A visit to the Gibsonville 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 Gibsonville Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Gibsonville Cemetery (FG ID #2166466).
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 Gibsonville Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Gibsonville Cemetery:
39.7449, -120.9097
The Gibsonville Cemetery is located in Sierra County<2>.
The county seat for Sierra County is located in Downieville. Downieville lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Gibsonville Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Gibsonville Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 17 miles [27.4 km] of the Gibsonville Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Gibsonville Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Howland Flat Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Louis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- La Porte Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Port Wine Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Eureka Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Scales Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- East Lawn Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Quincy Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Qunicy Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Downieville Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Cromberg Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Plumas County Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Goodyears Bar Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mohawk Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Indian Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- The Indian Cemetery is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cemetery
- Meadow Valley Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brandy City Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Strawberry Valley Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Gibsonville Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Gibsonville Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Gibsonville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Little Grass Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Poker Flat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- La Porte
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Queen City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Queen City is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Plumas Eureka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Plumas Eureka is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumas Eureka
- Johnsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Spring Garden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Downieville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Greenhorn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Greenhorn is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
- Massack
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- East Quincy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Quincy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Goodyears Bar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mohawk
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mohawk is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
- Cromberg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brandy City ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Graeagle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Blairsden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Meadow Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Quincy Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Strawberry Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spanish Ranch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Creek ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bucks Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bucks Lake is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Lake
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 Gibsonville 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 Gibsonville Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 Gibsonville 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 Gibsonville Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2166466
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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gibsonville 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. |