List of Neighboring Cemeteries ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kyan (within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1>). The cemeteries are listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are located in Kern County.
- Chinaman Gravesite
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ft. Tejon Military Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenlawn Cemetery
- The Greenlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenlawn Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8000 <2>
- Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hillcrest Memorial Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Midway Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shafter Memorial Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- South Kern Cemetery District
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Kern Cemetery District
- The South Kern Cemetery District has also been known as:
- Arvin Cemetery
- Arvin Public Cemetery
- Arvin - South Kern Cemetery District
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #656699 <2>
- Union Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
- The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bakersfield Memorial Cemetery
- Historic Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8414 <2>
- West Side District Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
In Closing ...
If you know of any cemeteries that we are missing in the area of Kyan, 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 Kyan 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 Kyan.
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- Kyan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kyan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1252, Longitude: -119.2626 In this case, the coordinates for Kyan 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. |
<3> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Lebec and Grapevine. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |