A visit to the Willows 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 Willows Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Willows Cemetery (FG ID #7888)
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 Willows Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Willows Cemetery
Lat: 39.5232° (39° 31' 23")
Lon: -122.1849° (-122° 11' 5")
The cemetery is located in Glenn County<2>.
As an estimate, the Willows Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Willows.
The county seat for Glenn County is located in Willows. Willows lies just to the west of the Willows Cemetery .
Name Variations for Willows Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give a you a feel for the variations that might have occurred with Willows Cemetery.
Willows Cemetery has also been known as:
- Willows Catholic Cemetery
- Glenn County Willows Cemetery
- Willows IOOF Cemetery
- Willows IOOF Cemetery
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 23 miles [37 km]<3> of the Willows Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Willows Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Germantown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nye Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Princeton Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Butte City Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Catholic Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Catholic Cemetery is located in Glenn County
- Orland Catholic Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oddfellows Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oddfellows Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oddfellows Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Oddfellows Cemetery is located in Glenn County
- Marvin Chapel Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Martin Family Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Monroeville Pioneer Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Orland Masonic Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pryor Grave
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pryor Grave
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pryor Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Pryor Grave is located in Colusa County
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Sites Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maxwell Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maxwell Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maxwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Maxwell Cemetery is located in Colusa County
- Mound Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Graves Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Elk Creek Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Dayton Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grindstone Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cypress Hill Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nelson Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mechoopda Indian Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Willows Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Willows Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Willows
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Artois
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Glenn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Butte City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Princeton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Afton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Orland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sites
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Devils Elbow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maxwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hamilton City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dayton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Capay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Capay have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capay
- Capay is located in Glenn County
- Elk Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Colusa Rancheria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stonyford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nord ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nord. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nord
- Nord is located in Butte County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Nord
- From the Willows Cemetery to Nord
- Lodoga
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nelson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Durham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Colusa
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Richvale
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Chico
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
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 Willows Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Glenn County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Willows Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Artois
- Bigg's
- Chico
- Colusa
- Maxwell
- Orland
- Williams
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 Willows Cemetery:
- Pages specific to California:
- Pages specific to Glenn County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) 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 Willows Cemetery:
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #7888
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Glenn County: www.countyofglenn.net/
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 Glenn, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Willows Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5232, Longitude: -122.1849 |
<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> | 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. |
<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. |
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