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A visit to the Fort Tejon Military 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 Ft. Tejon Military Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Ft. Tejon Military Cemetery (FG ID #2182415)

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 Ft. Tejon Military Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Ft. Tejon Military Cemetery

Lat:   34.8721°   (34° 52' 19")

Lon:   -118.8971°   (-118° 53' 49")

The cemetery is located in Kern County<4>.

As an estimate, the Ft. Tejon Military Cemetery is located between<2> the communities of Lebec and Grapevine.  The cemetery lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Lebec.

The county seat for Kern County is located in Bakersfield. Bakersfield lies 34 miles [54.7 km] to the north northwest of the Ft. Tejon Military Cemetery .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Ft. Tejon Military Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to California:
  • Pages specific to Kern County:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Ft. Tejon Military Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 21 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Ft. Tejon Military Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Ft. Tejon Military Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Lebec
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Frazier Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Gorman
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Grapevine
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
      • Grapevine is located in Kern County
    • Lake of the Woods
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Woods
      • Lake of the Woods is located in Kern County
    • Wheeler Ridge
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Mettler
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Pine Mountain Club
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Neenach
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenach
      • Neenach is located in Los Angeles County
    • Stallion Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stallion Springs
      • Stallion Springs is located in Kern County
    • Arvin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Alameda
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alameda
      • Alameda is located in Kern County
    • Continue List   (9 more) ...
      • Weedpatch
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weedpatch
        • Weedpatch is located in Kern County
      • Bear Valley Springs
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Lamont
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • San Emidio ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Emidio have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Emidio
        • San Emidio is located in Kern County
      • Pumpkin Center
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
        • Pumpkin Center is located in Kern County
      • Lake Hughes
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Fuller Acres
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller Acres
        • Fuller Acres is located in Kern County
      • Golden Hills
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Hills
        • Golden Hills is located in Kern County
      • Old Town
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Town have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
        • Old Town is located in Kern County

    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 Ft. Tejon Military Cemetery. The following communities are located in Kern County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Ft. Tejon Military Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 8 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the Ft. Tejon Military Cemetery.<7>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Ft. Tejon Military Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Tejon Indian Settlement Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • South Kern Cemetery District
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • The South Kern Cemetery District is located in Kern County
      • The South Kern Cemetery District has also been known as:
      • Arvin Cemetery
      • Arvin Public Cemetery
      • Arvin - South Kern Cemetery District
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Kern Cemetery District
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #656699 <1>
    • Fickert Family Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Bakersfield National Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Tehachapi Westside Cemetery
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • The Tehachapi Westside Cemetery is located in Kern County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Tehachapi Westside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Tehachapi.
      • The Tehachapi Westside Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Tehachapi Catholic Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tehachapi Westside Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2137488 <1>
    • Old Tehachapi Cemetery
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cesar E. Chavez National Monument
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

    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 Ft. Tejon Military Cemetery:

    The official website for Kern County: www.co.kern.ca.us/

    The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

    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>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Lebec and Grapevine. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
    <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 Ft. Tejon Military Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8721, Longitude: -118.8971    
    <4>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Kern, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <6>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.
    <7>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.




 

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