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A visit to the Pitts Cemetery ...


The location of the Pitts Cemetery has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<1>


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 Pitts Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Pitts Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

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

Lat:   46.8368°   (46° 50' 12")

Lon:   -117.1599°   (-117° 9' 35")

The Pitts Cemetery is located in Whitman County<2>.

The county seat for Whitman County is located in Colfax. Colfax lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Pitts Cemetery .

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 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 Pitts Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Washington:
  • Pages specific to Whitman 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 Pitts 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 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Pitts Cemetery.

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

    • Albion
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Shawnee
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shawnee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
      • Shawnee is located in Whitman County
    • Viola
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Viola have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
      • Viola is located in Latah County (ID)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Viola <4>
    • Palouse
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pullman
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Glenwood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
      • Glenwood is located in Whitman County
    • Grinnell
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinnell
      • Grinnell is located in Whitman County
    • Elberton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberton
      • Elberton is located in Whitman County
    • Moscow
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moscow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
      • Moscow is located in Latah County (ID)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,128 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <4>
    • Colfax
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Staley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Staley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staley
      • Staley is located in Whitman County
    • Garfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Continue List   (9 more) ...
      • Potlatch Junction
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potlatch Junction
        • Potlatch Junction is located in Latah County (ID)
      • Chambers
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
        • Chambers is located in Whitman County
      • Potlatch
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Freeze
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeze
        • Freeze is located in Latah County (ID)
      • Eden
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
        • Eden is located in Whitman County
      • Onaway
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Onaway have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onaway
        • Onaway is located in Latah County (ID)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
      • Cora
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cora have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
        • Cora is located in Latah County (ID)
      • Steptoe
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Princeton
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Princeton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
        • Princeton is located in Latah County (ID)
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Princeton <4>

    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 Pitts Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Whitman County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 17 miles [27.4 km] of the Pitts Cemetery.<5>

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

    • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olivet Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mt. Olivet Cemetery is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    • Guy Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Guy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Guy Cemetery is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Guy Cemetery
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
    • Farr Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Farr Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Farr Cemetery is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Farr Cemetery
    • Eden Valley Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eden Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Eden Valley Cemetery is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eden Valley Cemetery
    • Pullman City Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Colfax Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • The Colfax Cemetery is located in Whitman County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Colfax Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Colfax.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Colfax Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76743 <6>
    • Davis Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Davis Cemetery is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Cemetery
    • Memorial Gardens Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Gardens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Memorial Gardens Cemetery is located in Latah County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Gardens Cemetery
    • Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery is located in Latah County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery
    • Garfield Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Garfield Cemetery is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garfield Cemetery
    • Rock Creek Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rock Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Rock Creek Cemetery is located in Latah County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rock Creek Cemetery
    • Continue List   (10 more) ...
      • Freeze Cemetery
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • The Freeze Cemetery is located in Latah County (ID)
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Freeze Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southeast of Potlatch (ID).
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Freeze Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1340132 <6>
      • Bethel Cemetery
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Moys Cemetery
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Moys Cemetery is located in Whitman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moys Cemetery
      • Mendenhall Cemetery
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mendenhall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Mendenhall Cemetery is located in Latah County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mendenhall Cemetery
      • Silver Creek Cemetery
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Silver Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Silver Creek Cemetery is located in Whitman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Silver Creek Cemetery
      • Blaine Cemetery
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blaine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Blaine Cemetery is located in Latah County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blaine Cemetery
      • Stipe Cemetery
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • The Stipe Cemetery is located in Whitman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stipe Cemetery
      • Onecho Cemetery
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Onecho Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Onecho Cemetery is located in Whitman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Onecho Cemetery
      • Spalding Cemetery
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spalding Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Spalding Cemetery is located in Whitman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spalding Cemetery
      • Buchanan Cemetery
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buchanan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Buchanan Cemetery is located in Latah County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buchanan 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 Pitts Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1507478  (Pitts Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #1507478 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: Albion
      • County: Whitman         Elev: 767
      • Location given for GNIS #1507478 (Pitts Cemetery)

    The official website for Whitman County: www.whitmancounty.org/

    The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/

    Footnotes ...

    <1>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.
    <2>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Whitman, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <3>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 Pitts Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.8368, Longitude: -117.1599       In this case, the coordinates for the Pitts Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <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.
    <6>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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