A visit to the Bear 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 Bear Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Bear Cemetery (FG ID #2214425)
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 Bear Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bear Cemetery
Lat: 45.0181° (45° 1' 5")
Lon: -116.6684° (-116° 40' 6")
The Bear Cemetery is located in Adams County<2>.
The county seat for Adams County is located in Council. Council lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Bear Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 12 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the Bear Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bear Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Copperfield - Homestead Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hornet Creek Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Meadows Valley Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Winkler Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Park Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Kessler Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Haven Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- IOOF Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The IOOF Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonwood Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle Valley Cemetery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridge Cemetery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 18 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Bear Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bear Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Homestead ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oxbow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Tamarack
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rubicon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fruitvale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitvale have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
- Fruitvale is located in Adams County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fruitvale <7>
- New Meadows
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Meadows
- New Meadows is located in Adams County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Meadows <7>
- Meadows
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Council
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Council have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
- Council is located in Adams County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 924 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Council <7>
- Halfway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Jimtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Robinette ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Robinette. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinette
- Robinette is located in Baker County (OR)
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Robinette
- From the Bear Cemetery to Robinette
- Pollock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Cornucopia ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lardo ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lardo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lardo
- Lardo is located in Valley County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Lardo
- From the Bear Cemetery to Lardo
- Mesa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mesa have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa
- Mesa is located in Adams County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mesa <7>
- McCall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCall have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCall
- McCall is located in Valley County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,755 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCall <7>
- New Bridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Richland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richland have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Richland is located in Baker County (OR)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richland <7>
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 Bear Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Adams County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bear Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Council
- Halfway
- McCall
- Richland
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 helpful 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 Bear Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Idaho:
- Pages specific to Adams 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 Bear Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Adams County: www.co.adams.id.us/
The official website for State of Idaho: https://idaho.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 Idaho's counties, including Adams, 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 Bear Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0181, Longitude: -116.6684 |
<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. |
<7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |