A visit to the Happy Valley Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
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 Happy Valley Cemetery ...
The Happy Valley Cemetery is located in Yamhill County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Amity Cemetery
- The Amity Cemetery is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Cemetery
- Ball Cemetery
- Brigittine Monastery Cemetery
- Brookside Cemetery
- The Brookside Cemetery is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside Cemetery
- Buck Hollow Cemetery
- The Buck Hollow Cemetery is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Hollow Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Buck Hollow Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the north of Willamina.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38615 <2>
- Deer Creek Cemetery
- The Deer Creek Cemetery is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Cemetery
- Evergreen Memorial Park
- Greencrest Memorial Park
- Hembree Family Cemetery
- The Hembree Family Cemetery is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hembree Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hembree Family Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Carlton.
- Highland Cemetery
- The Highland Cemetery is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- Hussey Cemetery
- The Hussey Cemetery is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hussey Cemetery
- IOOF Cemetery
- The IOOF Cemetery is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lafayette Cemetery
- The Lafayette Cemetery is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Cemetery
- Lafayette Pioneer Cemetery
- Masonic Cemetery
- The Masonic Cemetery is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonic Cemetery
- Masonic Cemetery
- The Masonic Cemetery is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonic Cemetery
- McBride Cemetery
- The McBride Cemetery is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the McBride Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Carlton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39110 <2>
- Moores Valley Cemetery
- O'Dell Cemetery
- The O'Dell Cemetery is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Dell Cemetery
- Pike Cemetery
- The Pike Cemetery is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pike Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northwest of Yamhill.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39267 <2>
- St. James Cemetery
- The St. James Cemetery is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. James Cemetery
- South Yamhill Cemetery
- Taylor Cemetery
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Yamhill County
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- United Brethren Cemetery
- Yamhill - Carlton Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 18 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Happy Valley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Amity
- Bellevue
- Bellevue is located in Yamhill County
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- Buell
- Buell is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buell
- Carlton
- Cove Orchard
- Cove Orchard is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Orchard
- Dayton
- Dundee
- Eola Village
- Eola Village is located in Yamhill County
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- Gaston
- Hopewell
- Lafayette
- McMinnville
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Saint Joseph
- Saint Joseph is located in Yamhill County
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- Saint Paul
- Sheridan
- Whiteson
- Whiteson is located in Yamhill County
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- Willamina
- Yamhill
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 Happy Valley Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Yamhill County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Happy Valley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Amity
- Carlton
- Dayton
- Dundee
- Grand Ronde
- Lafayette
- McMinnville
- Newberg
- Sheridan
- Yamhill
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 Happy Valley Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Oregon:
- Pages specific to Yamhill 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 Happy Valley Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1121584 (Happy Valley Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1121584 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: Yamhill
- Est. Elev: 214 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Muddy Valley
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Yamhill, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Happy Valley Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |