A visit to the Duckwater 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 Duckwater Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Duckwater Cemetery (FG ID #83923)
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 Duckwater Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Duckwater Cemetery
Lat: 38.8760° (38° 52' 33")
Lon: -115.6612° (-115° 39' 40")
The Duckwater Cemetery is located in Nye County<2>.
The county seat for Nye County is located in Tonopah. Tonopah lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Duckwater Cemetery .
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Duckwater Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nevada:
- Pages specific to Nye County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- White Pine County
- Cyndi's List
- Family Search
- Genealogy Trails
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- From Find-A-Grave:
- The Duckwater Cemetery (FG ID #83923)
- From Cyndi's List:
- Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cemeteries of Nye County
- Cemetery Junction:
- Directory for Nevada
- From FamilySearch:
- Cemeteries Wiki for Nevada
- From Interment.net:
- Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cemeteries of Nye
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Duckwater Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Duckwater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckwater
- Duckwater is located in Nye County
- Bull Fork ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest) - Gold Point ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Point
- Gold Point is located in Nye County
- Green Springs ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Green Springs is located in White Pine County
- Lockes ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockes
- Lockes is located in Nye County
- Willow Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Willow Grove is located in White Pine County
- Eberhardt ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast) - Treasure City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure City
- Treasure City is located in White Pine County
- Treasure City has also been known as:
- Treasure Hill
- Hamilton ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Hamilton is located in White Pine County
- Belmont Mill ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Mill
- Belmont Mill is located in White Pine County
- Hamilton - Historic
- Hamilton lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Duckwater Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hamilton.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Treasure City - Historic
- Treasure City lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Duckwater Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Treasure City.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure City
- Bradshaw Ranch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Bradshaw Ranch Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- The Bradshaw Ranch Cemetery is located in Nye County
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bradshaw Ranch Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the northwest of Duckwater.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bradshaw Ranch Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2155514 <1>
- Eberhardt Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Eberhardt Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- The Eberhardt Cemetery is located in White Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eberhardt Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2481346 <1>
- Treasure Hill Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Treasure Hill Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- The Treasure Hill Cemetery is located in White Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Treasure Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1963110 <1>
- Hamilton Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Hamilton Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- The Hamilton Cemetery is located in White Pine County
- The Hamilton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mourners Point Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hamilton Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2171228 <1>
- Preston Cemetery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Preston Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- The Preston Cemetery is located in White Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Preston Cemetery
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #840203 (Duckwater Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #840203 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: Duckwater
- County: Nye Elev: 1601
- Location given for GNIS #840203 (Duckwater Cemetery)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #83923
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 10 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Duckwater Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Duckwater 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 Duckwater Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Nye County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Duckwater Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 5 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the Duckwater Cemetery.<5>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Duckwater 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 Duckwater Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Nye County: www.co.nye.nv.us/
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 Nye, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Duckwater Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8760, Longitude: -115.6612 |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <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. |