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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 John McGarry Memorial Park. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The John McGarry Memorial Park (FG ID #109259)

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 John McGarry Memorial Park ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the John McGarry Memorial Park

Lat:   37.6926°   (37° 41' 33")

Lon:   -113.7182°   (-113° 43' 5")

The John McGarry Memorial Park is located in Iron County<2>.

The county seat for Iron County is located in Parowan. Parowan lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<3> to the east northeast of the John McGarry Memorial Park .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 John McGarry Memorial Park:

  • Pages specific to Utah:
  • Pages specific to Iron 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 John McGarry Memorial Park 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 18 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the John McGarry Memorial Park.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from John McGarry Memorial Park, with the nearest first.

    • Beryl Junction
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beryl Junction
      • Beryl Junction is located in Iron County
    • Enterprise
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Holt ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
      • Holt is located in Washington County
    • Hebron ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
      • Hebron is located in Washington County
    • Newcastle
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Hamblin ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hamblin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamblin
      • Hamblin is located in Washington County
    • Yale Crossing ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale Crossing
      • Yale Crossing is located in Iron County
    • Modena
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Beryl
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beryl
      • Beryl is located in Iron County
    • Mountain Meadows ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Meadows
      • Mountain Meadows is located in Washington County
    • Pinto
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinto
      • Pinto is located in Washington County
    • Desert Springs ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Desert Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Springs
      • Desert Springs is located in Iron County
    • Continue List   (6 more) ...
      • Old Irontown
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Irontown
        • Old Irontown is located in Iron County
        • Old Irontown has also been known as:
        • Iron City
        • Irontown
      • Zane ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zane have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zane
        • Zane is located in Iron County
        • Zane has also been known as:
        • Sahara
      • Uvada ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uvada have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uvada
        • Uvada is located in Iron County
      • Little Pinto ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little Pinto. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Pinto
        • Little Pinto is located in Iron County
        • Little Pinto has also been known as:
        • Page Ranch
      • Bull Valley ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Valley
        • Bull Valley is located in Washington County
      • Central
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
        • Central is located in Washington County

    For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 19 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the John McGarry Memorial Park.<7>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from John McGarry Memorial Park, with the nearest first.

    • Winsor Memorial Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • The Winsor Memorial Cemetery is located in Washington County
      • The Winsor Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
      • A.P. Winsor Memorial Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winsor Memorial Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77509 <1>
    • Enterprise City Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Holt Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Newcastle Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Hebron Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hamblin Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Modena Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Mountain Meadows Massacre Memorial
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Pinto Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Central City Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • The Central City Cemetery is located in Washington County
      • The Central City Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Central Cemetery
      • Central Town Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Central City Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109354 <1>
    • Veyo Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • The Veyo Cemetery is located in Washington County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Veyo Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Veyo.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Veyo Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77487 <1>
    • Pine Valley Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Continue List   (7 more) ...
      • Fay Cemetery
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Fay Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • The Fay Cemetery is located in Lincoln County (NV)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fay Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2361866 <1>
      • Hackett Cemetery
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Hackett Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • The Hackett Cemetery is located in Lincoln County (NV)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hackett Cemetery
      • State Line Cemetery
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Gunlock Cemetery
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • New Harmony Cemetery
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Ft. Harmony
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Ft. Harmony. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • The Ft. Harmony is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Harmony
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2537127 <1>
      • Kanarraville Cemetery
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

    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 John McGarry Memorial Park:

    The official website for Iron County: www.ironnet.org/

    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 Iron, 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the John McGarry Memorial Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6926, Longitude: -113.7182    
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>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.
    <6>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.
    <7>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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