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A visit to the Bowie Desert Rest 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 Bowie Desert Rest Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Bowie Desert Rest Cemetery (FG ID #57003)

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 Bowie Desert Rest Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bowie Desert Rest Cemetery

Lat:   32.3324°   (32° 19' 56")

Lon:   -109.4860°   (-109° 29' 9")

The Bowie Desert Rest Cemetery is located in Cochise County<2>.

The county seat for Cochise County is located in Bisbee. Bisbee lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Bowie Desert Rest Cemetery .

Name Variations for Bowie Desert Rest 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.

Bowie Desert Rest Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Desert Rest 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 turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Bowie Desert Rest Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Arizona:
  • Pages specific to Cochise 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 Bowie Desert Rest 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 11 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Bowie Desert Rest Cemetery.

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

    • Bowie
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Dos Cabezas
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dos Cabezas
      • Dos Cabezas is located in Cochise County
    • Fort Bowie ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bowie
      • Fort Bowie is located in Cochise County
    • Camp Bowie ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Bowie
      • Camp Bowie is located in Cochise County
    • San Simon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Whitlock Cienega ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitlock Cienega have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitlock Cienega
      • Whitlock Cienega is located in Graham County
    • Willcox
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Hilltop ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilltop have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
      • Hilltop is located in Cochise County
    • Artesia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia
      • Artesia is located in Graham County
    • Cochise
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Steins ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steins
      • Steins is located in Hidalgo County (NM)
      • Former name for Steins:
      • Stein's Pass

    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 Bowie Desert Rest Cemetery. The following communities are located in Cochise County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bowie Desert Rest Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    • Bowie
      • Bowie lies less than 2 miles<3> to the South (S) of the Bowie Desert Rest Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bowie.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
    • Dos Cabezas
    • San Simon
    • Willcox
      • Willcox lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Bowie Desert Rest Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Willcox.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willcox

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 10 that are within 29 miles [46.7 km] of the Bowie Desert Rest Cemetery.<6>

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

    • Ft. Bowie Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Riggs Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riggs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Riggs Cemetery is located in Cochise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riggs Cemetery
    • Neighborhood Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Erickson Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Erickson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Erickson Cemetery is located in Cochise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Erickson Cemetery
    • Sulphur Springs Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sulphur Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sulphur Springs Cemetery is located in Cochise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sulphur Springs Cemetery
    • John James Giddings Gravesite
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the John James Giddings Gravesite have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The John James Giddings Gravesite is located in Cochise County
      • The John James Giddings Gravesite has also been known as:
      • Giddings Grave
      • Giddings Gravesite
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the John James Giddings Gravesite
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57018 <1>
    • Artesia Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cochise Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Light Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Light Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Light Cemetery is located in Cochise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Light Cemetery
    • Steins Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

    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 Bowie Desert Rest Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #3867  (Desert Rest)
      • Note: GNIS record #3867 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: Bowie
      • County: Cochise         Elev: 1144
      • Location given for GNIS #3867 (Desert Rest)
    • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #57003

    The official website for Cochise County: www.cochise.az.gov/

    The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.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>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Cochise, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Bowie Desert Rest Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3324, Longitude: -109.4860    
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <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.




 

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