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A visit to the Russell 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 Russell Cemetery ...

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

46.3688, -116.2643

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

The Russell Cemetery is located in Lewis County<2>.

The county seat for Lewis County is located in Nezperce. Nezperce lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south of the Russell Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Russell Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 15 miles [24.1 km] of the Russell Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Central Ridge Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Gilbert Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • The Gilbert Cemetery is located in Clearwater County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Gilbert Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southwest of Orofino.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1986297 <5>
  • Cook Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • The Cook Cemetery is located in Clearwater County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Cemetery
  • Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • The Hill Cemetery is located in Clearwater County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Cemetery
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • The Riverside Cemetery is located in Clearwater County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
  • Fletcher Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • The Fletcher Cemetery is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher Cemetery
  • Melrose Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • The Melrose Cemetery is located in Nez Perce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Cemetery
  • Holy Trinity Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • The Holy Trinity Cemetery is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Trinity Cemetery
  • Nezperce City Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • The Nezperce City Cemetery is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nezperce City Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Nezperce City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Nezperce.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2166224 <5>
  • Peck Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • The Peck Cemetery is located in Nez Perce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Peck Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Peck.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80599 <5>
  • Fraser Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • The Fraser Cemetery is located in Clearwater County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraser Cemetery
  • Weseman Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • The Weseman Cemetery is located in Clearwater County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weseman Cemetery
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    • Wells Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • The Wells Cemetery is located in Clearwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Cemetery
    • Good Hope Lutheran Church Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • The Good Hope Lutheran Church Cemetery is located in Nez Perce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Lutheran Church Cemetery
      • The Good Hope Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Good Hope Cemetery
      • Good Hope Lutheran Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2419801 <5>
    • Old Good Hope Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • The Old Good Hope Cemetery is located in Nez Perce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Good Hope Cemetery
    • Angel Ridge Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • The Angel Ridge Cemetery is located in Nez Perce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel Ridge Cemetery
    • Reubens Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • The Reubens Cemetery is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reubens Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Reubens Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Reubens.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2187849 <5>
    • Sunnyside Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • The Sunnyside Cemetery is located in Nez Perce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Cemetery
    • Craigmont Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Kamiah Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Teh LaPa Low Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • The Teh LaPa Low Cemetery is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teh LaPa Low Cemetery
      • The Teh LaPa Low Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Second Indian Presbyterian Church Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80660 <5>

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 21 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Russell Cemetery.

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

  • Greer
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Greer is located in Clearwater County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
  • Orofino
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Ahsahka
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Nezperce
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Peck
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Peck is located in Nez Perce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peck <6>
  • Reubens
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Reubens is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reubens
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
  • Ruebens
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Ruebens is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruebens
  • Craigmont
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Teakean
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Teakean is located in Clearwater County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teakean
  • Chesley ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Chesley is located in Nez Perce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesley
  • Kamiah
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Weippe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Cavendish
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Cavendish is located in Nez Perce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavendish
    • Ferdinand
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • East Kamiah
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • East Kamiah is located in Idaho County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kamiah
    • Lenore
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Greencreek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Greencreek is located in Idaho County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencreek
    • Winchester
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Five Corners ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Five Corners is located in Clearwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
    • Culdesac
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Kooskia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)

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 Russell Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lewis County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Russell Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Idaho:
  • Pages specific to Lewis 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 Russell Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #374813  (Russell Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #374813 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: Lewis
      • Est. Elev: 920 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Mohler
      • Location given for Russell Cemetery:
      • Lat: 46.3687861     Lon: -116.2643074
      • 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 Idaho's counties, including Lewis, 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 from Point A (ie- Russell 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.
    <6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.