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A visit to the Brack 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 Brack Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Brack Cemetery (FG ID #38597)

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 Brack Cemetery ...

The Brack Cemetery is located in Coos County<2>.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:

  • Catching Creek Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Dement Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Dora Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • The Dora Cemetery is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora Cemetery
    • The Dora Cemetery has also been known as:
    • McKinley Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1992590 <1>
  • Enchanted Prairie Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Fetter Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Fishtrap Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • The Fishtrap Cemetery is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishtrap Cemetery
  • Garrett Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Gravelford Pioneer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • The Gravelford Pioneer Cemetery is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelford Pioneer Cemetery
    • The Gravelford Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Gravelford Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38841 <1>
  • Hermann Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Hermann Family Cemetery is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermann Family Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hermann Family Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Broadbent.
    • The Hermann Family Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hermann Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38894 <1>
  • Lee Valley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • The Lee Valley Cemetery is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Valley Cemetery
    • The Lee Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Fox Bridge Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38798 <1>
  • Myrtle Creek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Myrtle Crest Memorial Gardens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Myrtle Point Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • The Myrtle Point Cemetery is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Point Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Myrtle Point Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Myrtle Point.
      • The Myrtle Point Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Myrtle Point Pioneer Cemetery
      • Old Myrtle Point Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2230186 <1>
    • Neal Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Norway Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • The Norway Cemetery is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Norway Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Norway
      • The Norway Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Norway Pioneer Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39214 <1>
    • Powers Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Upper Fishtrap Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Warner Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Warner Grave
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Waterman Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Wise Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 14 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Brack Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically:

  • Arago
    • Arago is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arago
  • Bancroft
    • Bancroft is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
  • Bridge
    • Bridge is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridge
  • Broadbent
  • Coquille
  • Dora
    • Dora is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora
  • Etelka ‑ Historic
    • Etelka is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etelka
  • Gravelford
    • Gravelford is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelford
  • Myrtle Point
  • Norway
  • Parkersburg
    • Parkersburg is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkersburg
  • Powers
  • Remote
  • Twomile
    • Twomile is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twomile

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 Brack Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Coos County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Brack Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Brack Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Oregon:
  • Pages specific to Coos 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 Brack Cemetery:

    Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #38597

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1156887  (Brack Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1156887 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: Coos
      • Est. Elev: 47 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Bridge

    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 Coos, 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- Brack Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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