A visit to the Johnson 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 Johnson Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Johnson Cemetery (FG ID #2435191).
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 Johnson Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Johnson Cemetery:
40.3219, -112.3408
The Johnson Cemetery is located in Tooele County<2>.
The county seat for Tooele County is located in Tooele. Tooele lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the north of the Johnson Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Johnson Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 24 miles [38.6 km] of the Johnson Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Johnson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Old Ophir Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ophir Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mercur Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. John Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clover Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stockton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Faust Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Fort Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Old Pioneer Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Camp Floyd Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fairfield Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tooele's First Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Tooele City Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Vernon Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Chandler Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- The Chandler Cemetery is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Cemetery
- The Chandler Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dry Fork Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77176 <1>
- Grantsville City Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Chief Green Jacket Gravesite
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Herriman Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bingham City Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Utah Veterans Memorial Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park South
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Johnson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Johnson Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Batesville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Dip ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- La Cigale ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ajax ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ophir
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gisborn ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jacob City ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mercur ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rush Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Slagtown ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sunshine ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Faust ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Manning ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stockton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bauer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cedar Fort
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Topliff ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Floyd ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fairfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
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 Johnson Cemetery. The following communities are located in Tooele County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Johnson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Mercur - Historic
- Stockton
- Tooele
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 either 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 Johnson Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Utah:
- Pages specific to Tooele 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 Johnson Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2435191
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 Tooele, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Johnson 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. |