A visit to the East Washita Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed 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 East Washita Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the East Washita Cemetery:
34.6534, -93.5330
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the East Washita Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The East Washita Cemetery is located in Montgomery County<2>.
The county seat for Montgomery County is located in Mount Ida. Mount Ida lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southwest of the East Washita Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the East Washita Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the East Washita Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from East Washita Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Big Fir Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Big Fir Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Fir Cemetery
- Little Fir Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Little Fir Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Fir Cemetery
- Breashears Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Breashears Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breashears Cemetery
- Rocky Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Rocky Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Cemetery
- Little Fir Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Little Fir Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Fir Cemetery
- Piney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Piney Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Cemetery
- Music Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Music Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Music Cemetery
- McKinney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The McKinney Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinney Cemetery
- James Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The James Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Cemetery
- Reed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Reed Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Sweethome Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Sweethome Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweethome Cemetery
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- Whittington Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Whittington Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittington Cemetery
- Whittington Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Whittington Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittington Cemetery
- Whittington - Hiram Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lee Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Barber Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Barber Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber Cemetery
- Lone Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Lone Valley Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Valley Cemetery
- The Lone Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lone Valley Church of God Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #54814 <5>
- Garrett Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Garrett Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett Cemetery
- Blish Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Blish Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blish Cemetery
- Joplin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Joplin Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joplin Cemetery
- Oakwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the East Washita Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from East Washita Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Washita
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Washita is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washita
- Story
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fannie
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fannie is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fannie
- Fir ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fir
- Joplin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Joplin is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joplin
- Sims
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sims is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
- Chula
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Chula is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
- Mount Ida
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Aly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Aly is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aly
- Avant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Avant is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avant
- Pencil Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Whitetown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Whitetown is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitetown
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- Alamo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Gladstone ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gladstone is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
- Oden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Norman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ophir
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Black Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Black Springs is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Mazarn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mazarn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazarn
- Meyers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meyers is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyers
- Bluffton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bluffton is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
- Little Texas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Little Texas is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
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 East Washita Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Montgomery County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The East Washita Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Aly
- Aly lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the East Washita Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Aly.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aly
- Caddo Gap
- Mount Ida
- Oden
- Oden lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the West (W) of the East Washita Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Oden.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oden
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 East Washita Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Arkansas:
- Pages specific to Montgomery County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
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 East Washita Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #63477 (East Washita Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #63477 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Montgomery
- Est. Elev: 200 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Story
- Location given for East Washita Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.6534282 Lon: -93.5329695
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Arkansas' counties, including Montgomery, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Washita Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |