A visit to the Saint Joseph Catholic 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 St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery (FG ID #8327).
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 St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery:
37.9609, -122.3342
The St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery is located in Contra Costa County<2>.
The county seat for Contra Costa County is located in Martinez. Martinez lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east northeast of the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.
Name Variations for St. Joseph Catholic 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 St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.
St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holy Angels / St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
- Holy Angels 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 23 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km] of the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Rolling Hills Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sunset View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Catholic Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Catholic Cemetery is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
- Water Front Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fernwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Fernwood Cemetery is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood Cemetery
- Alhambra Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Benicia City Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Benicia City Cemetery is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benicia City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Benicia City Cemetery is located in Benicia.
- All Souls Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carquinez Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- St. Vincents Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sunrise Memorial Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hillside Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Old Hillside Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The Old Hillside Cemetery is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hillside Cemetery
- Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Queen of Haven Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- The Queen of Haven Cemetery is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen of Haven Cemetery
- Queen of Heaven Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Oakmount Memorial Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Oakmont Memorial Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Military Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Military Cemetery is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Military Cemetery
- St. Dominics Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Dominics Cemetery is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Dominics Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Rollingwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rollingwood is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
- San Pablo
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Richmond
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- East Richmond Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- East Richmond Heights is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Richmond Heights
- Atchison Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Atchison Village is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atchison Village
- Nystrom Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nystrom Village is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nystrom Village
- Easter Hill Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Easter Hill Village is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easter Hill Village
- Sobrante
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- El Sobrante
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tara Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Point Richmond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- El Cerrito
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Pinole
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gateley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bayview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bayview is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
- Kensington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hercules
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- University Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- University Village is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
- Albany
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Berkeley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Normandy Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Normandy Village is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Village
- Rodeo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rochedale Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rochedale Village is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochedale Village
- Tormey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Paradise Cay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fort McDowell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fort McDowell is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McDowell
- South Berkeley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Valona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- San Quentin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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 St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Contra Costa County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Albany
- Albany lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Albany.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Berkeley
- El Cerrito
- Kensington
- Pinole
- Pinole lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Pinole.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinole
- Point Richmond
- Richmond
- San Pablo
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 St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery:
- Pages specific to California:
- Pages specific to Contra Costa County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- 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 St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #8327
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #232183 (Saint Joseph Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #232183 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Contra Costa
- Est. Elev: 33 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Richmond
- Location given for Saint Joseph Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.9604792 Lon: -122.3333038
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Contra Costa, 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' (or 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- St. Joseph Catholic 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |