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A visit to the Greenwood Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

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 Greenwood Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Greenwood Cemetery:

40.8776, -124.0870

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Humboldt County<2>.

The county seat for Humboldt County is located in Eureka. Eureka lies just to the southwest of the Greenwood Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Greenwood Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 15 that are within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3> of the Greenwood Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Myrtle Grove Memorial
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • The Myrtle Grove Memorial is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Grove Memorial
  • Spear Family Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Oceanview Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • The Oceanview Cemetery is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanview Cemetery
  • St. Bernard's Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunset Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • The Sunset Memorial Park is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Memorial Park
  • Trinidad Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • The Trinidad Cemetery is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinidad Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Trinidad Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Trinidad.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2154265 <6>
  • Ferndale Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
  • Masons & IOOF Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • The Masons & IOOF Cemetery is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons & IOOF Cemetery
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • IOOF Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • The IOOF Cemetery is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the IOOF Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Hydesville.
      • The IOOF Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Hydesville IOOF Cemetery
    • Hydesville Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • The Hydesville Cemetery is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydesville Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hydesville Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Hydesville.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1225484 <6>
    • Town Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • The Town Cemetery is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Cemetery
    • Hoopa Tribal Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Atwell Family Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • The Atwell Family Cemetery is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwell Family Cemetery
    • Eloise Nelson Gateway Garden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • The Eloise Nelson Gateway Garden is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eloise Nelson Gateway Garden
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Eloise Nelson Gateway Garden is located outside and to the west of Orick.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2579267 <6>

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 Greenwood Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Greenwood Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Alliance
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Alliance is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
  • Bayside
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Fickle Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Fickle Hill is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle Hill
  • Tyee City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Tyee City is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyee City
  • McKinleyville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • The Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Springs is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Springs
  • Blue Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Samoa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Eureka
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Eureka is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,652 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eureka <7>
  • Myrtletown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Myrtletown is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtletown
  • Freshwater Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Freshwater Corners is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freshwater Corners
  • Korbel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Cutten
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Freshwater
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Freshwater is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freshwater
    • Pine Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Pine Hill is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
    • Kneeland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Spruce Point
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Spruce Point is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Point
    • Pine Hills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Pine Hills is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hills
    • Humboldt Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Humboldt Hill is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt Hill
    • Westhaven
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)

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 Greenwood Cemetery. The following communities are located in Humboldt County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Greenwood 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 Greenwood Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to California:
  • Pages specific to Humboldt County:
  • 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 Greenwood Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1681905  (Greenwood Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1681905 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
      • BGN Class: cemetery
      • County: Humboldt
      • Est. Elev: 22 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Arcata North
      • Location given for Greenwood Cemetery:
      • Lat: 40.8776275     Lon: -124.0870067
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    Footnotes ...

    <1>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.
    <2>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Humboldt, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Greenwood 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>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Freshwater Corners and Freshwater. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
    <6>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.
    <7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.