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A visit to the Valley View 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 Valley View Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Valley View Cemetery (FG ID #77455).

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 Valley View Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Valley View Cemetery:

39.5496, -110.4016

The Valley View Cemetery is located in Carbon County<2>.

The county seat for Carbon County is located in Price. Price lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the west of the Valley View Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Valley View Cemetery.

Name Variations for Valley View 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.

Valley View Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Dragerton City Cemetery
  • Sunnyside City 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.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 18 that are within 29 miles [46.7 km] of the Valley View Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 22 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Valley View Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Valley View 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 Valley View Cemetery. The following communities are located in Carbon County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Helper
    • Helper lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Valley View Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Helper.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helper
  • Price
    • Price lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the West (W) of the Valley View Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Price.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price

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 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 Valley View Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Utah:
  • Pages specific to Carbon 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 Valley View Cemetery:

    Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #77455

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1436450  (Valley View Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1436450 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: Carbon
      • Est. Elev: 1953 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Sunnyside
      • Location given for Valley View Cemetery:
      • Lat: 39.5494107     Lon: -110.4018213
      • 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 Carbon, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Valley View 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.