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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 ...

The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Humboldt County<1>.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:

  • 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 <2>
  • Ferndale Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hoopa Tribal Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • 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 <2>
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • St. Bernard's Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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
    • Spear Family Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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 located outside and to the north of Trinidad.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2154265 <2>

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]<4> of the Greenwood Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically:

  • Alliance
    • Alliance is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
  • Bayside
  • Blue Lake
  • Cutten
  • Eureka
    • 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 <5>
  • Fickle Hill
    • Fickle Hill is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle Hill
  • Freshwater Corners
    • Freshwater Corners is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freshwater Corners
  • Freshwater
    • Freshwater is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freshwater
  • Humboldt Hill
    • Humboldt Hill is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt Hill
  • Kneeland
  • Korbel
  • McKinleyville
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Myrtletown
      • Myrtletown is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtletown
    • Pine Hill
      • Pine Hill is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
    • Pine Hills
      • Pine Hills is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hills
    • Samoa
    • The Springs
      • The Springs is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Springs
    • Spruce Point
      • Spruce Point is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Point
    • Tyee City
      • Tyee City is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyee City
    • Westhaven

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 start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 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

    Footnotes ...

    <1>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.
    <2>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.
    <3>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.
    <4>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'.
    <5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.