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A visit to the Hillcrest East 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 Hillcrest East Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Hillcrest East Cemetery (FG ID #2237342).

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 Hillcrest East Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Hillcrest East Cemetery:

45.3159, -118.0856

The Hillcrest East Cemetery is located in La Grande.

The cemetery is located in Union County<2>.

While not adjacent, the Hillcrest Cemetery is directly northwest of the Hillcrest East Cemetery.

The county seat for Union County is located in La Grande. La Grande lies just to the north of the Hillcrest East Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Hillcrest East Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Hillcrest East Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 15 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Hillcrest East Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Hillcrest East 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 Hillcrest East 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 Hillcrest East Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Cove
    • Cove lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the East (E) of the Hillcrest East Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Cove.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
  • Elgin
    • Elgin lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Hillcrest East Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Elgin.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
  • Haines
    • Haines lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Hillcrest East Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Haines.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haines
  • La Grande
  • North Powder
  • Summerville
  • Union
    • Union lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Hillcrest East 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 begin with 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 Hillcrest East 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 Hillcrest East Cemetery:

    Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2237342

    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 Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <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- Hillcrest East Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
    <4>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.
    <5>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Imbler and Summerville. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
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