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Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery (FG ID #191762)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery

Lat:   61.2154°   (61° 12' 55")

Lon:   -149.8765°   (-149° 52' 35")

As an estimate, the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Anchorage.

Establishment of the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery ...

The Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery was established in 1915.

Name Variations for Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Anchorage Municipal Cemetery
  • Memorial Park Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Alaska:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church
  • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 14 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> of the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Anchorage
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Spenard
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spenard
    • Wilson Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilson Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Village
    • Artesian Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Fort Richardson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Point MacKenzie
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point MacKenzie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point MacKenzie
    • Eagle River
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • John Fitzgerald Kennedy City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for John Fitzgerald Kennedy City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Fitzgerald Kennedy City
    • Knik
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knik have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knik
    • Chugiak
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Hope
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Knik - Fairview
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)

    For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

    Nearby communities with newspapers ...

    The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery. The following communities are located in .

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    • Anchorage
    • Chugiak
      • Chugiak lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the Northeast (NE) of the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Chugiak.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chugiak
    • Eagle River
    • Fort Richardson
    • Girdwood
    • Wasilla
      • Wasilla lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Wasilla.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasilla

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 9 that are within 29 miles [46.7 km] of the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.<5>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Memorial To The Missing
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Angelus Memorial Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Ft. Richardson National Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • St. John Cathedral Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hope Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hope Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Hope.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hope Cemetery
    • St. Nicholas Orthodox Church Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunrise Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunrise Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunrise Cemetery
    • Sacred Heart Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Wasilla Aurora Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

    For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

    Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

    Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

    We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery:

    The official website for State of Alaska: alaska.gov/

    Footnotes ...

    <1>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
    <2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 61.2154, Longitude: -149.8765    
    <3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
    <5>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.









 

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