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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 Virginia Mahon Gravesite. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Virginia Mahon Gravesite (FG ID #2408052)

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 Virginia Mahon Gravesite ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Virginia Mahon Gravesite

Lat:   38.6531°   (38° 39' 11")

Lon:   -118.7615°   (-118° 45' 41")

The Virginia Mahon Gravesite is located in Mineral County<2>.

The county seat for Mineral County is located in Hawthorne. Hawthorne lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the southeast of the Virginia Mahon Gravesite .

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 Virginia Mahon Gravesite:

  • Pages specific to Nevada:
  • Pages specific to Mineral 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 Virginia Mahon Gravesite 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 12 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Virginia Mahon Gravesite.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Virginia Mahon Gravesite, with the nearest first.

    • Babbitt
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbitt
      • Babbitt is located in Mineral County
    • Hawthorne
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Wichman
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wichman
      • Wichman is located in Lyon County
    • Copper Run ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Run
      • Copper Run is located in Mineral County
    • Pine Grove ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
      • Pine Grove is located in Lyon County
    • Schurz
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Del Monte ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Del Monte have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Monte
      • Del Monte is located in Mineral County
    • Aurora ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
      • Aurora is located in Mineral County
    • Esmeralda ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Esmeralda have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmeralda
      • Esmeralda is located in Mineral County
    • Kinkaid
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kinkaid have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinkaid
      • Kinkaid is located in Mineral County
      • Kinkaid has also been known as:
      • Acme
      • Kinkead
    • Masonic ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Masonic. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonic
      • Masonic is located in Mono County (CA)
    • Chemung Mine ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chemung Mine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chemung Mine
      • Chemung Mine is located in Mono County (CA)

    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 Virginia Mahon Gravesite. The following communities are located in Mineral County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Virginia Mahon Gravesite.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    • Aurora - Historic
      • Aurora lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Virginia Mahon Gravesite.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Aurora.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
    • Hawthorne
    • Schurz

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 12 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the Virginia Mahon Gravesite.<7>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Virginia Mahon Gravesite, with the nearest first.

    • Hawthorne Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Chinese Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Chinese Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • The Chinese Cemetery is located in Mineral County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Chinese Cemetery is located in Hawthorne.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chinese Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2426465 <1>
    • Hawthorne Chinese Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Hawthorne Chinese Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • The Hawthorne Chinese Cemetery is located in Mineral County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hawthorne Chinese Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2426465 <1>
    • Pine Grove Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Pine Grove Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Lyon County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Grove Cemetery is located 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the north of Yerington.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2134920 <1>
    • Chinese Gravesite
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • The Chinese Gravesite is located in Mineral County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Chinese Gravesite is located between<8> the communities of Hawthorne and Luning.  The cemetery lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east of Hawthorne.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chinese Gravesite
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2253861 <1>
    • Schurz Paiute Indian Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Elm Tree Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • The Elm Tree Cemetery is located in Lyon County
      • The Elm Tree Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Missouri Flat Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elm Tree Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83925 <1>
    • Aurora Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Poinsettia Burial Ground
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Poinsettia Burial Ground. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • The Poinsettia Burial Ground is located in Mineral County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poinsettia Burial Ground
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2400382 <1>
    • Valley View Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • The Valley View Cemetery is located in Lyon County
      • The Valley View Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
      • Yerington Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley View Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #612078 <1>
    • Clinton Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Clinton Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • The Clinton Cemetery is located in Mono County (CA)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Clinton Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southwest of Belfort (CA).
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clinton Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2492064 <1>
    • Yerington Paiute Memorial Cemetery
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Yerington Paiute Memorial Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • The Yerington Paiute Memorial Cemetery is located in Lyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yerington Paiute Memorial Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2388939 <1>

    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 Virginia Mahon Gravesite:

    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 Mineral, 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 Virginia Mahon Gravesite. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6531, Longitude: -118.7615    
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <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.
    <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.
    <8>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Hawthorne and Luning. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.









 

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