A visit to the Vallecito Cemetery ...
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 Vallecito Cemetery ...
The Vallecito Cemetery is located in Calaveras County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Altaville Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Altaville Protestant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Altaville Serbian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Briseno Ranch Burial Ground
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Catholic Cemetery is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
- Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Catholic Cemetery is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
- Copperopolis Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- IOOF Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The IOOF Cemetery is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
- Jamestown Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Jamestown Cemetery is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Cemetery
- Jewish Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Jewish Cemetery is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewish Cemetery
- Lode Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Lode Cemetery is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lode Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lode Cemetery is located in Altaville.
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Masonic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Masonic Cemetery is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonic Cemetery
- Mountain Ranch Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mountain Shadow Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Public Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Public Cemetery is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Public Cemetery
- Shaws Flat Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Shaws Flat Cemetery is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaws Flat Cemetery
- Sonora City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Sonora City Cemetery is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora City Cemetery
- Sonora Hebrew Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stent Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Vallecito Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Altaville
- Angels Camp
- Angels City
- Angels City is located in Calaveras County
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- Angels
- Angels is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,963 people
- Avery
- Cave City
- Cave City is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
- Cedar Vista
- Columbia Village
- Columbia Village is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Village
- Columbia
- Douglas Flat
- East Sonora
- East Sonora is located in Tuolumne County
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- Forest Meadows
- Forest Meadows is located in Calaveras County
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- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Greenley Oaks
- Hathaway Pines
- Jamestown
- Martinez
- Martinez is located in Tuolumne County
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- Melones ‑ Historic
- Murphys
- Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
- Rawhide
- Sheep Ranch
- Sonora
- Squabbletown
- Tuttletown
- Vallecito
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 Vallecito Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Calaveras County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Vallecito Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Columbia
- Jamestown
- Sonora
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Vallecito Cemetery:
- Pages specific to California:
- Pages specific to Calaveras 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 Vallecito Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1804956 (Vallecito Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1804956 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: Calaveras
- Est. Elev: 554 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Columbia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Calaveras, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Vallecito Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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