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A visit to the Willow Grove 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 Willow Grove Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Willow Grove Cemetery (FG ID #1637095)

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 Willow Grove Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   44.3324°   (44° 19' 56")

Lon:   -106.7032°   (-106° 42' 11")

The Willow Grove Cemetery is located in Johnson County<2>.

The county seat for Johnson County is located in Buffalo. Buffalo lies just to the north of the Willow Grove Cemetery .

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 helpful 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 Willow Grove Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Wyoming:
  • Pages specific to Johnson 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 Willow Grove 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 7 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Willow Grove Cemetery.

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

    • Buffalo
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Saddlestring
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Story
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Banner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Clearmont
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Big Horn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Meadow Lark Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Lark Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lark Lake
      • Meadow Lark Lake is located in Big Horn County

    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 Willow Grove Cemetery. The following communities are located in Johnson County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 3 that are within 27 miles [43.5 km] of the Willow Grove Cemetery.<6>

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

    • Soldier Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Soldier Park. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • The Soldier Park is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Soldier Park
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2441561 <1>
    • Quiet Rest Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • The Quiet Rest Cemetery is located in Johnson County
      • The Quiet Rest Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Kearney Cemetery
      • Little Piney Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quiet Rest Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84066 <1>
    • Mt. Hope Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Sheridan County
      • The Mt. Hope Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Big Horn Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hope Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83994 <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 Willow Grove Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1596462  (Willow Grove Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #1596462 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
      • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Buffalo
      • County: Johnson         Elev: 1440
      • Location given for GNIS #1596462 (Willow Grove Cemetery)
    • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #1637095

    The official website for Johnson County: www.johnsoncountywyoming.org/

    The official website for State of Wyoming: 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 Johnson, 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Willow Grove Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3324, Longitude: -106.7032    
    <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.
    <7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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