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Nearby Communities

Introduction

Below you will find our list of the communities that are in the vicinity of the Cemetery Island.

Just a reminder ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have any burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Cemetery Island. For information of that nature, we recommend you visit Find-A-Grave's entry for the Cemetery Island (FG ID #2354870). <1>

List of Neighboring Communities ...

Below are the communities that are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of the Cemetery Island. We've listed the following communities based on their distance, with the closest first.

  • Silver Islet
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Islet came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Islet

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>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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Cemetery Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.0965, Longitude: -88.5700       In this case, the coordinates for the Cemetery Island have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.