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List of Neighboring Cemeteries ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Herring Cove (within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1>). The cemeteries are listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are located in .

  • Bayview Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bayview Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bayview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Ketchikan.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81814 <2>
  • Metlakatla Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Metlakatla Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Metlakatla Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Metlakatla.

In Closing ...

If you know of any cemeteries that we are missing in the area of Herring Cove, can you supply us with the name of the cemetery, its GPS location, whether the cemetery is still in use or if it is historic (ie- defunct, abandoned,  etc.). If it applies, we would also like to learn of any past or alternate names that the cemetery has been known by.

If you don't know the GPS location (ie- the latitude/longitude) of a cemetery, please use our Map Page for Herring Cove to determine the cemetery's position (the instructions for finding the latitude/longitude can be found below the map).

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Herring Cove.

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Herring Cove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Herring Cove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 55.3250, Longitude: -131.5222       In this case, the coordinates for Herring Cove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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.