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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. 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 St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery

Lat:   37.9609°   (37° 57' 39")

Lon:   -122.3342°   (-122° 20' 3")

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 .

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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Sunset View Cemetery is located in Contra Costa County
  • 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)
    • 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 Contra Costa County
  • Water Front Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Water Front Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Water Front Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Water Front Memorial Park is located in Solano County
  • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Fernwood Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fernwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fernwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Fernwood Cemetery is located in Marin County
  • Alhambra Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alhambra Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Alhambra Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Alhambra Cemetery is located in Contra Costa County
  • Benicia City Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Benicia City Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Benicia City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Benicia City Cemetery is located in Solano County
    • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Hillside Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Old Hillside Cemetery is located in Solano County
    • Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery is located in Marin County
    • Queen of Haven Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Queen of Haven Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Queen of Haven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Queen of Haven Cemetery is located in Contra Costa County
    • Queen of Heaven Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Queen of Heaven Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Queen of Heaven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Queen of Heaven Cemetery is located in Contra Costa County
    • Oakmount Memorial Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Oakmont Memorial Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakmont Memorial Park
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakmont Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Oakmont Memorial Park is located in Contra Costa County
    • Military Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Military Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Military Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Military Cemetery is located in Solano County
    • St. Dominics Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Dominics Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Dominics Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Dominics Cemetery is located in Solano County

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.

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
    • Richmond lies less than 2 miles<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Richmond.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
  • San Pablo

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 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 St. Joseph Catholic 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 St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #232183  (Saint Joseph Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #232183 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: Richmond
    • County: Contra Costa         Elev: 33
    • Location given for GNIS #232183 (Saint Joseph Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #8327

The official website for Contra Costa County: www.co.contra-costa.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 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 things 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 St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9609, Longitude: -122.3342    
<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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