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Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Old Havilah Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Old Havilah Cemetery (FG ID #1982323)

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 Old Havilah Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   35.5148°   (35° 30' 53")

Lon:   -118.5177°   (-118° 31' 3")

The cemetery is located in Kern County<2>.

As an estimate, the Old Havilah Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Havilah

The county seat for Kern County is located in Bakersfield. Bakersfield lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Old Havilah Cemetery .

Name Variations for Old Havilah 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.

Old Havilah Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Havilah 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.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Old Havilah Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to California:
  • Pages specific to Kern 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 Old Havilah 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 19 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Old Havilah Cemetery.

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

    • Havilah
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havilah
      • Havilah is located in Kern County
    • Miracle Hot Springs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle Hot Springs
      • Miracle Hot Springs is located in Kern County
      • Former name for Miracle Hot Springs:
      • Hobo Hot Springs
      • Miracle Hot Springs has also been known as:
      • Air Compress Springs
      • Clear Creek Hot Springs
      • Compressor Hot Springs
    • Silver City ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
      • Silver City is located in Kern County
    • Bodfish
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lake Isabella
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Keyesville ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyesville
      • Keyesville is located in Kern County
      • Former names for Keyesville:
      • Hogeye
      • Keysville
    • Petersburg ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petersburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
      • Petersburg is located in Kern County
      • Petersburg has also been known as:
      • Greenhorn
    • Squirrel Mountain Valley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Piute ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piute have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piute
      • Piute is located in Kern County
    • Mountain Mesa
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Isabella ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isabella have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
      • Isabella is located in Kern County
    • Claraville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claraville
      • Claraville is located in Kern County
    • Continue List   (7 more) ...
      • South Lake
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lake
        • South Lake is located in Tulare County
      • South Lake
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lake
        • South Lake is located in Kern County
      • Wofford Heights
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Shirley Meadows
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley Meadows
        • Shirley Meadows is located in Kern County
      • Bella Vista
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bella Vista
        • Bella Vista is located in Kern County
      • Alta Sierra
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Sierra
        • Alta Sierra is located in Kern County
      • Caliente
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)

    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 Old Havilah Cemetery. The following communities are located in Kern County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 27 miles [43.5 km] of the Old Havilah Cemetery.<6>

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

    • Williams Gravesite
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Palmer Family Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Keyesville Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Rankin Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Pauls Place Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Kern River Valley Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • The Kern River Valley Cemetery is located in Kern County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Kern River Valley Cemetery is located between<7> the communities of Wofford Heights and Kernville.  The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Wofford Heights.
      • The Kern River Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Old Kernville Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kern River Valley Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8092 <1>
    • Sageland Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Kern County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Grove Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Glennville.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8206 <1>
    • Bakersfield National Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Onyx Indian Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • The Onyx Indian Cemetery is located in Kern County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Onyx Indian Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Onyx.
      • The Onyx Indian Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Indian Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Onyx Indian Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8065 <1>
    • Cesar E. Chavez National Monument
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Cottage Grove Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • The Cottage Grove Cemetery is located in Kern County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cottage Grove Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Onyx.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cottage Grove Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7918 <1>
    • Continue List   (8 more) ...
      • Blue Mtn. Cemetery
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • The Blue Mtn. Cemetery is located in Kern County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Blue Mtn. Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Woody.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blue Mtn. Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7859 <1>
      • Weringer Cemetery
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • The Weringer Cemetery is located in Kern County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Weringer Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Woody.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Weringer Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2321476 <1>
      • Hillcrest Memorial Park
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Engle Family Cemetery
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • The Engle Family Cemetery is located in Kern County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Engle Family Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the northeast of Woody.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Engle Family Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1982050 <1>
      • Fickert Family Cemetery
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Old Tehachapi Cemetery
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Tehachapi Westside Cemetery
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • The Tehachapi Westside Cemetery is located in Kern County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Tehachapi Westside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Tehachapi.
        • The Tehachapi Westside Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Tehachapi Catholic Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tehachapi Westside Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2137488 <1>
      • Tehachapi Public Cemetery
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • The Tehachapi Public Cemetery is located in Kern County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Tehachapi Public Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Tehachapi.
        • The Tehachapi Public Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Tehachapi Eastside Cemetery
        • Tehachapi Protestant Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tehachapi Public Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2137484 <1>

    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 Old Havilah Cemetery:

    The official website for Kern County: www.co.kern.ca.us/

    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 Kern, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Old Havilah Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5148, Longitude: -118.5177    
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <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>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.
    <7>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Wofford Heights and Kernville. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.




 

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