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A visit to the Drytown Public Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

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 Drytown Public Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Drytown Public Cemetery:

38.4407, -120.8577

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Drytown Public Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Drytown Public Cemetery is located in Amador County<2>.

The county seat for Amador County is located in Jackson. Jackson lies just to the southeast of the Drytown Public Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Drytown Public Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> of the Drytown Public Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Oak Knoll Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • The Oak Knoll Cemetery is located in Amador County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Knoll Cemetery
  • Protestant Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • The Protestant Cemetery is located in Amador County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protestant Cemetery
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Catholic Cemetery is located in Amador County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Catholic Cemetery is located in Sutter Creek.
  • White Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • The White Family Cemetery is located in Amador County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Family Cemetery
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • The IOOF Cemetery is located in Amador County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the IOOF Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Sutter Creek.
  • City Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • The City Cemetery is located in Amador County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the City Cemetery is located in Sutter Creek.
  • New Protestant Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Fiddletown Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • The Fiddletown Cemetery is located in Amador County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddletown Cemetery
    • The Fiddletown Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Fiddletown Masonic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2177535 <5>
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • The Catholic Cemetery is located in Amador County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
  • Ione Protestant - Community Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jackson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • The Jackson Cemetery is located in Amador County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Cemetery
  • St. Sava Servian Orthodox Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • The St. Sava Servian Orthodox Cemetery is located in Amador County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Sava Servian Orthodox Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Sava Servian Orthodox Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Jackson.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1853842 <5>
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Shenandoah Valley Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • The Shenandoah Valley Cemetery is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah Valley Cemetery
      • The Shenandoah Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Shenandoah Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8367 <5>
    • Chinese Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • The Chinese Cemetery is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinese Cemetery
    • Live Oak Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • The Live Oak Cemetery is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak Cemetery
    • Pine Grove Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Bryant Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Michigan Bar Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • The Michigan Bar Cemetery is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Bar Cemetery
    • Catholic Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • The Catholic Cemetery is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
    • Protestant Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • The Protestant Cemetery is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protestant Cemetery

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Drytown Public Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Drytown Public Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Drytown
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Amador City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Plymouth
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Sutter Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Martell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ione
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Ione is located in Amador County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
    • Former names for Ione:
    • Bedbug
    • Freeze Out
    • Hardscrabble
    • Ione City
    • Ione Valley
    • Jone City
    • Jone Valley
    • Rickeyville
    • Woosterville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <6>
  • Jackson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fiddletown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • May ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • May is located in Amador County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
  • Carbondale ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Carbondale is located in Amador County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
  • River Pines
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Pine Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Mount Aukum
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Big Bar
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Big Bar is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
    • Mokelumne Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Electra is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
    • Volcano
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Camanche Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Camanche Village is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche Village
    • Rancho Murieta
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Campo Seco
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Fair Play
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Euchre Diggings ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Euchre Diggings is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euchre Diggings
    • Oregon Bar ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Oregon Bar is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon Bar
    • Glencoe
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Pioneer
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)

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 Drytown Public Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Amador County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Drytown Public Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Drytown Public Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to California:
  • Pages specific to Amador 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 Drytown Public Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1733304  (Drytown Public Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1733304 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: Amador
      • Est. Elev: 210 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Amador City
      • Location given for Drytown Public Cemetery:
      • Lat: 38.4407435     Lon: -120.8577152
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    Footnotes ...

    <1>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.
    <2>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Amador, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Drytown Public 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>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.
    <6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.