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A visit to the Sunnyland Memorial Park ...

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 Sunnyland Memorial Park ...

The Sunnyland Memorial Park is located in Whatcom County<1>.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:

  • Bay View Cemetery
    • The Bay View Cemetery is located in Skagit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View Cemetery
  • Bayview Cemetery
    • The Bayview Cemetery is located in Whatcom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bayview Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Bellingham.
    • The Bayview Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bay View Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76707 <2>
  • Berthusen Memorial Park
  • Bow Cemetery
    • The Bow Cemetery is located in Skagit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Cemetery
  • Eden Cemetery
    • The Eden Cemetery is located in Skagit County
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  • Enterprise Cemetery
    • The Enterprise Cemetery is located in Whatcom County
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  • Greenacres Memorial Park
    • The Greenacres Memorial Park is located in Whatcom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenacres Memorial Park
    • The Greenacres Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Green Acres Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76830 <2>
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    • The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Whatcom County
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  • Haynie Cemetery
    • The Haynie Cemetery is located in Whatcom County
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  • Hillsdale Cemetery
    • The Hillsdale Cemetery is located in Whatcom County
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  • Indian Joe Cemetery
    • The Indian Joe Cemetery is located in Whatcom County
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  • Kendall Cemetery
    • The Kendall Cemetery is located in Whatcom County
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  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Kulshan Cemetery
      • The Kulshan Cemetery is located in Whatcom County
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    • Lummi Cemetery
      • The Lummi Cemetery is located in Whatcom County
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    • Lynden Cemetery
      • The Lynden Cemetery is located in Whatcom County
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    • Monumenta Cemetery
    • Mt. Hope Cemetery
      • The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Whatcom County
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    • Nooksack Cemetery
      • The Nooksack Cemetery is located in Whatcom County
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    • Saxon Cemetery
      • The Saxon Cemetery is located in Whatcom County
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    • South Poplar Mennonite Cemetery
    • Van Zandt Cemetery
      • The Van Zandt Cemetery is located in Whatcom County
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    • Woodlawn Cemetery
      • The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Whatcom County
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      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodlawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Ferndale.
      • The Woodlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Paradise Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77126 <2>

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Sunnyland Memorial Park.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically:

  • Acme
  • Alger
    • Alger is located in Skagit County
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  • Bellingham
  • Bow
  • Chuckanut Village
    • Chuckanut Village is located in Whatcom County
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  • Clearbrook
    • Clearbrook is located in Whatcom County
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  • Clipper
    • Clipper is located in Whatcom County
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  • Custer
  • Delta
    • Delta is located in Whatcom County
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  • Deming
  • Edison
    • Edison is located in Skagit County
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  • Everson
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Ferndale
    • Geneva
      • Geneva is located in Whatcom County
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    • Indian Village
      • Indian Village is located in Skagit County
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    • Kickerville
      • Kickerville is located in Whatcom County
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    • Lummi Island
    • Lummi
      • Lummi is located in Whatcom County
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    • Lynden
    • Marietta
      • Marietta is located in Whatcom County
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    • Nooksack
      • Nooksack is located in Whatcom County
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,659 people
    • Saxon
      • Saxon is located in Whatcom County
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    • Silver Beach
      • Silver Beach is located in Whatcom County
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    • Sudden Valley
      • Sudden Valley is located in Whatcom County
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    • Urban
      • Urban is located in Skagit County
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    • Welcome
      • Welcome is located in Whatcom County
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    • Wickersham
      • Wickersham is located in Whatcom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickersham

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 Sunnyland Memorial Park. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Whatcom County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sunnyland Memorial Park.

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 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 Sunnyland Memorial Park:

  • Pages specific to Washington:
  • Pages specific to Whatcom 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 Sunnyland Memorial Park:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #2605506  (Sunnyland Memorial Park)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2605506 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: Whatcom
      • Topo Map Name: Bellingham North

    Footnotes ...

    <1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Whatcom, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <2>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.
    <3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Sunnyland Memorial Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.