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A visit to the Westport 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 Westport Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Westport Cemetery (FG ID #684635)

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 Westport Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Westport Cemetery

Lat:   46.1303°   (46° 7' 49")

Lon:   -123.3775°   (-123° 22' 38")

The Westport Cemetery is located in Clatsop County<2>.

The county seat for Clatsop County is located in Astoria. Astoria lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the west of the Westport Cemetery .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Westport Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Oregon:
  • Pages specific to Clatsop 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 Westport Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church
  • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 19 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Westport Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Westport Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Westport
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Cathlamet
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • East Cathlamet
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Cathlamet have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cathlamet
      • East Cathlamet is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
    • Clifton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
      • Clifton is located in Clatsop County
    • Fishhawk ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fishhawk have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishhawk
      • Fishhawk is located in Columbia County
    • Clatskanie
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Brownsmead
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsmead
      • Brownsmead is located in Clatsop County
    • Skamokawa
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Quincy
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
      • Quincy is located in Columbia County
    • Stella
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stella have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
      • Stella is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
    • Brookfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookfield have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
      • Brookfield is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
    • Mayger
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayger
      • Mayger is located in Columbia County
    • Continue List   (7 more) ...
      • Svensen Junction
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svensen Junction
        • Svensen Junction is located in Clatsop County
      • Jewell
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jewell have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
        • Jewell is located in Clatsop County
      • Dahlia
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlia
        • Dahlia is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
      • Altoona
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altoona have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
        • Altoona is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
      • Coal Creek
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
        • Coal Creek is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
      • West Longview
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Longview have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Longview
        • West Longview is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
      • Rosburg
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)

    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 Westport Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Clatsop County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km] of the Westport Cemetery.<6>

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

    • Pioneer Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
    • Maplewood Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Maplewood Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • The Maplewood Cemetery is located in Clatsop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maplewood Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39081 <1>
    • Fishhawk Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Murray Hill Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Maplewood Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Grasseth Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grasseth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Grasseth Cemetery is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grasseth Cemetery
    • Cedar Hill Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Cedar Hill Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • The Cedar Hill Cemetery is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Hill Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38613 <1>
    • Oak Point Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Prairie Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • The Prairie Cemetery is located in Clatsop County
      • The Prairie Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Knappa Prairie Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prairie Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39309 <1>
    • Mist Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Stewart Creek Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • The Stewart Creek Cemetery is located in Columbia County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Stewart Creek Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Quincy.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stewart Creek Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39460 <1>
    • Continue List   (8 more) ...
      • Stewart Hill Cemetery
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stewart Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Stewart Hill Cemetery is located in Columbia County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stewart Hill Cemetery
      • Abernathy Cemetery
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Abernathy Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
        • The Abernathy Cemetery is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Abernathy Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east of Longview (WA).
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Abernathy Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76694 <1>
      • Fern Hill Cemetery
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • United Brethren Cemetery
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the United Brethren Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
        • The United Brethren Cemetery is located in Columbia County
        • The United Brethren Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Old Burn Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the United Brethren Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2427008 <1>
      • Bunker Hill Cemetery
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Svensen Pioneer Cemetery
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • The Svensen Pioneer Cemetery is located in Clatsop County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Svensen Pioneer Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Svensen Junction.
        • The Svensen Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Forest Hill Cemetery
        • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
        • Svensen Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Svensen Pioneer Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38789 <1>
      • Mayger Downing Cemetery
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Stella / Wiest Cemetery
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Stella / Wiest Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
        • The Stella / Wiest Cemetery is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Stella / Wiest Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Bunker Hill (WA).
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stella / Wiest Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2235225 <1>

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

    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 Westport Cemetery:

    The official website for Clatsop County: www.co.clatsop.or.us/

    The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/

    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 Clatsop, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Westport Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.1303, Longitude: -123.3775    
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>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.
    <6>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.
    <7>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.









 

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