A visit to the Martins Bluff 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 Martins Bluff Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Martins Bluff Cemetery (FG ID #1502056).
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 Martins Bluff Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Martins Bluff Cemetery:
45.9610, -122.8036
The Martins Bluff Cemetery is located
The cemetery is located in Cowlitz County<2>.
The county seat for Cowlitz County is located in Kelso. Kelso lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Martins Bluff Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Martins Bluff Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Martins Bluff Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Martins Bluff Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Kinder Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kalama IOOF Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- IOOF Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Masonic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Prescott Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Welter Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Neer City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kobel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Old Yankton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Yankton - Hillcrest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Highland Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- Frank Abel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rose Valley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bethany Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bayview Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
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 Martins Bluff Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Martins Bluff Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Deer Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kalama
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Columbia City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Woodland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reuben
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Goble
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Helens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Prescott
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Prescott is located in Columbia County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Carrolls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- La Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Etna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Beaver Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Rose Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Warren
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ridgefield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ariel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rainier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kelso
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Longview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Scappoose
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fargher Lake
(14 miles [22.5 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 Martins Bluff Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cowlitz County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Martins Bluff Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Kalama
- Kelso
- Kelso lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Martins Bluff Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Kelso.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso
- Longview
- Rainier
- Ridgefield
- Saint Helens
- Scappoose
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Martins Bluff Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Washington:
- Pages specific to Cowlitz 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 Martins Bluff Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1502056
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 Washington's counties, including Cowlitz, 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- Martins Bluff 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. |