A visit to the White River 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 White River Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The White River Cemetery (FG ID #2337156)
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 White River Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the White River Cemetery
Lat: 35.8105° (35° 48' 37")
Lon: -118.8412° (-118° 50' 28")
The White River Cemetery is located in Tulare County<2>.
The county seat for Tulare County is located in Visalia. Visalia lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<3> to the northwest of the White River Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 29 miles [46.7 km] of the White River Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from White River Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Galley Mtn. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blue Mtn. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Weringer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Engle Family Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tule River Indian Reservation Lower Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Tule River Indian Reservation Upper Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Vandalia Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Porterville Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- St. Anne's Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Keyesville Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Crabtree Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Delano - McFarland District Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pomfret Memorial Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kern River Valley Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Palmer Family Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Old Havilah Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lindsay - Strathmore Public Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest Memorial Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
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 White River Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from White River Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- White River ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Woody
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Posey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Glennville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- California Hot Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Panorama Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Poso Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sugarloaf Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugarloaf Village have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf Village
- Sugarloaf Village is located in Tulare County
- Pine Flat
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ducor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Richgrove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Terra Bella
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Soda Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Shirley Meadows
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Alta Sierra
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- East Porterville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Petersburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<8>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Petersburg is located in Kern County
- Petersburg has also been known as:
- Greenhorn
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Petersburg
- From the White River Cemetery to Petersburg
- Globe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Globe have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Globe is located in Tulare County
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 White River Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Tulare County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The White River Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- California Hot Springs
- Delano
- Ducor
- Ducor lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the White River Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ducor.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducor
- Porterville
- Springville
- Wofford Heights
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 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 White River Cemetery:
- Pages specific to California:
- Pages specific to Tulare 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 White River Cemetery
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 White River Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Tulare County: www.co.tulare.ca.us/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
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 Tulare, 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the White River Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8105, Longitude: -118.8412 |
<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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Wofford Heights and Kernville. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
<6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<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. |
<8> | 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. |