A visit to the Gwin 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 Gwin Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Gwin Cemetery (FG ID #2415806)
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 Gwin Cemetery ...
The Gwin Cemetery is located to the northeast of Le Grand.
The cemetery is located in Merced County<2>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Arbor Vitae Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Borden's Chinese Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Merced County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Merced.
- The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery
- Calvary Merced Cemetery District
- Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Calvary Cemetery (located 56 miles to the north).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7873 <1>
- Catheys Valley Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Chowchilla Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Merced County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Helm - Turner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hopeton Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- The Hopeton Cemetery is located in Merced County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeton Cemetery
- Ivett Ranch Family Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mariposa Masonic Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Oakhill Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Pate Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Pate Cemetery is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pate Cemetery
- Picayune Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Raymond Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- Santa Cruz Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The Santa Cruz Cemetery is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Cruz Cemetery
- Snelling Pioneer Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- White Rock Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The White Rock Cemetery is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock Cemetery
- Winton Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Gwin Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Athlone
- Bear Valley
- Berenda
- Bootjack
- Catheys Valley
- Chowchilla
- El Nido
- Hornitos
- Knowles Junction
- Knowles ‑ Historic
- Le Grand
- Lincoln ‑ Historic
- Lincoln is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Madera Acres
- Mariposa
- Merced Falls
- Merced
- Mount Bullion
- Plainsburg
- Planada
- Raymond
- Tuttle
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 Gwin Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Merced County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Gwin Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Chowchilla
- Le Grand
- Madera
- Mariposa
- Merced
- Mount Bullion
- Plainsburg
- Planada
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 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 Gwin Cemetery:
- Pages specific to California:
- Pages specific to Merced County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- 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 Gwin Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2415806
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 Merced, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gwin Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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