A visit to the Forest City 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 Forest City Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Forest City Cemetery (FG ID #2375221).
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 Forest City Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Forest City Cemetery:
39.4887, -120.8557
The Forest City Cemetery is located in Sierra County<2>.
The county seat for Sierra County is located in Downieville. Downieville lies just to the north northeast of the Forest City Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Forest City Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> of the Forest City Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Forest City Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Alleghany Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Goodyears Bar Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Downieville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Eureka Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sleighville House Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pike City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brandy City Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Scales Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Camptonville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Port Wine Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Grove Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sierra City Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- St. Louis Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- La Porte Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Strawberry Valley Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Howland Flat Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Gibsonville Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- Deer Creek Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Forest View Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Forest City Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Forest City Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Alleghany
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Goodyears Bar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Downieville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Graniteville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Bloomfield ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Marsh Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Washington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brandy City ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Camptonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- North Columbia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Depot Hill ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Loganville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Queen City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Queen City is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Garden Valley ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Blue Tent
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sierra City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts Flat
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Poker Flat
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Strawberry Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Foster Bar ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- North San Juan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Valley ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- La Porte
(15 miles [24.1 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 Forest City Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Sierra County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Forest City Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Downieville
- La Porte
- North San Juan
- Sierra City
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 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 Forest City Cemetery:
- Pages specific to California:
- Pages specific to Sierra 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 Forest City Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2375221
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 Sierra, 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' (or 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- Forest City 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. |