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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 Penrose Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Penrose Cemetery (FG ID #77382)

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 Penrose Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   41.6576°   (41° 39' 27")

Lon:   -112.3002°   (-112° 18' 0")

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

The county seat for Box Elder County is located in Brigham City. Brigham City lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the southeast of the Penrose Cemetery .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Penrose Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Utah:
  • Pages specific to Box Elder 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 Penrose 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 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Penrose Cemetery.

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

    • Penrose
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penrose
      • Penrose is located in Box Elder County
    • Thatcher
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thatcher have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thatcher
      • Thatcher is located in Box Elder County
    • Connor ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connor
      • Connor is located in Box Elder County
      • Former names for Connor:
      • Balfour
      • Hansen
    • Bothwell
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bothwell
      • Bothwell is located in Box Elder County
    • Lampo Junction
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lampo Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lampo Junction
      • Lampo Junction is located in Box Elder County
    • Evans
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evans have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
      • Evans is located in Box Elder County
    • Cropley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cropley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cropley
      • Cropley is located in Box Elder County
    • Tremonton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Bradford
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
      • Bradford is located in Box Elder County
    • Elwood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
      • Elwood is located in Box Elder County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,105 people
    • Crossroads
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
      • Crossroads is located in Box Elder County
    • Fort Bear River ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Bear River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bear River
      • Fort Bear River is located in Box Elder County
    • Continue List   (13 more) ...
      • Bear River City
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear River City
        • Bear River City is located in Box Elder County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
        • Bear River City has also been known as:
        • Bear River
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bear River City <5>
      • Bear River Fort ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bear River Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear River Fort
        • Bear River Fort is located in Box Elder County
      • Garland
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Crystal Springs
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
        • Crystal Springs is located in Box Elder County
      • Madsen
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madsen
        • Madsen is located in Box Elder County
      • Honeyville
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Deweyville
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deweyville
        • Deweyville is located in Box Elder County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
        • Former names for Deweyville:
        • Dewey Spring
        • Dewey
        • Empey's Spring
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deweyville <5>
      • Howell
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Corinne
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Call's Fort
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Call's Fort
        • Call's Fort is located in Box Elder County
      • Riverside
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Promontory ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promontory
        • Promontory is located in Box Elder County
      • Collinston
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinston
        • Collinston is located in Box Elder 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 Penrose Cemetery. The following communities are located in Box Elder County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 19 miles [30.6 km] of the Penrose Cemetery.<7>

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

    • Valleyview Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • The Valleyview Cemetery is located in Box Elder County
      • The Valleyview Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Bothwell Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valleyview Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77159 <1>
    • Salt Creek Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Elwood Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Riverview Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • The Riverview Cemetery is located in Box Elder County
      • The Riverview Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Temonton Riverview Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverview Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77412 <1>
    • Bear River Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Garland Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • The Garland Cemetery is located in Box Elder County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Garland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Garland.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garland Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77238 <1>
    • Howell Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Corinne Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Honeyville Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Deweyville Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Call's Fort Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • The Call's Fort Cemetery is located in Box Elder County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Call's Fort Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the south of Brigham City.
      • The Call's Fort Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Harper Ward Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Call's Fort Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109211 <1>
    • East Garland Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Continue List   (8 more) ...

    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 Penrose Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1431176  (Penrose Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #1431176 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: Thatcher Mountain
      • County: Box Elder         Elev: 1315
      • Location given for GNIS #1431176 (Penrose Cemetery)
    • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #77382

    The official website for Box Elder County: www.boxeldercounty.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 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 '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 Penrose Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6576, Longitude: -112.3002    
    <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 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.
    <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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