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A visit to the Old Tehachapi 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 Old Tehachapi Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Old Tehachapi Cemetery (FG ID #2151571).

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 Old Tehachapi Cemetery ...

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

35.1401, -118.4792

Note: While we are using the above GPS location for the Old Tehachapi Cemetery, it has not been verified and we are uncertain about its accuracy - use with caution.

The Old Tehachapi Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Tehachapi.

The cemetery is located in Kern County<2>.

The county seat for Kern County is located in Bakersfield. Bakersfield lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Old Tehachapi Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Old Tehachapi Cemetery.

Establishment of the Old Tehachapi Cemetery ...

The Old Tehachapi Cemetery was established in 1858.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 17 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the Old Tehachapi Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 19 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km] of the Old Tehachapi Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Old Tehachapi 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 Old Tehachapi Cemetery. The following communities are located in Kern County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Arvin
    • Arvin lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Old Tehachapi Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Arvin.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arvin
  • Caliente
  • Girard - Historic
    • Girard lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Old Tehachapi Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Girard.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
  • Havilah
  • Lamont
    • Lamont lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Old Tehachapi Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lamont.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamont
  • Mojave
    • Mojave lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Old Tehachapi Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Mojave.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mojave
  • Rosamond
  • Tehachapi

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 Tehachapi Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to California:
  • Pages specific to Kern County:
  • 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 Old Tehachapi Cemetery:

    Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2151571

    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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old Tehachapi 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>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Lebec and Grapevine. 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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