A visit to the Happy Homestead 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 Happy Homestead Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Happy Homestead Cemetery (FG ID #8013)
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 Happy Homestead Cemetery ...
The Happy Homestead Cemetery is located in El Dorado County<2>.
Establishment of the Happy Homestead Cemetery ...
The Happy Homestead Cemetery was established in 1951.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Al Tahoe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Captain George Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Carson Pioneer Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Clara Holbrook Frank Family
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Eastside Memorial Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fredericksburg Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gardnerville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Genoa Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Glenbrook Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Happy Hunting Grounds Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jacks Valley Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Mtn. Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Mottsville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Nevada State Prison Burial Ground
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Old Stewart Indian Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Woodfords Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stewart Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waltons Chapel of the Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Washoe Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Woodfords Washoe Indian Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Happy Homestead Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Al Tahoe
- Centerville
- Echo Lake
- Edgewood
- Edgewood is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Fallen Leaf
- Gardnerville
- Genoa
- Glenbrook
- Kingsbury Village
- Kingsbury Village is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury Village
- Kingsbury
- Kingsbury is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Lincoln Park
- Minden
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mottsville ‑ Historic
- Phillips
- Phillips is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
- Sheridan ‑ Historic
- Skyland
- Sorensens
- South Lake Tahoe
- Stateline
- Summit Village
- Summit Village is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Village
- Tahoe Village
- Tahoe Village is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tahoe Village
- Tallac Village
- Tallac Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallac Village
- Twin Bridges
- Walleys Hot Springs
- Zephyr Cove
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 Happy Homestead Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in El Dorado County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Happy Homestead Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Gardnerville
- Genoa
- Minden
- South Lake Tahoe
- Stateline
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 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 Happy Homestead Cemetery:
- Pages specific to California:
- Pages specific to El Dorado 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 Happy Homestead Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #8013
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #224901 (Happy Homestead Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #224901 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: El Dorado
- Est. Elev: 1909 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: South Lake Tahoe
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 El Dorado, 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 from Point A (ie- Happy Homestead Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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