A visit to the Pine Grove Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Pine Grove Cemetery ...
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Pine Grove Cemetery
Lat: 45.5849° (45° 35' 5")
Lon: -117.7544° (-117° 45' 15")
The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Union County<2>.
The county seat for Union County is located in La Grande. La Grande lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the southwest of the Pine Grove Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 26 miles [41.8 km] of the Pine Grove Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Pine Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Highland Cemetery is located in Union County
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Union County
- Elgin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elgin Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elgin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Elgin Cemetery is located in Union County
- Indian Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Creek Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Indian Creek Cemetery is located in Union County
- Galloway Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Galloway Cemetery
- The Galloway Cemetery is located in Union County
- Bramlet Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bramlet Memorial Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bramlet Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Bramlet Memorial Cemetery is located in Wallowa County
- Wallowa Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wallowa Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wallowa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Wallowa Cemetery is located in Wallowa County
- Summerville - Imbler Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Summerville - Imbler Cemetery
- The Summerville - Imbler Cemetery is located in Union County
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Summerville - Imbler Cemetery is located between<5> the communities of Imbler and Summerville. The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Summerville.
- Lower Cove Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lower Cove Cemetery
- The Lower Cove Cemetery is located in Union County
- The Lower Cove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wright Cemetery
- Lostine Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lostine Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lostine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Lostine Cemetery is located in Wallowa County
- Ackles Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ackles Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ackles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Ackles Cemetery is located in Union County
- Cove Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Cove Cemetery is located in Union County
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Island City Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Island City Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Island City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Island City Cemetery is located in Union County
- Eden Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eden Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Eden Cemetery is located in Wallowa County
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillcrest Cemetery
- The Hillcrest Cemetery is located in Union County
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillcrest Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in La Grande.
- The Hillcrest Cemetery has also been known as:
- Masonic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38904 <6>
- Calvary Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Union County
- Hillcrest East Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillcrest East Cemetery
- The Hillcrest East Cemetery is located in Union County
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillcrest East Cemetery is located in La Grande.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2237342 <6>
- Grandview Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Alder Slope Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alder Slope Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Alder Slope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Alder Slope Cemetery is located in Wallowa County
- Enterprise Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Enterprise Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Enterprise Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Enterprise Cemetery is located in Wallowa County
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 18 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Pine Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Pine Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Elgin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Elgin is located in Union County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,801 people
- Former names for Elgin:
- Fish Trap
- Indian Valley
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <7>
- Wallowa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wallowa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallowa
- Wallowa is located in Wallowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wallowa <7>
- Summerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Imbler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Maxville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Maxville is located in Wallowa County
- Lostine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Evans
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Evans is located in Wallowa County
- Conley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Conley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<8>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conley
- Conley is located in Union County
- Cove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Promise ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promise
- Promise is located in Wallowa County
- Island City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Island City is located in Union County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,024 people
- Tollgate
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollgate
- Tollgate is located in Umatilla County
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Orodell ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Orodell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<8>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orodell
- Orodell is located in Union County
- La Grande
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hot Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hot Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<8>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Lake
- Hot Lake is located in Union County
- Enterprise
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Enterprise is located in Wallowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,994 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enterprise <7>
- Bingham Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham Springs
- Bingham Springs is located in Umatilla County
- Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
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 Pine Grove 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 Pine Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cove
- Cove lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the South (S) of the Pine Grove Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Cove.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Elgin
- Enterprise
- La Grande
- Lostine
- Summerville
- Union
- Union lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Pine Grove Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Union.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Wallowa
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 Pine Grove Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Oregon:
- Pages specific to Union County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Pine Grove Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Pine Grove Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1125401 (Pine Grove Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #1125401 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
- Class: cemetery Map Name: Cricket Flat
- County: Union Elev: 1156
- Location given for GNIS #1125401 (Pine Grove Cemetery)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Union County: www.union-county.org/
The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
<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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Pine Grove Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5849, Longitude: -117.7544 In this case, the coordinates for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
<4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
<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. |
<6> | 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. |
<7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<8> | 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. |