A visit to the Butte County 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 Butte County Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Butte County Cemetery (FG ID #2169613)
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 Butte County Cemetery ...
Note: While we are using the above GPS location for the Butte County Cemetery, it has not been verified and we are uncertain about its accuracy - use with caution.
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Butte County Cemetery
Lat: 39.5270° (39° 31' 37")
Lon: -121.5724° (-121° 34' 20")
The cemetery is located in Butte County<2>.
As an estimate, the Butte County Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Oroville.
The county seat for Butte County is located in Oroville. Oroville lies just to the southeast of the Butte County Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> of the Butte County Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Butte County Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Pioneer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Butte County
- Thompson Flat Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thompson Flat Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thompson Flat Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Thompson Flat Cemetery is located in Butte County
- Oroville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oroville Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oroville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Oroville Cemetery is located in Butte County
- Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oregon City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Clear Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clear Creek Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clear Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Clear Creek Cemetery is located in Butte County
- Nelson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gridley - Biggs Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Bangor Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Indian Cemetery is located in Butte County
- Lake Madrone Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Honcut Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Upham Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Upham Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Upham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Upham Cemetery is located in Butte County
- Durham Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Durham Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Durham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Durham Cemetery is located in Butte County
- Mound Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Paradise Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Brownsville Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Brownsville Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Butte County Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Butte County Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Thermalito
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Oroville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- South Oroville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Oroville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Oroville
- South Oroville is located in Butte County
- Lynchburg ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Longs Bar ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Oroville Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Elsey
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lorraine ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oregon City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oregon City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon City
- Oregon City is located in Butte County
- Former name for Oregon City:
- Bloomingdale
- Palermo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bidwell ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wyandotte
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Bidwell Bar ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East Biggs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Fork ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cherokee ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Richvale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bigg's
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nelson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Peachton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Robinsons Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Berry Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Butte County Cemetery. The following communities are located in Butte County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Butte County Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bigg's
- Gridley
- Honcut
- Oroville
- Palermo
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 Butte County Cemetery:
- Pages specific to California:
- Pages specific to Butte 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 Butte County Cemetery
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 Butte County Cemetery:
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 Butte, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Butte County Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5270, Longitude: -121.5724 |
| <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> | 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. |
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