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A visit to the Gold Hill 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 Gold Hill Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Gold Hill Cemetery (FG ID #2348365)

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 Gold Hill Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Gold Hill Cemetery

Lat:   38.7604°   (38° 45' 37")

Lon:   -120.8850°   (-120° 53' 6")

The cemetery is located in El Dorado County<2>.

As an estimate, the Gold Hill Cemetery is located in Gold Hill.

The county seat for El Dorado County is located in Placerville. Placerville lies just to the east southeast of the Gold Hill Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> of the Gold Hill Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • 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 El Dorado County
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Catholic Cemetery is located in El Dorado County
  • James Marshall Gravesite
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the James Marshall Gravesite
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the James Marshall Gravesite have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The James Marshall Gravesite is located in El Dorado County
  • Uniontown Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Uniontown Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Uniontown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Uniontown Cemetery is located in El Dorado County
  • Westwood Hills Memorial Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westwood Hills Memorial Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westwood Hills Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Westwood Hills Memorial Cemetery is located in El Dorado County
  • Middletown Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Middletown Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Middletown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Middletown Cemetery is located in El Dorado County
  • Jayhawk Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Placerville Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bennett Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bennett Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bennett Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bennett Memorial Park is located in El Dorado County
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Catholic Cemetery is located in El Dorado County
  • Green Valley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Smith Flat Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Flat Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Flat Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Smith Flat Cemetery is located in El Dorado County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 38 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Gold Hill Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Gold Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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 Gold Hill Cemetery. The following communities are located in El Dorado County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Gold Hill Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Gold Hill Cemetery:

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 Gold Hill 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 El Dorado, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Gold Hill Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7604, Longitude: -120.8850    
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.