users move into individual cemetery pages.
Archive depth
46
ActiveActive cemetery pages currently surfaced in Steele County.
Research signals
18
MilitaryBurial records in this county with military branch context.
Source mix
49
IndexedCemetery rows currently grouped into public archive source labels.
County map
Steele County map overview
County center reference: 44.0378, -93.2374
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Steele County Cemetery Directory
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Back to MinnesotaForest Hill Cemetery
6 records in archive - Public
Records: 1915 - 2021
Public cemetery with documented veteran burials and USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Resurrection Cemetery
6 records in archive - Public
Records: 1926 - 2022
Public cemetery with documented veteran burials and USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Owatonna Memorial Gardens
3 records in archive
Records: 1924 - 2020
County cemetery archive with documented veteran burials and VA source coverage.
OWATONNA, MN
Danish Baptist Cemetery
1 records in archive
Records: 1924 - 2020
County cemetery archive with documented veteran burials and VA source coverage.
BLOOMING PRAIRIE, MN
Havana Cemetery
1 records in archive - Public
Records: 1926 - 2021
Public cemetery with documented veteran burials and USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
St John Cemetery
1 records in archive
Records: 1934 - 2021
County cemetery archive with documented veteran burials and VA source coverage.
OWATONNA, MN
Aurora Lutheran Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Aurora Township Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Berlin Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Bohemian Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Bohemian Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Bohemian Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Brase Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Clark Family Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Corpus Christi Catholic Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Crane Creek Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Dania Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Danish Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Danish Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Danish Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Deerfield Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Degner Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
First Lutheran Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
German Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
0 records in archive - Public
Public cemetery with USGS source coverage.
Mapped cemetery location available for county research context.
Burial record snapshot
Burial Records in Steele County, Minnesota
These person-level records are one of the strongest long-tail search assets on the county page. Use full names, dates, cemetery context, and military branch details to separate likely matches before opening the record page.
Donald L Hodge
Resurrection Cemetery
1942-08-26 - 2022-01-22
US ARMY
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Donald P Kohns
Resurrection Cemetery
1934-02-15 - 2021-12-12
US ARMY
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Earl Ardell Van Heen
Resurrection Cemetery
1947-03-01 - 2021-12-08
US AIR FORCE, SGT
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Ernest Francis Pivec
Resurrection Cemetery
1926-10-15 - 2021-07-09
US NAVY
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Clyde William Shock
Forest Hill Cemetery
1931-10-01 - 2021-04-24
US ARMY, PVT 2 CL
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Daniel R Smestad
Forest Hill Cemetery
1945-03-26 - 2021-03-29
US ARMY, MAJ
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Charles Harvey Jones
Havana Cemetery
1926-03-01 - 2021-03-21
US ARMY, PFC
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Donald Edward Proulx
St John Cemetery
1934-11-05 - 2021-03-02
US ARMY, MSG
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Carl E Haflinger
Danish Baptist Cemetery
1924-08-22 - 2020-12-10
US ARMY AIR FORCES, PFC
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David Melvin Stancl
Owatonna Memorial Gardens
1944-01-18 - 2020-12-05
US AIR FORCE, MSGT
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Calvin H Brockman
Resurrection Cemetery
1937-02-11 - 2020-11-29
US NAVY, RM1
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Eugene Arvid Blaker
Owatonna Memorial Gardens
1935-09-12 - 2020-10-12
US ARMY, SP3
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Charles Edward Skavlem
Resurrection Cemetery
1949-06-12 - 2020-02-10
US ARMY, SP4
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Charles Scott Anderson
Forest Hill Cemetery
1978-05-22 - 2019-07-31
US ARMY, SFC
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Daniel Charles McGuckin
Forest Hill Cemetery
1946-08-11 - 2017-02-19
US ARMY, SP4
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Erwin Bernard Reinhard
Owatonna Memorial Gardens
1924-11-10 - 2014-12-05
US ARMY, TEC 5
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Donald Guy Patten
Forest Hill Cemetery
1931-07-22 - 2012-01-30
US ARMY, CPL
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Eskal Allen Engman
Forest Hill Cemetery
1915-12-05 - 2010-07-12
US ARMY
View burial record
Surname index
Surname Index for Steele County
These surname links surface recurring family names already present in the county burial archive. They are useful when the cemetery is still unknown but the last name is likely tied to this county.
Veteran burial records
Veterans Buried in Steele County, Minnesota
This veteran-focused block pulls burial records with military branch context, helping capture county-level searches around veteran graves, service history, and military cemetery research.
Donald L Hodge
Resurrection Cemetery
1942-08-26 - 2022-01-22
Donald P Kohns
Resurrection Cemetery
1934-02-15 - 2021-12-12
Earl Ardell Van Heen
Resurrection Cemetery
1947-03-01 - 2021-12-08 - SGT
Ernest Francis Pivec
Resurrection Cemetery
1926-10-15 - 2021-07-09
Clyde William Shock
Forest Hill Cemetery
1931-10-01 - 2021-04-24 - PVT 2 CL
Daniel R Smestad
Forest Hill Cemetery
1945-03-26 - 2021-03-29 - MAJ
Charles Harvey Jones
Havana Cemetery
1926-03-01 - 2021-03-21 - PFC
Donald Edward Proulx
St John Cemetery
1934-11-05 - 2021-03-02 - MSG
Carl E Haflinger
Danish Baptist Cemetery
1924-08-22 - 2020-12-10 - PFC
David Melvin Stancl
Owatonna Memorial Gardens
1944-01-18 - 2020-12-05 - MSGT
Calvin H Brockman
Resurrection Cemetery
1937-02-11 - 2020-11-29 - RM1
Eugene Arvid Blaker
Owatonna Memorial Gardens
1935-09-12 - 2020-10-12 - SP3
Continue browsing
Best Next Clicks From Steele County
These CTR-focused paths are meant to keep visitors moving from county-level discovery into the strongest cemetery and burial pages without restarting the search.
Top cemetery page
Forest Hill Cemetery
6 burial records and stronger place-level archive depth.
Top cemetery page
Resurrection Cemetery
6 burial records and stronger place-level archive depth.
Person-name search
Search Steele County burial records
Use a full name plus Steele County to separate likely matches before expanding into statewide results.
Broaden scope
Return to Minnesota archive
Move up one level when you need nearby counties, more cemetery options, or broader genealogy search context.
Official lookup guides
Official Source Verification Paths for Steele County
Use these guide pages before leaving the archive when you need an official cemetery-place lookup or a veteran-burial verification step. Each guide keeps the county context in view so the off-site search starts cleaner.
Official cemetery source
Use the USGS guide for Steele County
Open the official USGS lookup guide with this county context to validate cemetery place names and mapped locations before drilling deeper.
Official burial source
Use the VA burial guide for Steele County
Use the official VA locator guide when this county archive surfaces veteran-linked burial rows and service-related research intent.
How to research this county
How to Find Cemetery Information in Steele County
Steele County works best as a narrowing layer. Instead of trying to search all records at once, move from county overview into cemetery names and then into individual burial records when the archive shows person-level matches.
Method 01
Review cemetery density before searching names
- 1. Start with the top cemetery list on this page to see which locations carry the strongest burial depth.
- 2. Compare source labels like USGS or other archive categories before deciding where to search deeper.
- 3. Use the county map and cemetery cards together to avoid broad, low-context searching.
Method 02
Run focused person searches after choosing the likely cemetery
- 1. Search a full first and last name once you have a likely cemetery or county context.
- 2. Use military branch hints and date ranges to separate close name matches.
- 3. Return to the Minnesota archive if you need to compare this county with neighboring areas.
Frequently asked
Steele County Archive FAQs
This county FAQ section is designed to answer common archive questions before users widen their search into nearby counties or move down into specific cemetery pages.
How do I search cemetery records in Steele County?
Start with the cemetery directory on this page, compare the cemetery count, record depth, and veterans tags, then move into the individual cemetery page once you find the strongest match.
How many cemeteries are mapped in Steele County?
46 cemetery locations are currently mapped in Steele County, Minnesota, with 46 carrying latitude and longitude context.
Does Steele County include burial records as well as cemetery names?
Yes. This county archive combines cemetery counts with burial record coverage where source datasets include person-level information.
Are Steele County burial records free to access?
Yes. Cemetery Finders presents county, cemetery, and burial detail from public-source archive data without requiring an account or paid lookup.
How many veterans are buried in Steele County?
18 burial records in this county currently carry military branch context, including branch-level references where the source archive provides them.