A visit to the Roscoe 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 Roscoe Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Roscoe Cemetery (FG ID #2441590)
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 Roscoe Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Roscoe Cemetery
Lat: 40.2607° (40° 15' 38")
Lon: -124.1793° (-124° 10' 45")
The Roscoe Cemetery is located in Humboldt County<2>.
The county seat for Humboldt County is located in Eureka. Eureka lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<3> to the north of the Roscoe Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 14 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the Roscoe Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Roscoe Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Petrolia Pioneer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bull Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ettersburg Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Atwell Family Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hydesville Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- IOOF Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Town Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Town Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Town Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Town Cemetery is located in Humboldt County
- Masons & IOOF Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Masons & IOOF Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Masons & IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Masons & IOOF Cemetery is located in Humboldt County
- St. Marys Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Humboldt County
- Ferndale Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Garberville Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeville Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bridgeville Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bridgeville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Bridgeville Cemetery is located in Humboldt County
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bridgeville Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Bridgeville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2310284 <1>
- William Barnwell Sr. Memorial Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Harris Cemetery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Roscoe Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Roscoe Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Honeydew
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Petrolia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ettersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Weott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Redcrest
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scotia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Shelter Cove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Myers Flat
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Larabee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pepperwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rio Dell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Capetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Capetown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capetown
- Capetown is located in Humboldt County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Capetown
- From the Roscoe Cemetery to Capetown
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Briceland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Miranda
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Fruitland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Alton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Whitethorn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carlotta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hydesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Redway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Phillipsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rohnerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ferndale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
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 Roscoe Cemetery. The following communities are located in Humboldt County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Roscoe Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alton
- Ferndale
- Fortuna
- Garberville
- Redway
- Rio Dell
- Rohnerville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Roscoe Cemetery:
- Pages specific to California:
- Pages specific to Humboldt County:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
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 Roscoe Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Humboldt County: www.co.humboldt.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 Humboldt, 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Roscoe Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2607, Longitude: -124.1793 |
<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. |