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A visit to the Maxwell Cemetery ...

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 Maxwell Cemetery ...

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

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

Lat:   39.2768°   (39° 16' 36")

Lon:   -122.2091°   (-122° 12' 32")

The Maxwell Cemetery is located in Colusa County<2>.

The county seat for Colusa County is located in Colusa. Colusa lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Maxwell Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 26 miles [41.8 km] of the Maxwell Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Sites Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sites Cemetery
    • The Sites Cemetery is located in Colusa County
  • Williams Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery
    • The Williams Cemetery is located in Colusa County
  • Pryor Grave
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pryor Grave
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pryor Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pryor Grave is located in Colusa County
  • Princeton Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Princeton Cemetery
    • The Princeton Cemetery is located in Colusa County
  • Cypress Hill Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cypress Hill Cemetery
    • The Cypress Hill Cemetery is located in Colusa County
  • Marvin Chapel Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marvin Chapel Cemetery
    • The Marvin Chapel Cemetery is located in Glenn County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Marvin Chapel Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Afton
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8142 <5>
  • Butte City Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Butte City Cemetery
    • The Butte City Cemetery is located in Glenn County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Butte City Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Butte City.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7868 <5>
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
    • 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
  • Willows Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willows Cemetery
    • The Willows Cemetery is located in Glenn County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Willows Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Willows.
    • The Willows Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Glenn County Willows Cemetery
    • Willows Catholic Cemetery
    • Willows IOOF Cemetery
    • Willows IOOF Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7888 <5>
  • Grand Island Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grand Island Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grand Island Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Grand Island Cemetery is located in Colusa County
  • Meridian Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meridian Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meridian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Meridian Cemetery is located in Sutter County
  • Arbuckle Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arbuckle Cemetery
    • The Arbuckle Cemetery is located in Colusa County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Arbuckle Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Arbuckle.
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    • Arbuckle Catholic Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arbuckle Catholic Cemetery
      • The Arbuckle Catholic Cemetery is located in Colusa County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Arbuckle Catholic Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Arbuckle.
    • Stonyford Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stonyford Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stonyford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Stonyford Cemetery is located in Colusa County
    • Pugh Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pugh Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pugh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pugh Cemetery is located in Sutter County
    • North Butte Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Butte Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Butte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The North Butte Cemetery is located in Sutter County
    • Stohlman Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stohlman Cemetery
      • The Stohlman Cemetery is located in Sutter County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Stohlman Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the east of Sutter.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8383 <5>
    • Nye Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nye Cemetery
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Nye Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • The Nye Cemetery is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2252800 <5>
    • Mound Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mound Cemetery
      • The Mound Cemetery is located in Butte County
    • Johns Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johns Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Johns Cemetery is located in Colusa County
    • Sutter Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Germantown Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Germantown Cemetery
      • The Germantown Cemetery is located in Glenn County
      • The Germantown Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Artois Cemetery
      • German Town Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7844 <5>

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 23 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Maxwell Cemetery.

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

  • Maxwell
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Sites
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sites
    • Sites is located in Colusa County
  • Williams
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Colusa Rancheria
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colusa Rancheria
    • Colusa Rancheria is located in Colusa County
  • Colusa
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Leesville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
    • Leesville is located in Colusa County
  • Devils Elbow
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Devils Elbow. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Elbow
    • Devils Elbow is located in Colusa County
  • Princeton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Genevra
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Genevra. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genevra
    • Genevra is located in Colusa County
  • Lodoga
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodoga
    • Lodoga is located in Colusa County
  • Afton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
    • Afton is located in Glenn County
  • Butte City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Willows
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Meridian
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Wilbur Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Arbuckle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Glenn
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Stonyford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • College City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Grimes
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Tarke
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarke
      • Tarke is located in Sutter County
    • Hough Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hough Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hough Springs
      • Hough Springs is located in Lake County
    • Pennington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
      • Pennington is located in Sutter County

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 Maxwell Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Colusa County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Maxwell 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 Maxwell Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #228246  (Maxwell Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #228246 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: Maxwell
    • County: Colusa         Elev: 31
    • Location given for GNIS #228246 (Maxwell Cemetery)

The official website for Colusa County: www.colusacountyclerk.com/

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 Colusa, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Maxwell Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2768, Longitude: -122.2091       In this case, the coordinates for the Maxwell Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<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>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.




 

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