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A visit to the Sweet Home 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 Sweet Home Valley Cemetery ...

The Sweet Home Valley Cemetery is located in Linn County<1>.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:

  • Ames Cemetery
    • The Ames Cemetery is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames Cemetery
  • Bellinger Cemetery
    • The Bellinger Cemetery is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellinger Cemetery
  • Berlin Cemetery
    • The Berlin Cemetery is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin Cemetery
  • Brownsville Pioneer Cemetery
  • Claypool Cemetery
    • The Claypool Cemetery is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool Cemetery
  • Crawfordsville Union Cemetery
  • Dodge Cemetery
    • The Dodge Cemetery is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge Cemetery
  • Drury Cemetery
    • The Drury Cemetery is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drury Cemetery
  • Finley Pioneer Cemetery
    • The Finley Pioneer Cemetery is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley Pioneer Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Finley Pioneer Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Crawfordsville.
    • The Finley Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • IOOF Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2240880 <2>
  • IOOF Cemetery
    • The IOOF Cemetery is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
  • James Cemetery
    • The James Cemetery is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Cemetery
  • Klum Cemetery
    • The Klum Cemetery is located in Linn County
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  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Lacomb Cemetery
      • The Lacomb Cemetery is located in Linn County
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    • Lewis Cemetery
      • The Lewis Cemetery is located in Linn County
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    • Liberty Cemetery
      • The Liberty Cemetery is located in Linn County
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    • Linn Memorial Cemetery
    • Lower Mabel Pioneer Cemetery
      • The Lower Mabel Pioneer Cemetery is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Mabel Pioneer Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lower Mabel Pioneer Cemetery is located in Mabel.
      • The Lower Mabel Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Mabel Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2501321 <2>
    • Masonic Cemetery
      • The Masonic Cemetery is located in Linn County
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    • Pioneer Cemetery
      • The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Linn County
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    • Spring Family Cemetery
    • Whitcomb Island Cemetery
    • Wiley Cemetery
      • The Wiley Cemetery is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiley Cemetery

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 Sweet Home Valley Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically:

  • Boston ‑ Historic
    • Boston is located in Linn County
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    • Boston has also been known as:
    • Boston Mills
  • Brownsville
  • Cascadia
  • Crabtree
  • Crawfordsville
  • Foster
  • Holley
    • Holley is located in Linn County
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  • Irvinville
    • Irvinville is located in Linn County
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  • Lacomb
    • Lacomb is located in Linn County
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  • Leaburg
  • Lebanon
  • Mabel
    • Mabel is located in Lane County
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  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Marcola
    • Sodaville
      • Sodaville is located in Linn County
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
    • South Lebanon
      • South Lebanon is located in Linn County
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    • Sweet Home
    • Vida
    • Waterloo
      • Waterloo is located in Linn County
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people

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 Sweet Home Valley Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Linn County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sweet Home Valley Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 Sweet Home Valley Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Oregon:
  • Pages specific to Linn 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 Sweet Home Valley Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1127830  (Sweet Home Valley Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1127830 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: Linn
      • Est. Elev: 221 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Sweet Home

    Footnotes ...

    <1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Linn, 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sweet Home 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.