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Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Wellton Memorial Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Wellton Memorial Cemetery (FG ID #1449248)

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 Wellton Memorial Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   32.6537°   (32° 39' 13")

Lon:   -114.1418°   (-114° 8' 30")

The Wellton Memorial Cemetery is located in Yuma County<2>.

The county seat for Yuma County is located in Yuma. Yuma lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<3> to the west of the Wellton Memorial Cemetery .

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 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 Wellton Memorial Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Arizona:
  • Pages specific to Yuma 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 Wellton Memorial 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 15 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Wellton Memorial Cemetery.

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

    • Wellton
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Ligurta
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligurta
      • Ligurta is located in Yuma County
    • Tacna
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Roll
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Dome ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dome
      • Dome is located in Yuma County
    • Fortuna Foothills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fortuna Foothills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortuna Foothills
      • Fortuna Foothills is located in Yuma County
    • Tyson ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tyson have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson
      • Tyson is located in Yuma County
    • Fort Laguna ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Laguna. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Laguna
      • Fort Laguna is located in Yuma County
    • Araby
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Araby have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Araby
      • Araby is located in Yuma County
    • Continue List   (6 more) ...
      • Bard
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Fishers Landing
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers Landing
        • Fishers Landing is located in Yuma County
      • Martinez Lake
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez Lake
        • Martinez Lake is located in Yuma County
      • Castle Dome Landing
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Dome Landing
        • Castle Dome Landing is located in Yuma County
      • Yuma
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuma
        • Yuma is located in Yuma County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 99,811 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yuma <4>
      • Winterhaven
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

    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 Wellton Memorial Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Yuma County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 9 that are within 28 miles [45.1 km] of the Wellton Memorial Cemetery.<7>

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

    • Dome Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • The Dome Cemetery is located in Yuma County
      • The Dome Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Gila City Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dome Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2428129 <1>
    • Sunset Vista Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Laguna Pioneer Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Potholes Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Martinez Lake Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Yuma Territorial Prison Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Yuma Pioneer Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Desert Lawn Memorial Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Quechan Indian Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)

    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 Wellton Memorial Cemetery:

    The official website for Yuma County: www.co.yuma.az.us/

    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 Yuma, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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 Wellton Memorial Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6537, Longitude: -114.1418    
    <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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
    <7>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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