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A visit to the Santa Rosa Memorial Park ...

Introduction ...

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 Santa Rosa Memorial Park ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Santa Rosa Memorial Park:

38.4596, -122.7083

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Santa Rosa Memorial Park can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Santa Rosa Memorial Park is located in Sonoma County<2>.

The county seat for Sonoma County is located in Santa Rosa. Santa Rosa lies just to the south southwest of the Santa Rosa Memorial Park .

Open a Google Map centered on the Santa Rosa Memorial Park.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> of the Santa Rosa Memorial Park.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Santa Rosa Memorial Park, with the nearest first.

  • Calvary Catholic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • The Calvary Catholic Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Santa Rosa.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7877 <5>
  • Santa Rosa Calvary Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Chapel of the Chimes Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Bennett Valley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Faught Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • The Faught Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faught Cemetery
  • Fulton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • The Fulton Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton Cemetery
  • Steele Family Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • The Steele Family Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Family Cemetery
  • Pythian Home Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • The Pythian Home Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pythian Home Cemetery
  • Santa Rosa Memorial Park - Shiloh Road Addition
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
  • Sebastopol Memorial Lawn Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasant Hills Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Forestview Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • The Forestview Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestview Cemetery
    • Green Valley Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • The Green Valley Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley Cemetery
    • Gilliam Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • The Gilliam Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliam Cemetery
    • Spring Hill Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Cemetery
    • Canfield Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • The Canfield Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield Cemetery
    • Thompson Family Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Calistoga Pioneer Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • The Calistoga Pioneer Cemetery is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calistoga Pioneer Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Calistoga Pioneer Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Calistoga.
      • The Calistoga Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Old Pioneer Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1989886 <5>
    • McPeak Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • The McPeak Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPeak Cemetery
    • Bloomfield Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • The Bloomfield Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bloomfield Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Bloomfield.
    • Liberty Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • The Liberty Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
    • Eldridge Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • The Eldridge Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Eldridge Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Eldridge.
    • Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • The Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Saint Helena.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #640461 <5>
    • Ner Tamid Jewish Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • St. Helena Public Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • The St. Helena Public Cemetery is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Helena Public Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Helena Public Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Saint Helena.
      • The St. Helena Public Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Helena Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #196296 <5>
    • Pioneer Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pioneer Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southeast of Calistoga.
      • The Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
      • White Church Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2158234 <5>
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Santa Rosa Memorial Park.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Santa Rosa Memorial Park, with the nearest first:

  • Santa Rosa
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Montgomery Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Montgomery Village is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Village
  • Roseland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Roseland is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
  • South Santa Rosa
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • South Santa Rosa is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Santa Rosa
  • Bellevue
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Bellevue is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
  • Melita
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Melita is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melita
  • Fulton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Mark West Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Mark West Springs is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark West Springs
  • Sebastopol
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Trenton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Trenton is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
  • Graton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Rohnert Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Windsor
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Cotati
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Kenwood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Forestville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Stony Point
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Stony Point is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
    • Calistoga
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodleaf
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodleaf is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodleaf
    • Penngrove
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Glen Ellen
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Freestone
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Bloomfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Bloomfield is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
    • Ely ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Ely is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
    • Camp Rose
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Camp Rose is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Rose
    • Kellogg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Kellogg is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg

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 Rosa Memorial Park. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Sonoma County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Santa Rosa Memorial Park.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Santa Rosa Memorial Park:

  • Pages specific to California:
  • Pages specific to Sonoma 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 Santa Rosa Memorial Park:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #232566  (Santa Rosa Memorial Park)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #232566 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: Sonoma
      • Est. Elev: 62 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Santa Rosa
      • Location given for Santa Rosa Memorial Park:
      • Lat: 38.4596335     Lon: -122.70832
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    Footnotes ...

    <1>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.
    <2>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Sonoma, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Santa Rosa Memorial Park) 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>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.
    <6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.