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A visit to the Lode Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

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 Lode Cemetery ...

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

38.0783, -120.5594

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Lode Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Lode Cemetery is located in Altaville.

The cemetery is located in Calaveras County<2>.

The county seat for Calaveras County is located in San Andreas. San Andreas lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the northwest of the Lode Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Lode Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km] of the Lode Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Vallecito Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • The Vallecito Cemetery is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallecito Cemetery
  • Briseno Ranch Burial Ground
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Copperopolis Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Shaws Flat Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • The Shaws Flat Cemetery is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaws Flat Cemetery
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • The Catholic Cemetery is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
  • Public Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • The Public Cemetery is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Public Cemetery
  • Peoples Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • The Peoples Cemetery is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoples Cemetery
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • The Catholic Cemetery is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
  • Mountain Ranch Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • The Mountain Ranch Cemetery is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Ranch Cemetery
  • Dean Family Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • The Dean Family Cemetery is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean Family Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dean Family Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northeast of Milton.
    • The Dean Family Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Wilson Burial Ground
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2503319 <5>
  • Jamestown Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • The Jamestown Cemetery is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Cemetery
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • The IOOF Cemetery is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Sonora City Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The Sonora City Cemetery is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora City Cemetery
    • Jewish Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The Jewish Cemetery is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewish Cemetery
    • Masonic Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The Masonic Cemetery is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonic Cemetery
    • Sonora Hebrew Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The Sonora Hebrew Cemetery is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora Hebrew Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sonora Hebrew Cemetery is located in Sonora.
      • The Sonora Hebrew Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Pioneer Jewish Cemetery
    • Catholic Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The Catholic Cemetery is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
    • Pioneer Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
    • Mountain Shadow Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • The Mountain Shadow Cemetery is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Shadow Cemetery
      • The Mountain Shadow Cemetery has also been known as:
      • New City Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1675522 <5>
    • Stent Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • The Stent Cemetery is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stent Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Stent Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Stent
      • The Stent Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Poverty Hill Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2229117 <5>

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Lode Cemetery.

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

  • Angels
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Angels is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,963 people
  • Angels City
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Angels City is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels City
  • Altaville
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Angels Camp
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Vallecito
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Melones ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Melones is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melones
  • Douglas Flat
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Murphys
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Carmen City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Carmen City is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmen City
  • Copperopolis
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Tuttletown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
  • Copper Cove Village
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Copper Cove Village is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Cove Village
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Rawhide
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Rawhide is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
    • Columbia Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Columbia Village is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Village
    • Columbia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Cave City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Cave City is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
    • Squabbletown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Squabbletown is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squabbletown
    • Martinez
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Martinez is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
    • Forest Meadows
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Forest Meadows is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Meadows
    • Cedar Vista
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Cedar Vista is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Vista
    • Sheep Ranch
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Mountain Ranch
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • San Andreas
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lost City ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Lost City is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
    • Jamestown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sonora
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)

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 Lode Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Calaveras County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Lode Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to California:
  • Pages specific to Calaveras 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 Lode Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1804931  (Lode Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1804931 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: Calaveras
      • Est. Elev: 474 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Angels Camp
      • Location given for Lode Cemetery:
      • Lat: 38.0782552     Lon: -120.559369
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    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 Calaveras, 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- Lode 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>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.
    <6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.