A visit to the Old Miner 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 Old Miner Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Old Miner Cemetery (FG ID #1968349)
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 Old Miner Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old Miner Cemetery
Lat: 38.9415° (38° 56' 29")
Lon: -117.2402° (-117° 14' 24")
The cemetery is located in Nye County<3>.
As an estimate, the Old Miner Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south of Carvers.
The county seat for Nye County is located in Tonopah. Tonopah lies 60 miles [96.6 km] to the south of the Old Miner Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 8 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the Old Miner Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Old Miner Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Darrough Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Yomba Indian Tribal Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ione Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Round Mountain Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Kingston Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Berlin Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Anderson Shoshone Indian Cemetery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 15 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the Old Miner Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Old Miner Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Ophir ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ophir have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Ophir is located in Nye County
- Ophir has also been known as:
- Toiyabe - City
- Twin River
- Carvers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jett ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jett. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jett
- Jett is located in Nye County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Jett
- From the Old Miner Cemetery to Jett
- Round Mountain
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ione ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Grantsville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kingston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Berlin ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jefferson ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Learville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Learville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Learville
- Learville is located in Nye County
- Learville has also been known as:
- Searville
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Learville
- From the Old Miner Cemetery to Learville
- Victorine ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Peavine ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Indian Springs ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Canyon City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canyon City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon City
- Canyon City is located in Lander County
- Manhattan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
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 Old Miner Cemetery. The following communities are located in Nye County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old Miner Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Grantsville - Historic
- Ione - Historic
- Manhattan
- Round Mountain
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 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 Old Miner Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nevada:
- Pages specific to Nye 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 Old Miner Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Old Miner Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Nye County: www.co.nye.nv.us/
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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 Old Miner Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9415, Longitude: -117.2402 |
<3> | 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. |
<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> | 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. |
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