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A visit to the Central Burying Grounds ...

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 Central Burying Grounds ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Central Burying Grounds:

41.3904, -72.8957

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Central Burying Grounds can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Central Burying Grounds is located in New Haven County<2>.

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List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 31 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Central Burying Grounds.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Central Burying Grounds, with the nearest first.

  • Center Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • The Center Cemetery is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cemetery
  • New Center Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • The New Center Cemetery is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Center Cemetery
    • The New Center Cemetery has also been known as:
    • New North Haven Center Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103257 <5>
  • Old Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • The Old Cemetery is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Cemetery
    • The Old Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Center Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103538 <5>
  • Mt. Carmel Burying Ground
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • The Mt. Carmel Burying Ground is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Burying Ground
    • The Mt. Carmel Burying Ground has also been known as:
    • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #640500 <5>
  • Hamden Plains Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Hamden Plains Cemetery is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamden Plains Cemetery
  • State Street Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • The State Street Cemetery is located in New Haven County
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  • Montowese Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Montowese Cemetery is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montowese Cemetery
  • All Saints Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • The All Saints Cemetery is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Cemetery
  • Westwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • The Westwood Cemetery is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Cemetery
  • Sperry Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • The Sperry Cemetery is located in New Haven County
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  • Sperry Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Sperry Cemetery is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sperry Cemetery
  • Woodin Street Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • The Woodin Street Cemetery is located in New Haven County
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  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • B'nail Jacob Memorial Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • The B'nail Jacob Memorial Park is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for B'nail Jacob Memorial Park
      • The B'nail Jacob Memorial Park has also been known as:
      • Bnail Jacob Memorial Park
    • Beaverdale Memorial Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • The Beaverdale Memorial Park is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdale Memorial Park
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Beaverdale Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in New Haven.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103214 <5>
    • Congregation Beth El Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • B'nail Scholom Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • The B'nail Scholom Cemetery is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for B'nail Scholom Cemetery
      • The B'nail Scholom Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Bnail Scholom Cemetery
    • St. Casimir's Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Carrington Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • The Carrington Cemetery is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrington Cemetery
    • Old Bethany Burying Ground
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • The Old Bethany Burying Ground is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bethany Burying Ground
      • The Old Bethany Burying Ground has also been known as:
      • Old Bethany Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103535 <5>
    • Eastside Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • The Eastside Cemetery is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastside Cemetery
    • Mishkan Israel Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • The Mishkan Israel Cemetery is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishkan Israel Cemetery
    • City Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • The City Cemetery is located in New Haven County
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    • Congregation Mishkan Israel Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Westville Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • The Westville Cemetery is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville Cemetery
    • Grove Street Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • The Grove Street Cemetery is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Street Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Grove Street Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in New Haven.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1607917 <5>
    • Center Church Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • The Center Church Cemetery is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Church Cemetery
    • New Haven Crypt Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Union Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • The Union Cemetery is located in New Haven County
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    • Northford Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • The Northford Cemetery is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northford Cemetery
    • Center Street Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • The Center Street Cemetery is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Street Cemetery
    • Lufbery Memorial Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • The Lufbery Memorial Park is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufbery Memorial Park

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Central Burying Grounds.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Central Burying Grounds, with the nearest first:

  • Hamden
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • North Haven
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Hamden
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Hamden is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 60,294 people
  • North Haven
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • North Haven is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Haven
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,556 people
  • Whitneyville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Clintonville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Clintonville is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
  • Quinnipiac ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Quinnipiac is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinnipiac
  • Davidsons Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Davidsons Corner is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidsons Corner
  • Brooksvale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Brooksvale is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksvale
  • Westville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Westville is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
  • New Haven
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • New Haven
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • New Haven is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 130,801 people
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Fair Haven
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Fair Haven is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven
    • Hemingway Town ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Hemingway Town is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemingway Town
    • Northford
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Wallingford
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bethany
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bethany is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,513 people
    • Bethany
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Woodbridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodbridge is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,704 people
    • Woodbridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • East Haven
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • East Haven is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,454 people
    • Totoket
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Totoket is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totoket
    • North Branford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • North Branford is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,066 people
    • Wallingford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Wallingford is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,076 people
    • Allingtown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • East Haven
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • North Branford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Yalesville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cheshire
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)

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 Central Burying Grounds. The following communities are located in New Haven County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Central Burying Grounds.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Central Burying Grounds:

  • Pages specific to Connecticut:
  • Pages specific to New Haven 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 Central Burying Grounds:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #206152  (Central Burying Grounds)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #206152 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: New Haven
      • Est. Elev: 32 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Mount Carmel
      • Location given for Central Burying Grounds:
      • Lat: 41.3903749     Lon: -72.8956573
      • 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 Connecticut's counties, including New Haven, 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- Central Burying Grounds) 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.
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