A visit to the Greenlawn 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 Greenlawn Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Greenlawn Cemetery (FG ID #8000)
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 Greenlawn Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Greenlawn Cemetery
Lat: 35.4068° (35° 24' 24")
Lon: -118.9873° (-118° 59' 14")
The Greenlawn Cemetery is located in Kern County<2>.
The county seat for Kern County is located in Bakersfield. Bakersfield lies just to the southwest of the Greenlawn Cemetery .
Name Variations for Greenlawn Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
Greenlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
We have seen the following variation for Greenlawn Cemetery:
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Greenlawn Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Greenlawn Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Shafter Memorial Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- South Kern Cemetery District
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Engle Family Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pomfret Memorial Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bakersfield National Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Mtn. Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Weringer Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fickert Family Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rankin Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Wasco Memorial Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cesar E. Chavez National Monument
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Old Havilah Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Delano - McFarland District Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Williams Gravesite
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- White River Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tailholt Boot Hill Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Greenlawn Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Greenlawn Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- East Bakersfield
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Oil City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oil City have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Oil City is located in Kern County
- Oildale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bakersfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kayandee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oil Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Greenacres
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Venola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Edison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gosford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fuller Acres
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rosedale ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Joyful ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Joyful. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyful
- Joyful is located in Kern County
- Joyful has also been known as:
- Joyfull
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Joyful
- From the Greenlawn Cemetery to Joyful
- Pumpkin Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lamont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alameda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Weedpatch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Minter Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minter Village have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minter Village
- Minter Village is located in Kern County
- Cawelo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crome
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
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 Greenlawn Cemetery. The following communities are located in Kern County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Greenlawn Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Arvin
- Arvin lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Greenlawn Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Arvin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arvin
- Bakersfield
- Caliente
- East Bakersfield
- Joyful - Historic
- Lamont
- Oildale
- Rosedale - Historic
- Shafter
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 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 Greenlawn Cemetery:
- Pages specific to California:
- Pages specific to Kern County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Greenlawn Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Greenlawn Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #242987 (Green Lawn Memorial Park)
- Note: GNIS record #242987 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
- Class: cemetery Map Name: Oil Center
- County: Kern Elev: 190
- Location given for GNIS #242987 (Green Lawn Memorial Park)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #8000
Off-the-Road Links ...
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> | 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. |
<3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Greenlawn Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4068, Longitude: -118.9873 |
<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> | 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. |
<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. |
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