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A visit to the Peone 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 Peone Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Peone Cemetery (FG ID #76990).

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 Peone Cemetery ...

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

47.7770, -117.3047

The Peone Cemetery is located in Spokane County<2>.

The county seat for Spokane County is located in Spokane. Spokane lies just to the southwest of the Peone Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Peone Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> of the Peone Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Orchard Prairie Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Spokane Evergreen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. St. Michael Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasant Prairie Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Chattaroy Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • The Chattaroy Cemetery is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattaroy Cemetery
  • Wayside Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • The Wayside Cemetery is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside Cemetery
  • Englewood Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • The Englewood Cemetery is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood Cemetery
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
  • Fairmount Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • The Pines Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • The Pines Cemetery is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Pines Cemetery
  • Wild Rose Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • The Wild Rose Cemetery is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose Cemetery
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Peone Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Peone 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 Peone Cemetery. The following communities are located in Spokane County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Peone 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 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 Peone Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Washington:
  • Pages specific to Spokane 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 Peone Cemetery:

    Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #76990

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1507372  (Peone Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1507372 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: Spokane
      • Est. Elev: 569 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Mead
      • Location given for Peone Cemetery:
      • Lat: 47.7768378     Lon: -117.304937
      • 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 Washington's counties, including Spokane, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Peone 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.