A visit to the Cottonwood 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 Cottonwood Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Cottonwood Cemetery (FG ID #1180786).
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 Cottonwood Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Cottonwood Cemetery:
34.7452, -112.0128
The Cottonwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Cottonwood.
The cemetery is located in Yavapai County<2>.
The county seat for Yavapai County is located in Prescott. Prescott lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Cottonwood Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Cottonwood Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 25 miles [40.2 km] of the Cottonwood Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Cottonwood Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Valley View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- All Souls Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jerome Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Thompson Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Middle Verde Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Middle Verde Yavapai - Apache Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Beaver Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- St. Lukes Memorial Garden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sedona Community Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cooks Cedar Glade Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Heritage Memorial Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Clear Creek Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Humboldt Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Squaw Peak Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Boblett Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- McCabe Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rolling Hills Cemetery #1
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rolling Hills Cemetery #2
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Angeline Hoagland Gravesite
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 17 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Cottonwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Cottonwood Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Cottonwood
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Clemenceau ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Clemenceau is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemenceau
- Smelter City
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Smelter City is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelter City
- Clarkdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cornville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jerome
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cherry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- McGuireville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rimrock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Big Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Big Park is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Park
- Oak Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- West Sedona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Camp Verde
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Montezuma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sedona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Prescott Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dewey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
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 Cottonwood Cemetery. The following communities are located in Yavapai County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Cottonwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Camp Verde
- Chino Valley
- Clarkdale
- Cottonwood
- Dewey
- Jerome
- Prescott Valley
- Sedona
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Cottonwood Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Arizona:
- Pages specific to Yavapai 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 Cottonwood Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1180786
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 Yavapai, 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- Cottonwood 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |