A visit to the Bear Creek 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 Bear Creek Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Bear Creek Cemetery (FG ID #38565)
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 Bear Creek Cemetery ...
The Bear Creek Cemetery is located in Clackamas County<2>.
Establishment of the Bear Creek Cemetery ...
The Bear Creek Cemetery was established in 1857.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Adams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Aurora Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Aurora IOOF Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Baker Prairie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Barlow Pioneer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Baty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Blosser / Amish / Erb / Miller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dibble - Jackson - Larkins - Austin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gleason / Whiskey Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gribble Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Howard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Irvin Pioneer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- MacLaren Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The MacLaren Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacLaren Cemetery
- Maplewood Pioneer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Marks Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mennonite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Mennonite Cemetery is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mennonite Cemetery
- Molalla Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Colony Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Old Colony Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Colony Cemetery
- Rock Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Johannes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sanders Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Zion Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Zion Mennonite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Zoar Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Zoar Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Bear Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Aurora
- Barlow
- Beavercreek
- Butteville Station ‑ Historic
- Butteville
- Canby
- Canemah
- Carus
- Colton
- Donald
- Downs
- Gervais
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Glen Avon
- Hubbard
- Liberal
- Macksburg
- Macksburg is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macksburg
- McKee
- Molalla
- Mount Angel
- Mount Pleasant
- Mulino
- Needy ‑ Historic
- Oregon City
- Scotts Mills
- Silverton
- Wilhoit
- Willamette
- Willamette is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willamette
- Wilsonville
- Woodburn
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 Bear Creek Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Clackamas County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bear Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Aurora
- Barlow
- Canby
- Donald
- Gervais
- Hubbard
- Molalla
- Mount Angel
- Oregon City
- Silverton
- Willamette
- Wilsonville
- Woodburn
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Bear Creek Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Oregon:
- Pages specific to Clackamas 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 Bear Creek Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #38565
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1117374 (Bear Creek Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1117374 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: Clackamas
- Est. Elev: 74 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Yoder
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 Clackamas, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bear Creek Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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