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A visit to the Dunham Wright 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 Dunham Wright Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Dunham Wright Cemetery (FG ID #2557785).

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 Dunham Wright Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Dunham Wright Cemetery:

45.0171, -117.6281

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Dunham Wright Cemetery has been estimated.<2> - use with caution.

The Dunham Wright Cemetery is located in Union County<3>.

The county seat for Union County is located in La Grande. La Grande lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> to the northwest of the Dunham Wright Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Dunham Wright Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 29 miles [46.7 km] of the Dunham Wright Cemetery.<5>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Dunham Wright Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 16 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4> of the Dunham Wright Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Dunham Wright Cemetery, with the nearest first:

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 Dunham Wright Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Union County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Baker City
  • Cove
    • Cove lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<4> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Dunham Wright Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Cove.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
  • Haines
    • Haines lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Dunham Wright Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Haines.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haines
  • Halfway
    • Halfway lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<4> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Dunham Wright Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Halfway.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
  • North Powder
  • Richland
  • Union
    • Union lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<4> to the Northwest (NW) of the Dunham Wright Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Union.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

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 either 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 Dunham Wright Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Oregon:
  • Pages specific to Union 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 Dunham Wright Cemetery:

    Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2557785

    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>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.
    <3>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Dunham Wright Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
    <5>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add.
    <6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.