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A visit to the Placerville Union 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 Placerville Union Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Placerville Union Cemetery (FG ID #1812538)

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 Placerville Union Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   38.7310°   (38° 43' 51")

Lon:   -120.8077°   (-120° 48' 27")

The Placerville Union Cemetery is located in El Dorado County<2>.

The county seat for El Dorado County is located in Placerville. Placerville lies just to the east of the Placerville Union Cemetery .

Establishment of the Placerville Union Cemetery ...

The Placerville Union Cemetery was established in 1871.

Name Variations for Placerville Union 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.

Placerville Union Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Union 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 21 that are within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> of the Placerville Union Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Westwood Hills Memorial Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westwood Hills Memorial Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westwood Hills Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Westwood Hills Memorial Cemetery is located in El Dorado County
  • Middletown Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Middletown Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Middletown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Middletown Cemetery is located in El Dorado County
  • Smith Flat Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Flat Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Flat Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Smith Flat Cemetery is located in El Dorado County
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in El Dorado County
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • 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.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Catholic Cemetery is located in El Dorado County
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pioneer Cemetery is located in El Dorado County
  • James Marshall Gravesite
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the James Marshall Gravesite
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the James Marshall Gravesite have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The James Marshall Gravesite is located in El Dorado County
  • Uniontown Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Uniontown Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Uniontown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Uniontown Cemetery is located in El Dorado County
  • Jayhawk Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Chinese Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chinese Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chinese Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Chinese Cemetery is located in El Dorado County
  • Green Valley Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Georgetown Pioneer Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Placerville Union Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Placerville Union 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 Placerville Union Cemetery. The following communities are located in El Dorado County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 either 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 Placerville Union 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 Placerville Union Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1744784  (Union Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1744784 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: Placerville
    • County: El Dorado         Elev: 590
    • Location given for GNIS #1744784 (Union Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #1812538

The official website for El Dorado County: www.co.el-dorado.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 El Dorado, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Placerville Union Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7310, Longitude: -120.8077    
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.




 

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