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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 .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 3 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Big Meadow Cemetery.<4>

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.

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.

  • Lovelock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Granite Point ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Toulon ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Toulon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
    • Toulon is located in Pershing County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Toulon
    • From the Big Meadow Cemetery to Toulon
  • Colado ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colado have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colado
    • Colado is located in Pershing County
  • Cressid ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cressid. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cressid
    • Cressid is located in Churchill County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Cressid
    • From the Big Meadow Cemetery to Cressid
  • 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.<7> 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)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Zola. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zola
    • Zola is located in Pershing County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Zola
    • From the Big Meadow Cemetery to Zola
  • Jessup ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jessup. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessup
    • Jessup is located in Churchill County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Jessup
    • From the Big Meadow Cemetery to Jessup
  • Huxley ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Tunnel Camp ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Seven Troughs ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Unionville ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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.

  • Lovelock

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 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 Big Meadow Cemetery:

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:

  • 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

The official website for State of Nevada: https://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 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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.




 

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