A visit to the Scales 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 Scales Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Scales Cemetery (FG ID #2361724)
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 Scales Cemetery ...
The Scales Cemetery is located in Sierra County<2>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Alleghany Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brownsville Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brandy City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brownsville Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Camptonville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Downieville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Eureka Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Forest City Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gibsonville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Goodyears Bar Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Howland Flat Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- The Indian Cemetery is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Johnsville Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- La Porte Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pike City Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Port Wine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- St. Louis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sierra City Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sleighville House Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Strawberry Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Scales Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Alleghany
- Brandy City ‑ Historic
- Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
- Camptonville
- Challenge
- Clipper Mills
- Depot Hill ‑ Historic
- Downieville
- Evansville ‑ Historic
- Feather Falls
- Forbestown
- Forest
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Foster Bar ‑ Historic
- Garden Valley ‑ Historic
- Gibsonville
- Goodyears Bar
- La Porte
- Little Grass Valley
- Lumpkin ‑ Historic
- North Columbia
- Oroleve
- Poker Flat
- Queen City
- Queen City is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Strawberry Valley
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 Scales Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Sierra County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Scales Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brownsville
- Downieville
- Forbestown
- La Porte
- North San Juan
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 Scales Cemetery:
- Pages specific to California:
- Pages specific to Sierra 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 Scales Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2361724
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 Sierra, 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- Scales Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |