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A visit to the Sunland 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 Sunland Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Sunland Cemetery (FG ID #8387)

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 Sunland Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sunland Cemetery

Lat:   37.3291°   (37° 19' 44")

Lon:   -118.4219°   (-118° 25' 18")

The cemetery is located in Inyo County<2>.

As an estimate, the Sunland Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Bishop.

The county seat for Inyo County is located in Independence. Independence lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Sunland Cemetery .

Establishment of the Sunland Cemetery ...

The Sunland Cemetery was:

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 5 that are within 29 miles [46.7 km] of the Sunland Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Sunland Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sunland 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 Sunland Cemetery. The following communities are located in Inyo County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sunland Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Big Pine
  • Bishop
    • Bishop lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Sunland Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bishop.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
  • Poleta - Historic

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 Sunland 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 Sunland Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1667257  (Sunland Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1667257 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: Bishop
    • County: Inyo         Elev: 1344
    • Location given for GNIS #1667257 (Sunland Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #8387

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 Inyo, 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Sunland Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3291, Longitude: -118.4219    
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<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.