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A visit to the Santa Clara Mission 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 Santa Clara Mission Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Santa Clara Mission Cemetery (FG ID #1933477)

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 Santa Clara Mission Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Santa Clara Mission Cemetery

Lat:   37.3401°   (37° 20' 24")

Lon:   -121.9478°   (-121° 56' 52")

The Santa Clara Mission Cemetery is located in Santa Clara County<2>.

The county seat for Santa Clara County is located in San Jose. San Jose lies just to the east of the Santa Clara Mission Cemetery .

Name Variations for Santa Clara Mission 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.

Santa Clara Mission Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Santa Clara Catholic 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 20 that are within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> of the Santa Clara Mission Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Santa Clara Mission Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Oak Hill Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hill Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Oak Hill Memorial Park is located in Santa Clara County
  • Los Gatos Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Calvary Cemetery is located in Santa Clara County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is located in Alum Rock.
  • Gates of Heaven Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gates of Heaven Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gates of Heaven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Gates of Heaven Cemetery is located in Santa Clara County
  • Madronia Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Madronia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Madronia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Madronia Cemetery is located in Santa Clara County
  • St. Johns Catholic Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Johns Catholic Cemetery is located in Santa Clara County
  • Cedar Lawn Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Alta Mesa Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Old Mexican Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Mexican Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Mexican Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Old Mexican Cemetery is located in Santa Clara County
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Irvington Memorial Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Hidalgo Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hidalgo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hidalgo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hidalgo Cemetery is located in Santa Clara County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Hacienda Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hacienda Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hacienda Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hacienda Cemetery is located in Santa Clara County
    • Mission San Jose Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mission San Jose Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mission San Jose Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mission San Jose Cemetery is located in Alameda County
    • Ohlone Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Ohlones Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ohlones Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ohlones Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ohlones Cemetery is located in Alameda County
    • Holy Ghost Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Ghost Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Ghost Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Holy Ghost Cemetery is located in Alameda County
    • Presbyterian Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Presbyterian Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Presbyterian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Presbyterian Cemetery is located in Alameda County
    • Oakwood Community Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Holy Cross Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)

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 Santa Clara Mission Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Santa Clara Mission 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 Santa Clara Mission Cemetery. The following communities are located in Santa Clara County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Santa Clara Mission Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 helpful 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 Santa Clara Mission 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 Santa Clara Mission Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #2125763  (Santa Clara Catholic Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #2125763 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: San Jose West
    • County: Santa Clara         Elev: 30
    • Location given for GNIS #2125763 (Santa Clara Catholic Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #1933477

The official website for Santa Clara County: www.sccgov.org/

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 Santa Clara, 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 things 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 Santa Clara Mission Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3401, Longitude: -121.9478    
<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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