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Introduction ...

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 Woodcolony Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Woodcolony Cemetery

Lat:   37.6894°   (37° 41' 21")

Lon:   -121.0694°   (-121° 4' 9")

The cemetery is located in Stanislaus County<1>.

As an estimate, the Woodcolony Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Modesto.

The county seat for Stanislaus County is located in Modesto. Modesto lies just to the east southeast of the Woodcolony Cemetery .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Woodcolony Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to California:
  • Pages specific to Stanislaus County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Woodcolony 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 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Woodcolony Cemetery.

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

    • Salida
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Modesto
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modesto
      • Modesto is located in Stanislaus County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 215,666 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Modesto <3>
    • Del Rio
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Del Rio have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Rio
      • Del Rio is located in Stanislaus County
    • Ripon
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
      • Ripon is located in San Joaquin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,774 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripon <3>
    • Riverdale Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverdale Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Park
      • Riverdale Park is located in Stanislaus County
    • West Modesto
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for West Modesto. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Modesto
      • West Modesto is located in Stanislaus County
    • Tuolumne City ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tuolumne City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuolumne City
      • Tuolumne City is located in Stanislaus County
    • Shackelford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shackelford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackelford
      • Shackelford is located in Stanislaus County
    • Bystrom
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bystrom have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bystrom
      • Bystrom is located in Stanislaus County
    • Bret Harte
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bret Harte
      • Bret Harte is located in Stanislaus County
    • Riverbank
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Alba
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
      • Alba is located in San Joaquin County
    • Continue List   (11 more) ...
      • Atlanta
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
        • Atlanta is located in San Joaquin County
      • Ceres
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceres
        • Ceres is located in Stanislaus County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,603 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ceres <3>
      • Escalon
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escalon
        • Escalon is located in San Joaquin County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,580 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Escalon <3>
      • Empire
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Grayson
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grayson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
        • Grayson is located in Stanislaus County
      • Five Corners
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
        • Five Corners is located in San Joaquin County
      • Manteca
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteca
        • Manteca is located in San Joaquin County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 84,445 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manteca <3>
      • Vernalis
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Westley
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Keyes
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Hughson
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)

    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 Woodcolony Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Stanislaus County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Woodcolony Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    • Ceres
      • Ceres lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the Southeast (SE) of the Woodcolony Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ceres.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceres
    • Empire
      • Empire lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Woodcolony Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Empire.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
    • Escalon
    • Manteca
    • Modesto
    • Oakdale
    • Ripon
      • Ripon lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the Northwest (NW) of the Woodcolony Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ripon.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
    • Riverbank
    • Tuolumne City - Historic

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 19 miles [30.6 km] of the Woodcolony Cemetery.<6>

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

    • Ripon Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • St. Stanislaus Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Stanislaus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Stanislaus Cemetery is located in Stanislaus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Stanislaus Cemetery
    • St. Johns Catholic Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Burwood Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Atlanta Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • The Atlanta Cemetery is located in San Joaquin County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Atlanta Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southwest of Manteca.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Atlanta Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2142336 <7>
    • Grayson Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakewood Memorial Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakewood Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lakewood Memorial Park is located in Stanislaus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakewood Memorial Park
    • Langworth Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Langworth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Langworth Cemetery is located in Stanislaus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Langworth Cemetery
    • East Union Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • The East Union Cemetery is located in San Joaquin County
      • The East Union Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Union Memorial Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Union Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1961473 <7>
    • Patterson Cemetery District
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • The Patterson Cemetery District is located in Stanislaus County
      • The Patterson Cemetery District has also been known as:
      • Del Puerto and St. Marys Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Patterson Cemetery District
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7934 <7>
    • Valley Home Memorial Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • The Valley Home Memorial Park is located in San Joaquin County
      • The Valley Home Memorial Park has also been known as:
      • Valley Home Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley Home Memorial Park
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8423 <7>
    • Citizens Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Citizens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Citizens Cemetery is located in Stanislaus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Citizens Cemetery
    • Continue List   (11 more) ...
      • Park View Cemetery
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • The Park View Cemetery is located in San Joaquin County
        • The Park View Cemetery has also been known as:
        • French Camp Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Park View Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8255 <7>
      • Collegeville Cemetery
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • The Collegeville Cemetery is located in San Joaquin County
        • The Collegeville Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Garwood Family Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Collegeville Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2244705 <7>
      • Highland View Memorial Gardens
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • The Highland View Memorial Gardens is located in San Joaquin County
        • The Highland View Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
        • Farmington Memorial Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland View Memorial Gardens
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8025 <7>
      • Ahayas Achim Cemetery
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ahayas Achim Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Ahayas Achim Cemetery is located in San Joaquin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ahayas Achim Cemetery
      • Congregation Adas Yeshuran of Stockton Cemetery
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Congregation of Ahavas Achim Cemetery
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Chinese Cemetery
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • The Chinese Cemetery is located in San Joaquin County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Chinese Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Stockton.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chinese Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7905 <7>
      • Brichetto Tomb
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Turlock Memorial Park
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Denair Cemetery
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • St. Joseph Cemetery
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Stanislaus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery

    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 Woodcolony Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #238127  (Woodcolony Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #238127 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
      • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Salida
      • County: Stanislaus         Elev: 22
      • Location given for GNIS #238127 (Woodcolony Cemetery)

    The official website for Stanislaus County: www.co.stanislaus.ca.us/

    The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

    Footnotes ...

    <1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Stanislaus, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Woodcolony Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6894, Longitude: -121.0694    
    <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>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.
    <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>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.




 

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