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A visit to the South Kern Cemetery District ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the South Kern Cemetery District. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The South Kern Cemetery District (FG ID #656699).

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 South Kern Cemetery District ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the South Kern Cemetery District:

35.2135, -118.8946

The South Kern Cemetery District is located in Kern County<2>.

The county seat for Kern County is located in Bakersfield. Bakersfield lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the northwest of the South Kern Cemetery District .

Open a Google Map centered on the South Kern Cemetery District.

Name Variations for South Kern Cemetery District ...

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 South Kern Cemetery District.

South Kern Cemetery District has also been known as:

  • Arvin Cemetery
  • Arvin Public Cemetery
  • Arvin - South Kern Cemetery District

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 19 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the South Kern Cemetery District.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from South Kern Cemetery District, with the nearest first.

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the South Kern Cemetery District.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from South Kern Cemetery District, 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 South Kern Cemetery District. The following communities are located in Kern County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The South Kern Cemetery District.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Arvin
    • Arvin lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the South Kern Cemetery District.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Arvin.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arvin
  • Bakersfield
  • Caliente
    • Caliente lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the South Kern Cemetery District.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Caliente.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caliente
  • East Bakersfield
  • Joyful - Historic
    • Joyful lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the South Kern Cemetery District.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Joyful.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyful
  • Lamont
    • Lamont lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the South Kern Cemetery District.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lamont.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamont
  • Oildale
    • Oildale lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the South Kern Cemetery District.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Oildale.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oildale
  • Rosedale - Historic

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 South Kern Cemetery District:

  • Pages specific to California:
  • Pages specific to Kern County:
  • 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 South Kern Cemetery District:

    Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #656699

    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 Kern, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- South Kern Cemetery District) 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>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Lebec and Grapevine. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
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