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A visit to the Kern River Valley 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 Kern River Valley Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Kern River Valley Cemetery (FG ID #8092)

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 Kern River Valley Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Kern River Valley Cemetery

Lat:   35.7211°   (35° 43' 15")

Lon:   -118.4368°   (-118° 26' 12")

The cemetery is located in Kern County<4>.

As an estimate, the Kern River Valley Cemetery is located between<2> the communities of Wofford Heights and Kernville.  The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Wofford Heights.

The county seat for Kern County is located in Bakersfield. Bakersfield lies 42 miles [67.6 km] to the southwest of the Kern River Valley Cemetery .

Name Variations for Kern River Valley Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Kern River Valley Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Old Kernville Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 19 that are within 28 miles [45.1 km] of the Kern River Valley Cemetery.<5>

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

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Kern River Valley Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Kern River Valley Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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 Kern River Valley Cemetery. The following communities are located in Kern County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Kern River Valley 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 Kern River Valley Cemetery:

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 Kern River Valley Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #271880  (Kern River Valley Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #271880 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Lake Isabella North
    • County: Kern         Elev: 811
    • Location given for GNIS #271880 (Kern River Valley Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #8092

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>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Wofford Heights and Kernville. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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 Kern River Valley Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7211, Longitude: -118.4368    
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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.