A visit to the Big Meadow 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 Big Meadow Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Big Meadow Cemetery (FG ID #83909)
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 Big Meadow Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Big Meadow Cemetery
Lat: 40.1366° (40° 8' 11")
Lon: -118.5072° (-118° 30' 25")
The cemetery is located in Pershing County<2>.
As an estimate, the Big Meadow Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Lovelock.
The county seat for Pershing County is located in Lovelock. Lovelock lies just to the north northeast of the Big Meadow 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 either 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 Big Meadow Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nevada:
- Pages specific to Pershing County:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- From Find-A-Grave:
- The Big Meadow Cemetery (FG ID #83909)
- From Cyndi's List:
- Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cemeteries of Pershing County
- Cemetery Junction:
- Directory for Nevada
- From FamilySearch:
- Cemeteries Wiki for Nevada
- From Interment.net:
- Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cemeteries of Pershing
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Big Meadow Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Lovelock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelock
- Lovelock is located in Pershing County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,819 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lovelock <4>
- Granite Point ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Point
- Granite Point is located in Pershing County
- Toulon ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Colado ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Cressid ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Torreytown ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Torreytown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torreytown
- Torreytown is located in Pershing County
- Zola ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast) - Jessup ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Huxley ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huxley
- Huxley is located in Churchill County
- Tunnel Camp ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Camp
- Tunnel Camp is located in Pershing County
- Seven Troughs ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Troughs have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Troughs
- Seven Troughs is located in Pershing County
- Unionville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Unionville is located in Pershing County
- Lovelock
- Lovelock lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Big Meadow Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lovelock.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelock
- Lone Mtn. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- The Lone Mtn. Cemetery is located in Pershing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Mtn. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83946 <1>
- Seven Troughs Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- The Seven Troughs Cemetery is located in Pershing County
- The Seven Troughs Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mazuma Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seven Troughs Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2161756 <1>
- Unionville Cemetery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- The Unionville Cemetery is located in Pershing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Unionville Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2202007 <1>
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #838750 (Big Meadow Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #838750 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
- Class: cemetery Map Name: West of Lovelock
- County: Pershing Elev: 1208
- Location given for GNIS #838750 (Big Meadow Cemetery)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #83909
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 12 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Big Meadow Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Big Meadow Cemetery, with the nearest first.
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 Big Meadow Cemetery. The following communities are located in Pershing County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Big Meadow Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 3 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the Big Meadow Cemetery.<7>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Big Meadow Cemetery, with the nearest first.
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 Big Meadow Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Nevada: nv.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 Nevada's counties, including Pershing, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Big Meadow Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1366, Longitude: -118.5072 |
| <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. |