List of Neighboring Cemeteries ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fruitvale (within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1>). The cemeteries are listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are located in Kern County.
- Bakersfield National Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Blue Mtn. Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Blue Mtn. Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Woody.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blue Mtn. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7859 <2>
- Chinaman Gravesite
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Delano - McFarland District Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Delano - McFarland District Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Delano.
- The Delano - McFarland District Cemetery has also been known as:
- North Kern Cemetery
- North Kern Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Delano - McFarland District Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #640421 <2>
- Engle Family Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fickert Family Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hillcrest Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Midway Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pomfret Memorial Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rankin Cemetery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Shafter Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Kern Cemetery District
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bakersfield Memorial Cemetery
- Historic Union Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8414 <2>
- Wasco Memorial Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wasco Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Wasco.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wasco Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1238237 <2>
- Weringer Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Side District Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
In Closing ...
If you know of any cemeteries that we are missing in the area of Fruitvale, can you supply us with the name of the cemetery, its GPS location, whether the cemetery is still in use or if it is historic (ie- defunct, abandoned, etc.). If it applies, we would also like to learn of any past or alternate names that the cemetery has been known by.
If you don't know the GPS location (ie- the latitude/longitude) of a cemetery, please use our Map Page for Fruitvale to determine the cemetery's position (the instructions for finding the latitude/longitude can be found below the map).
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Fruitvale.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Fruitvale. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Kern County: www.co.kern.ca.us/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Working on your genealogy? These are excellent websites to visit when searching in and around the area of Fruitvale and Kern County:
Links at Cyndi's List:
for State of California
for Kern County
Links at Family Search:
for State of California
for Kern County
Links at Genealogy Trails:
for State of California
for Kern County
We have a longer, more detailed list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Fruitvale.
Footnotes ...
<1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Fruitvale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fruitvale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3833, Longitude: -119.0832 In this case, the coordinates for Fruitvale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
<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. |