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A visit to the Happy Home Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

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 Happy Home Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Happy Home Cemetery:

47.6268, -119.8137

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

The Happy Home Cemetery is located in Douglas County<2>.

The county seat for Douglas County is located in Waterville. Waterville lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the west of the Happy Home Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Happy Home Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 26 miles [41.8 km] of the Happy Home Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Evangelical Emanuel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Douglas Luthern Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Slack Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • The Slack Cemetery is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slack Cemetery
  • Jameson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • The Jameson Cemetery is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jameson Cemetery
  • Fletcher Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • The Fletcher Cemetery is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher Cemetery
  • Badger Mtn. Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • The Badger Mtn. Cemetery is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger Mtn. Cemetery
  • Waterville Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • The Waterville Cemetery is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville Cemetery
    • The Waterville Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Fraternity Cemetery
  • Highland Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • The Highland Cemetery is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
  • Riverview Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • The Riverview Cemetery is located in Chelan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Cemetery
  • Chelan Fraternal Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Danish Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • The Danish Cemetery is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danish Cemetery
  • Brays Landing Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • The Brays Landing Cemetery is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Landing Cemetery
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    • Orondo Community Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • St. Andrews Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • The St. Andrews Cemetery is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Andrews Cemetery
    • Buckingham Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • The Buckingham Cemetery is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham Cemetery
    • South Side Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • The South Side Cemetery is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Side Cemetery
    • Entiat Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • The Entiat Cemetery is located in Chelan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Entiat Cemetery
    • Hamilton Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • The Hamilton Cemetery is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Cemetery
    • Mold Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • The Mold Cemetery is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mold Cemetery
    • Valley View Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • The Valley View Cemetery is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley View Cemetery
    • Evergreen Memorial Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Coulee City Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • The Coulee City Cemetery is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulee City Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 28 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Happy Home Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Happy Home Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Withrow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Withrow is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withrow
  • Okanogan City ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Okanogan City is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okanogan City
  • Waterville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Chelan Falls
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Palisades
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Palisades is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisades
  • Beebe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Beebe is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebe
  • Mansfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Chelan
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Entiat
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Orondo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Lakeview
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lakeview is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Soap Lake
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Rock Island
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Mold ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Mold is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mold
    • Manson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Ephrata
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Coulee City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Banks Lake South
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Banks Lake South is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks Lake South
    • East Wenatchee Bench
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • East Wenatchee Bench is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wenatchee Bench
    • Malaga
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Granite Falls
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Granite Falls is located in Chelan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Falls
    • Sunnyslope
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sunnyslope is located in Chelan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyslope
    • East Wenatchee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ardenvoir
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Wenatchee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Appleyard
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Appleyard is located in Chelan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleyard
    • Quincy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Bridgeport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)

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 Happy Home Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Douglas County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Happy Home Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Washington:
  • Pages specific to Douglas 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 Happy Home Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1505381  (Happy Home Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1505381 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: Douglas
      • Est. Elev: 763 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Withrow
      • Location given for Happy Home Cemetery:
      • Lat: 47.6268037     Lon: -119.8136643
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    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 Douglas, 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- Happy Home 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.