A visit to the Gold Rush Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Gold Rush Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Gold Rush Cemetery (FG ID #2164940)
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 Gold Rush Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Gold Rush Cemetery
Lat: 59.4737° (59° 28' 25")
Lon: -135.2891° (-135° 17' 20")
As an estimate, the Gold Rush Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Skagway.
Name Variations for Gold Rush 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.
Gold Rush Cemetery has also been known as:
- Skagway Town 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 first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Gold Rush Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alaska:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- From Find-A-Grave:
- The Gold Rush Cemetery (FG ID #2164940)
- From Cyndi's List:
- Cemeteries of Alaska
- Cemetery Junction:
- Directory for Alaska
- From FamilySearch:
- Cemeteries Wiki for Alaska
- From Interment.net:
- Cemeteries of Alaska
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Gold Rush Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Skagway
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skagway
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Skagway <3>
- Dyea ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyea
- White Pass
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Pass came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Pass
- Lutak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Chilkoot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilkoot
- Haines
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haines
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haines <3>
- Port Chilkoot ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Chilkoot
- Fraser
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast) - Klukwan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Chilkat
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilkat
- Mud Bay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south) - Wells
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Covenant Life
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Covenant Life have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covenant Life
- Bennett ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Dyea - Historic
- Dyea lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the Northwest (NW) of the Gold Rush Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Dyea.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyea
- Haines
- Haines lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Gold Rush Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Haines.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haines
- Skagway
- Skagway lies less than 2 miles<2> to the Southwest (SW) of the Gold Rush Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Skagway.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skagway
- Yendistucky Indian Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yendistucky Indian Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1980444 <1>
- Johns Point Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Johns Point Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Haines.
- The Johns Point Cemetery has also been known as:
- Haines Cemetery
- Jones Point - Haines Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johns Point Cemetery
- Haines Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Haines Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Haines Cemetery is located in Haines.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haines Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2210289 <1>
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2164940
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 14 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> of the Gold Rush Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Gold Rush Cemetery, with the nearest first.
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 Gold Rush Cemetery. The following communities are located in .
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Gold Rush Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 3 that are within 17 miles [27.4 km] of the Gold Rush Cemetery.<6>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Gold Rush Cemetery, with the nearest first.
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 Gold Rush Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 things 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 Gold Rush Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 59.4737, Longitude: -135.2891 |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |