A visit to the Bear Valley 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 Bear Valley Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bear Valley Cemetery:
43.2714, -90.2262
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bear Valley Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bear Valley Cemetery is located in Richland County<2>.
The county seat for Richland County is located in Richland Center. Richland Center lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Bear Valley Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bear Valley Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Bear Valley Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bear Valley Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Killian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The St. Killian Cemetery is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Killian Cemetery
- Sextonville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Sextonville Cemetery is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextonville Cemetery
- Button Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Button Cemetery is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Button Cemetery
- Willow Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Willow Valley Cemetery is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Valley Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Lone Rock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pine River Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Pine River Cemetery is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River Cemetery
- Ash Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Ash Creek Cemetery is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Creek Cemetery
- Big Hollow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Big Hollow Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Hollow Cemetery
- Neptune Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Neptune Cemetery is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune Cemetery
- Mayfield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Mayfield Cemetery is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield Cemetery
- Avoca Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Avoca Cemetery is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca Cemetery
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- St. Josephs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- Ward Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Ward Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Cemetery
- North Otter Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The St. Lukes Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Lukes Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- Richland Center Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Richland Center Cemetery is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Richland Center Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Richland Center.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #963056 <5>
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Oak Ridge Cemetery is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge Cemetery
- Whitemound Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Whitemound Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitemound Cemetery
- Blakeslee Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Blakeslee Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakeslee Cemetery
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 Bear Valley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bear Valley Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Bear Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Valley is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Sextonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sextonville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextonville
- Aubrey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Ithaca
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ithaca is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Lone Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lone Rock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Avoca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Avoca is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Neptune
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Plain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Plain is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
- Sandusky
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sandusky is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Richland Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Spring Green
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Balmoral
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Balmoral is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmoral
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- Muscoda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Muscoda is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
- Helena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Leland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Leland is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
- Lime Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Hub City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hub City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Loganville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Loganville is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Gillingham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Boaz
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Boaz is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Pleasant Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Highland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Arena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Witwen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Witwen is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witwen
- Denzer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Cazenovia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cazenovia is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Woodstock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodstock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
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 Bear Valley Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Richland County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bear Valley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Arena
- Arena lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Bear Valley Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Arena.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Avoca
- Cazenovia
- Highland
- Muscoda
- Plain
- Richland Center
- Spring Green
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 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 Bear Valley Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Wisconsin:
- Pages specific to Richland 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 Bear Valley Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1834352 (Bear Valley Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1834352 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: Richland
- Est. Elev: 227 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bear Valley
- Location given for Bear Valley Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.2713764 Lon: -90.2262355
- 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 Wisconsin's counties, including Richland, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bear Valley 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> | 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. |