A visit to the 1872 Earthquake Victims Graveyard ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the 1872 Earthquake Victims Graveyard. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The 1872 Earthquake Victims Graveyard (FG ID #2417930)
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 1872 Earthquake Victims Graveyard ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the 1872 Earthquake Victims Graveyard
Lat: 36.6184° (36° 37' 6")
Lon: -118.0688° (-118° 4' 7")
The cemetery is located in Inyo County<2>.
As an estimate, the 1872 Earthquake Victims Graveyard is located outside and to the northwest of Lone Pine.
The county seat for Inyo County is located in Independence. Independence lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the north northwest of the 1872 Earthquake Victims Graveyard .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 10 that are within 24 miles [38.6 km] of the 1872 Earthquake Victims Graveyard.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from 1872 Earthquake Victims Graveyard, with the nearest first.
- Lone Pine Indian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lone Pine Pioneer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Depot Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Manzanar Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Independence Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cerro Gordo / Swansea Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Keeler Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Old Independence Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Independence Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- McKellips Gravesite
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 18 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the 1872 Earthquake Victims Graveyard.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from 1872 Earthquake Victims Graveyard, with the nearest first.
- Lone Pine
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lone Pine Station ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lone Pine Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alabama Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Whitney Station ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Owenyo ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Boulder Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Alico ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whitney Portal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dolomite ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Reward ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Manzanar ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Bartlett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mock ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tramway ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beveridge ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Swansea ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kearsarge ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
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 1872 Earthquake Victims Graveyard. The following communities are located in Inyo County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The 1872 Earthquake Victims Graveyard.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Independence
- Keeler
- Keeler lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the 1872 Earthquake Victims Graveyard.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Keeler.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeler
- Lone Pine
- Manzanar - Historic
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 1872 Earthquake Victims Graveyard:
- Pages specific to California:
- Pages specific to Inyo County:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the 1872 Earthquake Victims Graveyard
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 1872 Earthquake Victims Graveyard:
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 California's counties, including Inyo, 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 1872 Earthquake Victims Graveyard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6184, Longitude: -118.0688 |
<4> | 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. |
<5> | 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. |
<6> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Lone Pine and Independence. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
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