A visit to the Owyhee Old 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 Owyhee Old Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Owyhee Old Cemetery (FG ID #83935)
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 Owyhee Old Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Owyhee Old Cemetery
Lat: 41.9684° (41° 58' 6")
Lon: -116.1132° (-116° 6' 47")
The Owyhee Old Cemetery is located in Elko County<2>.
The county seat for Elko County is located in Elko. Elko lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Owyhee Old Cemetery .
Name Variations for Owyhee Old Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
Owyhee Old Cemetery has also been known as:
- George Washington Cemetery
- Owyhee West Side Cemetery
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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 Owyhee Old Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nevada:
- Pages specific to Elko County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Owyhee County
- Cyndi's List
- Family Search
- Genealogy Trails
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- From Find-A-Grave:
- The Owyhee Old Cemetery (FG ID #83935)
- From Cyndi's List:
- Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cemeteries of Elko County
- Cemetery Junction:
- Directory for Nevada
- From FamilySearch:
- Cemeteries Wiki for Nevada
- From Interment.net:
- Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cemeteries of Elko
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Owyhee Old Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Owyhee
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
- Owyhee is located in Elko County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Owyhee <4>
- Mountain City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain City
- Mountain City is located in Elko County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain City <4>
- Rio Tinto ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Riddle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - Deep Creek ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- 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
- Mountain City
- Mountain City lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Owyhee Old Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Mountain City.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain City
- Owyhee
- Owyhee lies less than 2 miles<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Owyhee Old Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Owyhee.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- 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>
- Premo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- The Premo Cemetery is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Premo Cemetery
- Chinatown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- 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>
- Miller Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- 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
- Mountain City Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- The Mountain City Cemetery is located in Elko County
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountain City Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Mountain City.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2158345 <1>
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #840629 (George Washington Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #840629 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: Owyhee
- County: Elko Elev: 1638
- Location given for GNIS #840629 (George Washington Cemetery)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #83935
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 5 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Owyhee Old Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Owyhee Old 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 Owyhee Old Cemetery. The following communities are located in Elko County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Owyhee Old 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 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Owyhee Old Cemetery.<7>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Owyhee Old 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 Owyhee Old Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 'point-to-point' 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 Owyhee Old Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9684, Longitude: -116.1132 |
| <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. |