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A visit to the Oak Hill 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 Oak Hill Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Oak Hill Cemetery (FG ID #8210)

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 Oak Hill Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   34.6337°   (34° 38' 1")

Lon:   -120.1116°   (-120° 6' 41")

The cemetery is located in Santa Barbara County<2>.

As an estimate, the Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Ballard.

The county seat for Santa Barbara County is located in Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Oak Hill Cemetery .

Name Variations for Oak Hill Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Oak Hill Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Oak Hill Memorial Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 13 that are within 29 miles [46.7 km] of the Oak Hill Cemetery.<4>

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

  • St. Marks in the Valley Episcopal Church Memorial Garden
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Solvang Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Solvang Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Solvang Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Solvang Cemetery is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Los Alamos Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Los Alamos Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Los Alamos Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Los Alamos Cemetery is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Foxen Canyon Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Foxen Canyon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Foxen Canyon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Foxen Canyon Cemetery is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Mission La Purisima Concepcion Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Ontiveros Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ontiveros Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ontiveros Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ontiveros Cemetery is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Ryon Memorial Park
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • La Patera Catholic Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the La Patera Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the La Patera Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The La Patera Catholic Cemetery is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Goleta Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goleta Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goleta Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Goleta Cemetery is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Santa Maria Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Santa Maria Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Santa Maria Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Santa Maria Cemetery is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Santa Barbara Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

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

List of neighboring communities ...

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

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Oak Hill 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 Oak Hill Cemetery. The following communities are located in Santa Barbara County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 Oak Hill 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 Oak Hill Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #272748  (Oak Hill Memorial Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #272748 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: Los Olivos
    • County: Santa Barbara         Elev: 209
    • Location given for GNIS #272748 (Oak Hill Memorial Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #8210

The official website for Santa Barbara County: www.countyofsb.org/

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

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 Santa Barbara, 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 obstructions 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 Oak Hill Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6337, Longitude: -120.1116    
<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 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.
<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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