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Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Pioneer Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Pioneer Cemetery (FG ID #2295362)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Pioneer Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   42.7782°   (42° 46' 41")

Lon:   -105.3918°   (-105° 23' 30")

The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Converse County<2>.

The county seat for Converse County is located in Douglas. Douglas lies just to the south southeast of the Pioneer Cemetery .

Name Variations for Pioneer Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Poverty Flats Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Pioneer Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Wyoming:
  • Pages specific to Converse County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Pioneer Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 9 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Pioneer Cemetery.

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

    • Douglas
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Orin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orin have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orin
      • Orin is located in Converse County
    • Shawnee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Lost Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Rolling Hills
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
      • Rolling Hills is located in Converse County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
    • Glenrock
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Esterbrook
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esterbrook
      • Esterbrook is located in Converse County
    • Boxelder
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boxelder have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxelder
      • Boxelder is located in Converse County
    • Glendo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)

    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 Pioneer Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Converse County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 8 that are within 27 miles [43.5 km] of the Pioneer Cemetery.<6>

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

    • Douglas Park Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • The Douglas Park Cemetery is located in Converse County
      • The Douglas Park Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Douglas Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Douglas Park Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84016 <1>
    • Ft. Fetterman Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • H A Unthank Grave
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • The H A Unthank Grave is located in Converse County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the H A Unthank Grave is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northwest of Glenrock.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the H A Unthank Grave
    • Glenrock Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Grant Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Grant Cemetery is located in Converse County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grant Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84033 <1>
    • Horseshoe Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • The Horseshoe Cemetery is located in Platte County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Horseshoe Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Glendo.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Horseshoe Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84047 <1>
    • Prairie View Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Newell Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • The Newell Cemetery is located in Converse County
      • The Newell Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Esterbrook Cemetery
      • Springhill Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Newell Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1997059 <1>

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

    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 Pioneer Cemetery:

    The official website for Converse County: www.conversecounty.org/

    The official website for State of Wyoming: https://www.wyo.gov/

    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 Wyoming's counties, including Converse, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Pioneer Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7782, Longitude: -105.3918    
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>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.
    <6>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.




 

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