Saint Francis Assisi Cemetery in Brainerd, Minnesota

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Get directions Brainerd, Minnesota, USA

Coordinates: 46.27530, -94.33521
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This cemetery is within Crow Wing State Park. The address of the park is 3124 State Park Road, Brainerd, MN. A map of the park is available at the park entrance.

Most of the stones surround a small tree in the cemetery (pictured at right, taken from the chapel). The others are off to the right of the tree.

The cemetery is inactive.

Please be respectful and leave the stones as they are.

The Minnesota GenWeb Project:
Crow Wing County - Cemetery Directory

"According to Anna Himrod (1937 WPA Project), at least 50 burials. Contains 18 known graves. Last burial 1947. Early deaths are recorded in Father Pierz papers 1852-1887 (M388 microfilm). This cemetery is in "Cemetery Records of Crow Wing County, Minnesota" by Earl C. and Laura L. Leslie (1982)."

Cemetery Records of Crow Wing County, Minnesota, Earl C. and Laura L. Leslie, 1982, page 18
ST. FRANCIS ASSISI-CATHOLIC
Township 44 North, Range 31 West, Section 24, Crow Wing. Take Highway 371 South of Brainerd for 6.9 miles, then turn right on No. 27 and go 1 mile West to Crow Wing State Park. Turn right at the entrance and go North to the Chapel. The cemetery is located South of the Chapel and runs from East to West. The newest graves are East on level ground, the older graves are West on the slope of a hillside. Visitation Nov. 18, 1979. [The transcript that follows lists 18 names.]