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Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Mountain City Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Mountain City Cemetery (FG ID #2158345)

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 Mountain City Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mountain City Cemetery

Lat:   41.8497°   (41° 50' 58")

Lon:   -115.9736°   (-115° 58' 24")

The cemetery is located in Elko County<2>.

As an estimate, the Mountain City Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Mountain City.

The county seat for Elko County is located in Elko. Elko lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<3> to the south of the Mountain City Cemetery .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Mountain City Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Nevada:
  • Pages specific to Elko County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Mountain City Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 9 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Mountain City Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mountain City Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Mountain City
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Rio Tinto ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rio Tinto. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Tinto
      • Rio Tinto is located in Elko County
    • Owyhee
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Deep Creek ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deep Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
      • Deep Creek is located in Elko County
    • Bruno City ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bruno City have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno City
      • Bruno City is located in Elko County
    • Riddle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riddle have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle
      • Riddle is located in Owyhee County (ID)
    • Cornucopia ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornucopia have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
      • Cornucopia is located in Elko County
    • Anderson ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anderson have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
      • Anderson is located in Elko County
    • Jarbidge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)

    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 Mountain City Cemetery. The following communities are located in Elko County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 7 that are within 28 miles [45.1 km] of the Mountain City Cemetery.<7>

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

    • Premo Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • The Premo Cemetery is located in Elko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Premo Cemetery
    • Chinatown Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • The Chinatown Cemetery is located in Elko County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Chinatown Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Owyhee.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chinatown Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83917 <1>
    • Owyhee East Side Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • The Owyhee East Side Cemetery is located in Elko County
      • The Owyhee East Side Cemetery has also been known as:
      • New Cemetery
      • Owyhee New Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Owyhee East Side Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83961 <1>
    • Owyhee Old Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • The Owyhee Old Cemetery is located in Elko County
      • The Owyhee Old Cemetery has also been known as:
      • George Washington Cemetery
      • Owyhee West Side Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Owyhee Old Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83935 <1>
    • Smith Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Smith Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • The Smith Cemetery is located in Elko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83967 <1>
    • Miller Creek Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miller Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Miller Creek Cemetery is located in Owyhee County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miller Creek Cemetery
    • Jarbidge Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)

    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 Mountain City Cemetery:

    The official website for Elko County: www.elkocountynv.net/

    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 Elko, 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 things 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 Mountain City Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8497, Longitude: -115.9736    
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>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.
    <6>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.
    <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.




 

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