A visit to the Ball 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 Ball Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Ball Cemetery (FG ID #38559)
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 Ball Cemetery ...
The Ball Cemetery is located in Polk County<2>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Amity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Amity Cemetery is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Blair Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brigittine Monastery Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Buck Hollow Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Deer Creek Cemetery is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Cemetery
- Etna Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Etna Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna Cemetery
- Fast Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Fast Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fast Cemetery
- Greencrest Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Harmony Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Highland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Highland Cemetery is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Hussey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Hussey Cemetery is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hussey Cemetery
- Masonic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Masonic Cemetery is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonic Cemetery
- Mennonite Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Pioneer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Salt Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Salt Creek Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek Cemetery
- South Yamhill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Taylor Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- United Brethren Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Willamina Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Ball Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Amity
- Bellevue
- Bridgeport
- Buell
- Crowley
- Dallas
- Dayton
- Dolph Corner
- Ellendale
- Eola Village
- Eola Village is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eola Village
- Eola
- Eola is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eola
- Falls City
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Grand Ronde
- Hopewell
- Keizer
- Lincoln
- McMinnville
- Rickreall
- Saint Joseph
- Salemtowne
- Sheridan
- Smithfield
- Whiteson
- Willamina
- Zena
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 Ball Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Polk County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Ball Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Amity
- Dallas
- Dayton
- Falls City
- Grand Ronde
- McMinnville
- Sheridan
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Ball Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Oregon:
- Pages specific to Polk 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 Ball Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #38559
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1162824 (Ball Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1162824 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Polk
- Est. Elev: 56 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Ballston
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 Oregon's counties, including Polk, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ball Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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