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A visit to the Kings River 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 Kings River Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Kings River Cemetery (FG ID #8093).

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 Kings River Cemetery ...

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

36.4149, -119.6455

The Kings River Cemetery is located in Kings County<2>.

The county seat for Kings County is located in Hanford. Hanford lies just to the south of the Kings River Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Kings River Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> of the Kings River Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Kings River 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]<3> of the Kings River Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Kings River 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 Kings River Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kings County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Kings River Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Armona
    • Armona lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Kings River Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Armona.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armona
  • Del Rey
  • Dinuba
    • Dinuba lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Kings River Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Dinuba.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinuba
  • Fowler
  • Goshen
    • Goshen lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Kings River Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Goshen.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
  • Hanford
  • Kingsburg
  • Laton
    • Laton lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Kings River Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Laton.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laton
  • Lemoore
  • Parlier
    • Parlier lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Kings River Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Parlier.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parlier
  • Reedley
  • Riverdale
  • Selma
    • Selma lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the North (N) of the Kings River Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Selma.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
  • Traver
    • Traver lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Kings River Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Traver.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traver

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 helpful 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 Kings River Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to California:
  • Pages specific to Kings 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 Kings River Cemetery:

    Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #8093

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #244320  (Kings River Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #244320 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: Kings
      • Est. Elev: 81 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Laton
      • Location given for Kings River Cemetery:
      • Lat: 36.4149503     Lon: -119.6454082
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    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 Kings, 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- Kings River 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.