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A visit to the Rand District Community 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 Rand District Community Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Rand District Community Cemetery (FG ID #685739)

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 Rand District Community Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rand District Community Cemetery

Lat:   35.3673°   (35° 22' 2")

Lon:   -117.6406°   (-117° 38' 26")

The cemetery is located in Kern County<2>.

As an estimate, the Rand District Community Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Johannesburg

The county seat for Kern County is located in Bakersfield. Bakersfield lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<3> to the west of the Rand District Community Cemetery .

Name Variations for Rand District Community 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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give a you a feel for the variations that might have occurred with Rand District Community Cemetery.

Rand District Community Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Rand District Cemetery
  • Randsburg Cemetery
  • Johannesburg 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 like to start with 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 Rand District Community 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 Rand District Community 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 18 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Rand District Community Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rand District Community Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Johannesburg
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Randsburg
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Red Mountain
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Garlock
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garlock have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garlock
      • Garlock is located in Kern County
    • Saltdale ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saltdale have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltdale
      • Saltdale is located in Kern County
    • Spangler ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spangler have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
      • Spangler is located in San Bernardino County
    • Ridgecrest
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Cantil
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • China Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • China Lake Acres
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for China Lake Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Lake Acres
      • China Lake Acres is located in Kern County
    • Armistead
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armistead
      • Armistead is located in Kern County
    • Inyokern
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Continue List   (6 more) ...
      • Freeman ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
        • Freeman is located in Kern County
      • California City
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Boron
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Copper City
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
        • Copper City is located in San Bernardino County
      • Pinnacle ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pinnacle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle
        • Pinnacle is located in San Bernardino County
      • North Edwards
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Edwards
        • North Edwards is located in Kern County

    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 Rand District Community Cemetery. The following communities are located in Kern County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rand District Community Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 7 that are within 29 miles [46.7 km] of the Rand District Community Cemetery.<7>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rand District Community Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Roger McGavin Gravesite
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Roger McGavin Gravesite. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • The Roger McGavin Gravesite is located in Kern County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roger McGavin Gravesite
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2386701 <1>
    • Garlock - Goler Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Garlock - Goler Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • The Garlock - Goler Cemetery is located in Kern County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Garlock - Goler Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Garlock
      • The Garlock - Goler Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Benson Canyon Cemetery
      • Goler Cemetery
      • Goler Mine Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garlock - Goler Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2432257 <1>
    • Desert Memorial Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • California City Memorial Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Josie Bishop Gravesite
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • The Josie Bishop Gravesite is located in Kern County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Josie Bishop Gravesite is located 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the south of Mojave.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Josie Bishop Gravesite
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2242930 <1>
    • Kramer Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Mt. Owens Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

    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 Rand District Community 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 '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 Rand District Community Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3673, Longitude: -117.6406    
    <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>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 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.




 

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