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Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Bluff Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Bluff Cemetery (FG ID #77156)

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 Bluff Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   37.2877°   (37° 17' 15")

Lon:   -109.5547°   (-109° 33' 16")

The Bluff Cemetery is located in San Juan County<2>.

The county seat for San Juan County is located in Monticello. Monticello lies 41 miles [66 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Bluff Cemetery .

Establishment of the Bluff Cemetery ...

The Bluff Cemetery was:

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 Bluff Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Utah:
  • Pages specific to San Juan County:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Bluff 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 15 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Bluff Cemetery.

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

    • Bluff Fort ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Fort
      • Bluff Fort is located in San Juan County
    • Bluff
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Tselakai Dezza
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tselakai Dezza have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tselakai Dezza
      • Tselakai Dezza is located in San Juan County
    • Montezuma Creek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • White Mesa
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mesa
      • White Mesa is located in San Juan County
    • Red Lake Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Lake Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake Village
      • Red Lake Village is located in San Juan County
    • White Rock Curve Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Rock Curve Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock Curve Village
      • White Rock Curve Village is located in San Juan County
    • White Mesa Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Mesa Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mesa Village
      • White Mesa Village is located in San Juan County
    • Mexican Hat
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Continue List   (6 more) ...
      • Aneth
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Halchita
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halchita
        • Halchita is located in San Juan County
      • Red Mesa
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Mesa have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mesa
        • Red Mesa is located in Apache County (AZ)
      • Blanding
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanding
        • Blanding is located in San Juan County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,556 people
        • Former names for Blanding:
        • Grayson
        • White Mesa
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blanding <4>
      • Tes Nez Iah
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tes Nez Iah
        • Tes Nez Iah is located in Apache County (AZ)
      • Indian Village
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
        • Indian Village is located in San Juan County

    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 Bluff Cemetery. The following communities are located in San Juan County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 3 that are within 24 miles [38.6 km] of the Bluff Cemetery.<6>

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

    • St. Christopher's Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Aneth Burial Ground
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • The Aneth Burial Ground is located in San Juan County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Aneth Burial Ground is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Aneth.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Aneth Burial Ground
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109291 <1>
    • Blanding City Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)

    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 Bluff Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1435170  (Bluff Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #1435170 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: Bluff
      • County: San Juan         Elev: 1350
      • Location given for GNIS #1435170 (Bluff Cemetery)
    • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #77156

    The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.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 Utah's counties, including San Juan, 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Bluff Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2877, Longitude: -109.5547    
    <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.









 

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