A visit to the Wasco Memorial Park ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Wasco Memorial Park. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Wasco Memorial Park (FG ID #1238237)
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 Wasco Memorial Park ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wasco Memorial Park
Lat: 35.6029° (35° 36' 10")
Lon: -119.3835° (-119° 23' 0")
The cemetery is located in Kern County<2>.
As an estimate, the Wasco Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Wasco.
The county seat for Kern County is located in Bakersfield. Bakersfield lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> to the southeast of the Wasco Memorial Park .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 10 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the Wasco Memorial Park.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wasco Memorial Park, with the nearest first.
- Pomfret Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shafter Memorial Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Delano - McFarland District Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Allensworth Historical Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Chinaman Gravesite
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Engle Family Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tipton - Pixley Cemetery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 18 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Wasco Memorial Park.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wasco Memorial Park, with the nearest first.
- Wasco
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Semitropic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Shafter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Famoso
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- McFarland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vinland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Minter Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minter Village have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minter Village
- Minter Village is located in Kern County
- Cawelo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Delano
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Spicer City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spicer City have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicer City
- Spicer City is located in Kern County
- Buttonwillow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Crome
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lost Hills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Allensworth ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Alpaugh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rosedale ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Richgrove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Earlimart
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
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 Wasco Memorial Park. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kern County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wasco Memorial Park.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Allensworth - Historic
- Bakersfield
- Buttonwillow
- Delano
- McFarland
- McKittrick
- Oildale
- Pixley
- Rosedale - Historic
- Shafter
- Wasco
- Wasco lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Wasco Memorial Park.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Wasco.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasco
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Wasco Memorial Park:
- Pages specific to California:
- Pages specific to Kern County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Wasco Memorial Park
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Wasco Memorial Park:
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' (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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Wasco Memorial Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6029, Longitude: -119.3835 |
<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> | 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. |
<7> | 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. |