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Paynesville in Stearns County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by K. Linzmeier, August 27, 2014
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
In Memory of
the Area Veterans
Who Served Honorably
- 1986 -
Paynesville American Legion
Post 271

 
Erected 1986 by Paynesville American Legion Post 271.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 45° 22.658′ N, 94° 45.054′ W. Memorial is in Paynesville, Minnesota, in Stearns County. It can be reached from Cemetery Road 0.9 miles west of Minnesota Highway 23, on the right when traveling west. Memorial is in Paynesville Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Paynesville MN 56362, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Minnesota. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Threshing Crew Attacked (approx. 1½ miles away); Cape Bad Luck (approx. 3.9 miles away); How Irving Township Got Its Start (approx. 9½ miles away); Indian Camp (approx. 9½ miles away); First Missionary (approx. 10.1 miles away); Green Lake Mounds (approx. 10.1 miles away); 1872 Blizzard (approx. 10.6 miles away); Eden Valley Veterans Memorial (approx. 10.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paynesville.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Battle of the Broom (was approx. 4.1 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
 
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Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by K. Linzmeier, August 27, 2014
2. Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 12, 2014, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 561 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 12, 2014, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.
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Jun. 27, 2026