A visit to the Browns Valley 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 Browns Valley Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Browns Valley Cemetery (FG ID #7864).
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 Browns Valley Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Browns Valley Cemetery:
39.2331, -121.4079
The Browns Valley Cemetery is located in Yuba County<2>.
The county seat for Yuba County is located in Marysville. Marysville lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Browns Valley Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Browns Valley Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 18 miles [29 km] of the Browns Valley Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Browns Valley Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Peoria Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Peoria Cemetery is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria Cemetery
- Peoria Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Smartsville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Honcut Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bangor Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Marysville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marysville Jewish Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lofton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- St. Joseph's Catholic Historical Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kneebone Family Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yuba City Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Yuba City Cemetery is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba City Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Sierra View Memorial Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Far West Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Live Oak Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- The Live Oak Cemetery is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak Cemetery
- Rough & Ready Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Upham Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- The Upham Cemetery is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upham Cemetery
- Wheatland Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Greenwood Memorial Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- Brownsville Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Browns Valley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Browns Valley Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Browns Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Timbuctoo ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Iowa City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Iowa City is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa City
- Loma Rica
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Smartville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dantoni
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Honcut
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Binney Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Linda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oregon House
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bangor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Marysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Penn Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Wildwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Yuba City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alicia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Olivehurst
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ostrom ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Live Oak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Live Oak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- South Yuba City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Yuba City is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Yuba City
- Bogue
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rough and Ready
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dobbins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rackerby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Robinsons Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
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 Browns Valley Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Yuba County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Browns Valley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Honcut
- Marysville
- Penn Valley
- Yuba City
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 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 Browns Valley Cemetery:
- Pages specific to California:
- Pages specific to Yuba 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 Browns Valley Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #7864
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1703469 (Browns Valley Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1703469 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: Yuba
- Est. Elev: 65 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Browns Valley
- Location given for Browns Valley Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.2329475 Lon: -121.4077406
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Yuba, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Browns Valley 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. |