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A visit to the Kirkwood Cemetery ...


The location of the Kirkwood Cemetery has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<1>


Introduction ...

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 Kirkwood Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Kirkwood Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Kirkwood Cemetery

Lat:   39.8624°   (39° 51' 44")

Lon:   -122.1530°   (-122° 9' 10")

The Kirkwood Cemetery is located in Glenn County<2>.

The county seat for Glenn County is located in Willows. Willows lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the south of the Kirkwood Cemetery .

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 websites either 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 Kirkwood Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to California:
  • Pages specific to Glenn County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Kirkwood Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church
  • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 17 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Kirkwood Cemetery.

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

    • Corning
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Capay
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Capay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capay
      • Capay is located in Glenn County
    • Vina
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Orland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Hamilton City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Los Molinos
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Tehama
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Gerber
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Proberta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Flournoy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Artois
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Rancho Tehama Reserve
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rancho Tehama Reserve have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Tehama Reserve
      • Rancho Tehama Reserve is located in Tehama County
    • Continue List   (5 more) ...
      • Rawson
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rawson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
        • Rawson is located in Tehama County
      • Chico
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico
        • Chico is located in Butte County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 102,867 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chico <4>
      • Newville
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
        • Newville is located in Glenn County
      • Dayton
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
        • Dayton is located in Butte County
      • Paskenta
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)

    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 Kirkwood Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Glenn County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 22 miles [35.4 km] of the Kirkwood Cemetery.<5>

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

    • Corning Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Sunset Hill Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Orland Masonic Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Pine Creek Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pine Creek Cemetery is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Creek Cemetery
    • Graves Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Oddfellows Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oddfellows Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Oddfellows Cemetery is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oddfellows Cemetery
    • Vina Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • The Vina Cemetery is located in Tehama County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Vina Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southwest of Vina.
      • The Vina Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Carter Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vina Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7884 <6>
    • Catholic Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Catholic Cemetery is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
    • Orland Catholic Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Tehama Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tehama Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Tehama Cemetery is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tehama Cemetery
    • Elmore Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elmore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Elmore Cemetery is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elmore Cemetery
    • Germantown Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • The Germantown Cemetery is located in Glenn County
      • The Germantown Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Artois Cemetery
      • German Town Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Germantown Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7844 <6>
    • Continue List   (12 more) ...
      • Monroeville Pioneer Cemetery
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Newville Cemetery
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Mechoopda Indian Cemetery
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Chico Cemetery
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • The Chico Cemetery is located in Butte County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Chico Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Chico.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chico Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7900 <6>
      • Paskenta Cemetery
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paskenta Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Paskenta Cemetery is located in Tehama County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paskenta Cemetery
      • Martin Family Cemetery
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Martin Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
        • The Martin Family Cemetery is located in Glenn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Martin Family Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2447144 <6>
      • Dayton Cemetery
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • The Dayton Cemetery is located in Butte County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dayton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Dayton.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dayton Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2144284 <6>
      • Oak Hill Cemetery
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • St. Marys Cemetery
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Tehama County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
      • Chrome Cemetery
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • The Chrome Cemetery is located in Glenn County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Chrome Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south of Elk Creek.
        • The Chrome Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Milsap Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chrome Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8162 <6>
      • Millsap Cemetery
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Millsap Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Millsap Cemetery is located in Glenn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Millsap Cemetery
      • Glen Oaks Memorial Park
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glen Oaks Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Glen Oaks Memorial Park is located in Butte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glen Oaks Memorial Park

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

    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 Kirkwood Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #226632  (Kirkwood Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #226632 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: Kirkwood
      • County: Glenn         Elev: 76
      • Location given for GNIS #226632 (Kirkwood Cemetery)

    The official website for Glenn County: www.countyofglenn.net/

    The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

    Footnotes ...

    <1>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.
    <2>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Glenn, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Kirkwood Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8624, Longitude: -122.1530       In this case, the coordinates for the Kirkwood Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <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>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.
    <7>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.









 

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