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A visit to the East Garland 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 East Garland Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The East Garland Cemetery (FG ID #77203).

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 East Garland Cemetery ...

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

41.7679, -112.1194

The East Garland Cemetery is located in Box Elder County<2>.

The county seat for Box Elder County is located in Brigham City. Brigham City lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the south southeast of the East Garland Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the East Garland Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km] of the East Garland Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the East Garland Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from East Garland 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 East Garland Cemetery. The following communities are located in Box Elder County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 East Garland Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Utah:
  • Pages specific to Box Elder 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 East Garland Cemetery:

    Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #77203

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1435486  (East Garland Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1435486 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: Box Elder
      • Est. Elev: 1326 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Cutler Dam
      • Location given for East Garland Cemetery:
      • Lat: 41.7677052     Lon: -112.1193966
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    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 Box Elder, 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- East Garland 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.