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A visit to the Grand Mound Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

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 Grand Mound Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Grand Mound Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

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

Lat:   46.8212°   (46° 49' 16")

Lon:   -123.0212°   (-123° 1' 16")

The Grand Mound Cemetery is located in Thurston County<2>.

The county seat for Thurston County is located in Olympia. Olympia lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Grand Mound Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 22 miles [35.4 km] of the Grand Mound Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Greenwood Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Memorial Park
    • The Greenwood Memorial Park is located in Lewis County
  • Washington Lawn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Washington Lawn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Washington Lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Washington Lawn Cemetery is located in Lewis County
  • Forest Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Forest Cemetery is located in Thurston County
  • Oakville Pioneer Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakville Pioneer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakville Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Oakville Pioneer Cemetery is located in Grays Harbor County
  • Finnish Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Finnish Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Finnish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Finnish Cemetery is located in Lewis County
  • Claquato Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Claquato Cemetery
    • The Claquato Cemetery is located in Lewis County
    • The Claquato Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Sunset Memorial Gardens
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76740 <5>
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Lewis County
  • Union Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
    • The Union Cemetery is located in Thurston County
  • Fern Hill Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fern Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fern Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Fern Hill Cemetery is located in Lewis County
  • Mills & Mills Memorial Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mills & Mills Memorial Park
    • The Mills & Mills Memorial Park is located in Thurston County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mills & Mills Memorial Park is located outside and to the southwest of Tumwater.
    • The Mills & Mills Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Olympic Memorial Garden Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76974 <5>
  • McLane Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McLane Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the McLane Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • The McLane Cemetery is located in Thurston County
    • The McLane Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Mud Bay Cemetery
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Sharon Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sharon Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sharon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sharon Cemetery is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Sylvan Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sylvan Cemetery
      • The Sylvan Cemetery is located in Lewis County
    • Woodlawn Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mt. Tabor Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Tabor Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Tabor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mt. Tabor Cemetery is located in Thurston County
    • Rainier Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Squaxin Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Squaxin Cemetery
      • The Squaxin Cemetery is located in Mason County
      • The Squaxin Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Kamilche Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2429548 <5>
    • McCleary Pythian Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCleary Pythian Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCleary Pythian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The McCleary Pythian Cemetery is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Oddfellow Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oddfellow Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oddfellow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Oddfellow Cemetery is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Alpha Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alpha Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Alpha Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Alpha Cemetery is located in Lewis County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Grand Mound Cemetery.

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

  • Grand Mound
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Rochester
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Galvin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Bordeaux ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordeaux
    • Bordeaux is located in Thurston County
  • Littlerock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Independence
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
    • Independence is located in Thurston County
  • Fords Prairie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fords Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Prairie
    • Fords Prairie is located in Lewis County
  • Centralia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bucoda
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Chehalis Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chehalis Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chehalis Village
    • Chehalis Village is located in Grays Harbor County
  • Tenino
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Oakville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Chehalis
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • McIntosh
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh
      • McIntosh is located in Thurston County
    • Fayette
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fayette. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
      • Fayette is located in Lewis County
    • Claquato
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claquato
      • Claquato is located in Lewis County
    • Cedarville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cedarville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
      • Cedarville is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Adna
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Newaukum
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Newaukum. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newaukum
      • Newaukum is located in Lewis County
    • East Olympia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Tumwater
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Porter
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Porter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
      • Porter is located in Grays Harbor 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 Mound Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Thurston County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Bucoda
    • Bucoda lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Grand Mound Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bucoda.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucoda
  • Centralia
  • Chehalis
  • Oakville
  • Olympia
    • Olympia lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Grand Mound Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Olympia.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympia
  • Tenino
    • Tenino lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Grand Mound Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Tenino.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenino

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 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 Mound Cemetery:

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 Grand Mound Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1505212  (Grand Mound Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1505212 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: Rochester
    • County: Thurston         Elev: 56
    • Location given for GNIS #1505212 (Grand Mound Cemetery)

The official website for Thurston County: www.co.thurston.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://wa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Thurston, 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 things 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 Mound Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.8212, Longitude: -123.0212       In this case, the coordinates for the Grand Mound Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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.
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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