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Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Alva Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Alva Cemetery (FG ID #1967267)

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 Alva Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Alva Cemetery

Lat:   26.7355°   (26° 44' 7")

Lon:   -81.6266°   (-81° 37' 35")

The Alva Cemetery is located in Lee County<2>.

The county seat for Lee County is located in Fort Myers. Fort Myers lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Alva Cemetery .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Alva Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Florida:
  • Pages specific to Lee County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Alva Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Alva Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Alva
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Charleston Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston Park
      • Charleston Park is located in Lee County
    • Olga
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olga have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
      • Olga is located in Lee County
    • Upcohall ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Upcohall. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upcohall
      • Upcohall is located in Lee County
    • Fort Myers Shores
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Myers Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Myers Shores
      • Fort Myers Shores is located in Lee County
    • Buckingham
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
      • Buckingham is located in Lee County
    • Lehigh Acres
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Morse Shores
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morse Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Shores
      • Morse Shores is located in Lee County
    • La Belle
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Tice
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Gateway
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gateway have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateway
      • Gateway is located in Lee County
    • Port La Belle
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port La Belle
      • Port La Belle is located in Hendry County
    • Continue List   (11 more) ...
      • Slater
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slater have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slater
        • Slater is located in Lee County
      • Samville ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Samville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samville
        • Samville is located in Lee County
      • East Dunbar
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dunbar
        • East Dunbar is located in Lee County
      • Suncoast Estates
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Suncoast Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suncoast Estates
        • Suncoast Estates is located in Lee County
      • Palmona Park
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palmona Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmona Park
        • Palmona Park is located in Lee County
      • North Fort Myers
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Fort Myers
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Sears ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sears have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sears
        • Sears is located in Hendry County
      • Felda
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Lochmoor Waterway Estates
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lochmoor Waterway Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochmoor Waterway Estates
        • Lochmoor Waterway Estates is located in Lee County
      • Page Park
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Park
        • Page Park is located in Lee 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 Alva Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lee County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 27 miles [43.5 km] of the Alva Cemetery.<7>

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

    • Buckingham Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Ft. Denaud Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Denaud Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ft. Denaud Cemetery is located in Hendry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Denaud Cemetery
    • Lehigh Memorial Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lehigh Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lehigh Memorial Park is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lehigh Memorial Park
    • Lee Memorial Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lee Memorial Garden Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lee Memorial Garden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lee Memorial Garden Cemetery is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lee Memorial Garden Cemetery
    • Ft. Myers Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Calvary Gardens
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hendry Frierson Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hendry Frierson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hendry Frierson Cemetery is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hendry Frierson Cemetery
    • Oak Ridge Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodlawn Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Prospect Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Frierson - Hendry Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Continue List   (8 more) ...
      • Coral Ridge Gardens
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Coral Ridge Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Coral Ridge Gardens is located in Lee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coral Ridge Gardens
      • Ft. Myers Memorial Gardens
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • The Ft. Myers Memorial Gardens is located in Lee County
        • The Ft. Myers Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
        • Memorial Gardens Cemetery
        • Memorial Gardens
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Myers Memorial Gardens
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72253 <1>
      • Ortona Cemetery
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Royal Palm Memorial Gardens
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Royal Palm Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Royal Palm Memorial Gardens is located in Charlotte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Royal Palm Memorial Gardens
      • Coral Ridge Cemetery
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • The Coral Ridge Cemetery is located in Lee County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Coral Ridge Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Cape Coral.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coral Ridge Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71871 <1>
      • Koreshan Cemetery #2
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • The Koreshan Cemetery #2 is located in Lee County
        • The Koreshan Cemetery #2 has also been known as:
        • Koreshan Unity Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Koreshan Cemetery #2
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72157 <1>
      • Indian Springs Cemetery
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Indian Springs Cemetery is located in Charlotte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Springs Cemetery
      • Johnson Cemetery
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)

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

    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 Alva Cemetery:

    The official website for Lee County: www.lee-county.com/

    The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/

    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 Florida's counties, including Lee, 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 things 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 Alva Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.7355, Longitude: -81.6266    
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>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.
    <6>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.
    <7>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.




 

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