A visit to the Valley Grove 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 Valley Grove Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Valley Grove Cemetery (FG ID #2324103)
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed 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 Valley Grove Cemetery ...
The Valley Grove Cemetery is located in Lyon County<2>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Antelope Valley Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Captain George Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Clara Holbrook Frank Family
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Clinton Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Eastside Memorial Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Elm Tree Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fredericksburg Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gardnerville Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Genoa Cemetery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Happy Hunting Grounds Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- McMichael Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Mottsville Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Old Woodfords Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Schurz Paiute Indian Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Valley View Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Washoe Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Woodfords Washoe Indian Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Yerington Paiute Memorial Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Valley Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Alpine Village
- Alpine Village is located in Alpine County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Village
- Belfort ‑ Historic
- Buckeye ‑ Historic
- Centerville
- Coleville
- Copper Run ‑ Historic
- Dresslerville Colony
- Dresslerville
- Gardnerville Ranchos
- Gardnerville Ranchos is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville Ranchos
- Gardnerville
- Johnson Lane
- Loope ‑ Historic
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Marklee Village
- Marklee Village is located in Alpine County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklee Village
- Markleeville
- Mesa Vista
- Minden
- Paynesville
- Pine Grove ‑ Historic
- Smith
- Topaz Lake
- Topaz
- Wabuska
- Walker
- Wellington
- Wichman
- Woodfords
- Woodfords is located in Alpine County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfords
- Yerington
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 Valley Grove Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lyon County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Valley Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Gardnerville
- Markleeville
- Minden
- Yerington
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 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 Valley Grove Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nevada:
- Pages specific to Lyon County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
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 Valley Grove Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2324103
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 Lyon, 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 from Point A (ie- Valley Grove Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |