A visit to the Memorial Park ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Memorial Park. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Memorial Park (FG ID #8154)
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 Memorial Park ...
The Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Oroville.
The cemetery is located in Butte County<2>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Bangor Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brownsville Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Brownsville Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Butte County Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cherokee Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Clarks Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Clear Creek Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- The Clear Creek Cemetery is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek Cemetery
- Gridley - Biggs Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Honcut Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Indian Cemetery is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cemetery
- Lake Madrone Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Live Oak Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Live Oak Cemetery is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak Cemetery
- Nelson Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oregon City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Oroville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Oroville Cemetery is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oroville Cemetery
- Peoria Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Peoria Cemetery is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria Cemetery
- Peoria Memorial Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- Thompson Flat Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Upham Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Upham Cemetery is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upham Cemetery
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 Memorial Park.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Bangor
- Bidwell Bar ‑ Historic
- Bidwell ‑ Historic
- Bigg's
- Cherokee ‑ Historic
- East Biggs
- Elsey
- Gridley
- Honcut
- Longs Bar ‑ Historic
- Lorraine ‑ Historic
- Lynchburg ‑ Historic
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Nelson
- Oregon City
- Oregon City is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon City
- Former name for Oregon City:
- Bloomingdale
- Oroville Junction
- Oroville
- Palermo
- Peachton
- Rackerby
- Richvale
- Robinson Mill
- Robinsons Corner
- South Fork ‑ Historic
- South Oroville
- South Oroville is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Oroville
- Thermalito
- Wyandotte
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 Memorial Park. The following communities are located in Butte County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Memorial Park.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bigg's
- Gridley
- Honcut
- Oroville
- Palermo
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Memorial Park:
- Pages specific to California:
- Pages specific to Butte 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 Memorial Park:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #8154
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #228490 (Memorial Park Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #228490 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: Butte
- Est. Elev: 97 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Palermo
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 Butte, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Memorial Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |