A visit to the Greenlawn Southwest 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 Southwest Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery (FG ID #1962280)
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 Southwest Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery
Lat: 35.2943° (35° 17' 39")
Lon: -119.0329° (-119° 1' 58")
The Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery is located in Kern County<2>.
The county seat for Kern County is located in Bakersfield. Bakersfield lies just to the north of the Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 19 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- South Kern Cemetery District
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hillcrest Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shafter Memorial Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bakersfield National Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fickert Family Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- West Side District Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Engle Family Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pomfret Memorial Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Midway Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tejon Indian Settlement Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Cesar E. Chavez National Monument
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rankin Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wasco Memorial Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chinaman Gravesite
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ft. Tejon Military Cemetery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Blue Mtn. Cemetery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Weringer Cemetery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 18 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Pumpkin Center
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Venola
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gosford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Alameda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kayandee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bakersfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Joyful ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- 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.<7>
- 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 Southwest Cemetery to Joyful
- Fuller Acres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Weedpatch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lamont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East Bakersfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greenacres
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Oildale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rosedale ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oil Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Edison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oil City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oil City have been provided by the GNIS.<8> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Oil City is located in Kern County
- Arvin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Southwest Cemetery. The following communities are located in Kern County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Arvin
- Arvin lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Arvin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arvin
- Bakersfield
- East Bakersfield
- Joyful - Historic
- Lamont
- Lamont lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lamont.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamont
- Oildale
- Rosedale - Historic
- Shafter
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 professional and volunteer 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 Greenlawn Southwest 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 Greenlawn Southwest 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 Southwest Cemetery:
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 '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 Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2943, Longitude: -119.0329 |
<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> | 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. |
<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. |
<8> | 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. |