A visit to the Wells City 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 Wells City Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Wells City Cemetery (FG ID #2150494)
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 Wells City Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wells City Cemetery
Lat: 41.1163° (41° 6' 58")
Lon: -114.9736° (-114° 58' 24")
The Wells City Cemetery is located in Elko County<2>.
The county seat for Elko County is located in Elko. Elko lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Wells City Cemetery .
Name Variations for Wells City 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.
Wells City Cemetery has also been known as:
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 like to start with 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 Wells City Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nevada:
- Pages specific to Elko County:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Wells 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 14 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Wells City Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wells City Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Wells
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Metropolis ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metropolis
- Metropolis is located in Elko County
- Melandco ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melandco have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melandco
- Melandco is located in Elko County
- Holborn ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holborn have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holborn
- Holborn is located in Elko County
- Wood ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood
- Wood is located in Elko County
- Deeth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wilkins ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilkins have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Wilkins is located in Elko County
- Oasis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Afton ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Afton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Afton is located in Elko County
- Afton has also been known as:
- Taber City
- Fort Halleck ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Halleck
- Fort Halleck is located in Elko County
- Halleck ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halleck have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halleck
- Halleck is located in Elko County
- Spruce ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spruce have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Spruce is located in Elko County
- Toano ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toano have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toano
- Toano is located in Elko County
- Toano has also been known as:
- Toana
- Tuana
- Tuanna
- Cobre ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cobre have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobre
- Cobre is located in Elko County
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 Wells City Cemetery. The following communities are located in Elko County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wells City Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Metropolis - Historic
- Wells
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 5 that are within 28 miles [45.1 km] of the Wells City Cemetery.<6>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wells City Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Metropolis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Metropolis Cemetery is located in Elko County
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Metropolis Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southeast of Wells.
- The Metropolis Cemetery has also been known as:
- Valley View Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Metropolis Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83953 <1>
- Clover Valley Cemetery (North)
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Starr Valley Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clover Valley Cemetery (South)
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ft. Halleck Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
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 Wells City Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Elko County: www.elkocountynv.net/
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> | 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 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 Wells City Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1163, Longitude: -114.9736 |
<4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<5> | 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> | 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. |