A visit to the Grand Valley 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 Grand Valley Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave<1> website: The Grand Valley Cemetery (FAG ID #77245)
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 Grand Valley Cemetery ...
Jump to Google Maps centered on the Grand Valley Cemetery
The Grand Valley Cemetery is located in Grand County<2>.
The county seat for Grand County is located in Moab. Moab lies just to the west northwest of the Grand Valley Cemetery .
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Grand Valley Cemetery
Lat: 38.5657° (38° 33' 56")
Lon: -109.5330° (-109° 31' 58")
Name Variations for Grand Valley Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
Grand Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Moab Cemetery
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 Grand Valley Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Utah:
- Pages specific to Grand County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Montrose County
- Cyndi's List
- Family Search
- Genealogy Trails
- San Juan County
- Cyndi's List
- Family Search
- Genealogy Trails
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- From Find-A-Grave:
- The Grand Valley Cemetery (FAG ID #77245)
- From Cyndi's List:
- Cemeteries of Utah
- Cemeteries of Grand County
- Cemetery Junction:
- Directory for Utah
- From FamilySearch:
- Cemeteries Wiki for Utah
- From Interment.net:
- Cemeteries of Utah
- Cemeteries of Grand
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Grand Valley Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Of Special Interest ...
- The GenDisasters website specializes in newspaper articles about tragedies and disasters. While it makes interesting reading all by itself, it should be of special interest to genealogists and family historians looking for people who were either affected by or directly involved in such tragedies.
- Disaster Stories from Utah
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 13 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Grand Valley Cemetery.
- Basin [Grand County] - Historic
- Castle Valley [Grand County]
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Valley
- Castle Valley [Grand County] lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the northeast of Grand Valley Cemetery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Castle Valley
- Castleton [Grand County] - Historic
- Dewey [Grand County] - Historic
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- La Sal [San Juan County]
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Sal
- La Sal [San Juan County] lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the southeast of Grand Valley Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on La Sal
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Sal<5>
- La Sal [San Juan County] - Historic
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Sal
- La Sal [San Juan County] was located 27 miles [43.5 km]<3> to the southeast of Grand Valley Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Sal have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Former name for La Sal:
- Coyote
- La Sal has also been known as:
- Old La Sal
- Moab [Grand County]
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moab
- Moab [Grand County] lies less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Grand Valley Cemetery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,373 people
- Former names for Moab:
- Grand Valley
- Mormon Fort
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Moab
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moab<5>
- Plainfield [Grand County] - Historic
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Plainfield [Grand County] was located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the southeast of Grand Valley Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Plainfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Plainfield has also been known as:
- Bueno
- Poverty Flat
- Poverty Flats
- Spanish Valley
- Richardson [Grand County] - Historic
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Richardson [Grand County] was located 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the northeast of Grand Valley Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Richardson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Spanish Valley [San Juan County]
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Valley
- Spanish Valley [San Juan County] lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the southeast of Grand Valley Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Spanish Valley
- Thompson Springs [Grand County]
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Springs
- Thompson Springs [Grand County] lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> to the north of Grand Valley Cemetery
- Thompson Springs has also been known as:
- Thompson
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Thompson Springs
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson Springs<5>
- Valley City [Grand County] - Historic
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
- Valley City [Grand County] was located 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Grand Valley Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Valley City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Wilson's Mesa [Grand County] - Historic
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mesa
- Wilson's Mesa [Grand County] was located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the east of Grand Valley Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wilson's Mesa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Wilson's Mesa has also been known as:
- Mesa
- La Sal [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 Grand Valley Cemetery. The following communities are located in Grand County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Grand Valley Cemetery.
- Moab
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Moab.
- Moab lies less than 2 miles<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Grand Valley Cemetery.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moab
List of the closest cemeteries ...
We know of 7 cemeteries that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Grand Valley Cemetery. The cemeteries are listed in alphabetical order.
Unless otherwise noted, the following cemeteries are located in Grand County.
- Andy Swenson Gravesite [Grand County]
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Andy Swenson Gravesite
- Andy Swenson Gravesite lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the east of Grand Valley Cemetery.
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Andy Swenson Gravesite
- Castle Valley Cemetery [Grand County]
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Castle Valley Cemetery
- Castle Valley Cemetery lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the northeast of Grand Valley Cemetery.
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Castle Valley Cemetery
- Find-A-Grave: FAG ID #109253<1>
- Castleton Cemetery [Grand County]
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Castleton Cemetery
- Castleton Cemetery lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east of Grand Valley Cemetery.
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Castleton Cemetery
- Find-A-Grave: FAG ID #109254<1>
- Hole 'n the Rock Cemetery [San Juan County]
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hole 'n the Rock Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Hole 'n the Rock Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Hole 'n the Rock Cemetery lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the south of Grand Valley Cemetery.
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Hole 'n the Rock Cemetery
- Continue List (3 more) ...
- Pinhook Battle Site Cemetery [Grand County]
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pinhook Battle Site Cemetery
- Pinhook Battle Site Cemetery lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the east of Grand Valley Cemetery.
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Pinhook Battle Site Cemetery
- Find-A-Grave: FAG ID #2576233<1>
- Red Cliffs Cemetery [Grand County]
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Red Cliffs Cemetery
- Red Cliffs Cemetery lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the northeast of Grand Valley Cemetery.
- Red Cliffs Cemetery has also been known as:
- White Family Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Red Cliffs Cemetery
- Find-A-Grave: FAG ID #2310539<1>
- Sunset Memorial Gardens [Grand County]
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Memorial Gardens
- Sunset Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Sunset Memorial Garden
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Sunset Memorial Gardens
- Find-A-Grave: FAG ID #77456<1>
- Pinhook Battle Site Cemetery [Grand County]
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 try 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 Grand Valley Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1435607 (Grand Valley Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #1435607 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: Moab
- County: Grand Elev: 1273
- Location given for GNIS #1435607 (Grand Valley Cemetery)
- Lat: 38.5652602 Lon: -109.5328947
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #77245
Other Roadside Stops ...
Index of Cities, Towns and Villages for Utah
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Grand County: www.grandcountyutah.net/
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 Grand, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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 Grand Valley Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5657, Longitude: -109.5330 |
| <4> | 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 have found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |