A visit to the Spanish Dry Diggings 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 Spanish Dry Diggings Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Spanish Dry Diggings Cemetery (FG ID #2322646).
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 Spanish Dry Diggings Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Spanish Dry Diggings Cemetery:
38.9434, -120.9154
The Spanish Dry Diggings Cemetery is located in El Dorado County<2>.
The county seat for El Dorado County is located in Placerville. Placerville lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Spanish Dry Diggings Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Spanish Dry Diggings Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km] of the Spanish Dry Diggings Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Spanish Dry Diggings Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Greenwood Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Georgetown Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Josephine Mine Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Foresthill Community Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Foresthill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Foresthill Cemetery is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foresthill Cemetery
- New Auburn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The New Auburn Cemetery is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Auburn Cemetery
- Old Auburn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pilot Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Pilot Hill Cemetery is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Hill Cemetery
- Uniontown Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Uniontown Cemetery is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown Cemetery
- Pioneer Graves Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Colfax Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Colfax Cemetery is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax Cemetery
- Colfax Indian Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Catholic Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Catholic Cemetery is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
- James Marshall Gravesite
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Pioneer Cemetery is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- Deadwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Star Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- The Lone Star Cemetery is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star Cemetery
- Gold Hill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Iowa Hill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- The Iowa Hill Cemetery is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Hill Cemetery
- Newcastle Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Spanish Dry Diggings Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Spanish Dry Diggings Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Greenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fornis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Georgetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Applegate
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Clipper Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cool
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Garden Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yankee Jims
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Vista
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Weimar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Foresthill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bowman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- North Auburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- North Auburn is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Auburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pilot Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lotus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Coloma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lake of the Pines
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lake of the Pines is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Pines
- Ophir
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Colfax
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Kelsey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Michigan Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Iowa Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Chicago Park ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Newcastle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Quintette
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
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 Spanish Dry Diggings Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in El Dorado County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Spanish Dry Diggings Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Auburn
- Auburn lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Spanish Dry Diggings Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Auburn.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Colfax
- Coloma
- Georgetown
- Iowa Hill
- Lotus
- Lotus lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the South (S) of the Spanish Dry Diggings Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lotus.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotus
- Newcastle
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 Spanish Dry Diggings Cemetery:
- Pages specific to California:
- Pages specific to El Dorado 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 Spanish Dry Diggings Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2322646
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 El Dorado, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Spanish Dry Diggings Cemetery) 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |