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A visit to the Memory Gardens Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial plans had changed 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 Memory Gardens Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Memory Gardens Cemetery:

38.7530, -108.0403

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Memory Gardens Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Memory Gardens Cemetery is located in Delta County<2>.

The county seat for Delta County is located in Delta. Delta lies just to the west southwest of the Memory Gardens Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Memory Gardens Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Memory Gardens Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Memory Gardens Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Read Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • The Read Cemetery is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Read Cemetery
  • Cory Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • The Cory Cemetery is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory Cemetery
  • Crim Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • The Crim Cemetery is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crim Cemetery
  • Pea Green Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • The Pea Green Cemetery is located in Montrose County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Green Cemetery
  • Ash Mesa Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • The Ash Mesa Cemetery is located in Montrose County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Mesa Cemetery
  • Eckert Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • The Eckert Cemetery is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckert Cemetery
  • Olathe Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • The Olathe Cemetery is located in Montrose County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olathe Cemetery
  • Cedaredge Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • The Cedaredge Cemetery is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedaredge Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cedaredge Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Cedaredge.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960144 <5>
  • Hill Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • The Hill Cemetery is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Cemetery
  • Olson Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • The Olson Cemetery is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olson Cemetery
  • Cedar Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Grandview Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • The Grandview Cemetery is located in Montrose County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview Cemetery
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Garden of Memories Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Bethlehem Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
    • Uncompahgre Memorial Gardens
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Hill Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • The Cedar Hill Cemetery is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill Cemetery
    • Whitewater Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • The Whitewater Cemetery is located in Mesa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater Cemetery
    • Button Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • The Button Cemetery is located in Montrose County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Button Cemetery
    • Mesa Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • The Mesa Cemetery is located in Mesa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Cemetery
      • The Mesa Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Fairview Cemetery
      • Mesa - Molina Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57426 <5>
    • IOOF Cemetery
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • The IOOF Cemetery is located in Mesa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 16 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Memory Gardens Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Memory Gardens Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Delta
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • North Delta
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • North Delta is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Delta
  • Cory
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Roubideau
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Roubideau is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roubideau
  • Austin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Orchard City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Orchard City is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,242 people
  • Eckert
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Olathe
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Cedaredge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Escalante
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Escalante is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escalante
  • Lazear
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Keyhole
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Keyhole is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyhole
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Dominguez
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Dominguez is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominguez
    • Hotchkiss
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Montrose
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Grand Mesa
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Grand Mesa is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Mesa

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 Memory Gardens Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Delta County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Memory Gardens Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Cedaredge
  • Crawford
  • Delta
    • Delta lies less than 2 miles<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Memory Gardens Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Delta.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
  • Montrose
  • Olathe
    • Olathe lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Memory Gardens Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Olathe.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olathe
  • Palisade
  • Paonia
    • Paonia lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Memory Gardens Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Paonia.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paonia

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 Memory Gardens Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Colorado:
  • Pages specific to Delta County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:

    • 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 Memory Gardens Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #185395  (Memory Gardens Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #185395 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
      • BGN Class: cemetery
      • County: Delta
      • Est. Elev: 1512 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: North Delta
      • Location given for Memory Gardens Cemetery:
      • Lat: 38.7530394     Lon: -108.0403459
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    Footnotes ...

    <1>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.
    <2>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Delta, 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- Memory Gardens Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
    <4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add.
    <5>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.
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