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A visit to the Crystal Lake 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 Crystal Lake Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Crystal Lake Cemetery:

41.9454, -72.3754

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

The Crystal Lake Cemetery is located in Tolland County<2>.

Open a Google Map centered on the Crystal Lake Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Crystal Lake Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Charter Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • The Charter Cemetery is located in Tolland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Cemetery
  • Crystal Lake Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • The Crystal Lake Cemetery is located in Tolland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake Cemetery
  • St. Edward Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • The St. Edward Cemetery is located in Tolland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Edward Cemetery
  • North Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • The North Cemetery is located in Tolland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cemetery
  • Skungamaug Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • The Skungamaug Cemetery is located in Tolland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skungamaug Cemetery
  • Old Stafford Street Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • North Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • The North Cemetery is located in Tolland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the North Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Somers.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103521 <5>
  • New West Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • The New West Cemetery is located in Tolland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New West Cemetery
  • West Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • The West Cemetery is located in Tolland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cemetery
  • Ellington Center Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Ellington Center Cemetery is located in Tolland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellington Center Cemetery
    • The Ellington Center Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Ellington Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #168541 <5>
  • McKinstry Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Stafford Street Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Hillside Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • The Hillside Cemetery is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
    • Grove Hill Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • The Grove Hill Cemetery is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill Cemetery
    • St. Bernards Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • The St. Bernards Cemetery is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Bernards Cemetery
    • Tolland Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • The Tolland Cemetery is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolland Cemetery
    • Moose Meadow Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • The Moose Meadow Cemetery is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Meadow Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Moose Meadow Cemetery is located
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103480 <5>
    • Butler Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Prospect Hill Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • The Old Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • The Old Cemetery is located in Hampden County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Old Cemetery
    • St. Bernard's Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • The St. Bernard's Cemetery is located in Hartford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Bernard's Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Bernard's Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Hazardville.
    • Elmwood Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • The Elmwood Cemetery is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cemetery
    • Old Vernon Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • The Old Vernon Cemetery is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Vernon Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Crystal Lake Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Crystal Lake Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Crystal Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Crystal Lake is located in Tolland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
  • Stafford Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Ellington
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ellington is located in Tolland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,652 people
  • Tolland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Tolland is located in Tolland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,567 people
  • Stafford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Stafford is located in Tolland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,834 people
  • Somers
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Somers
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Somers is located in Tolland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,741 people
  • Ellington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Tolland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Stafford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rockville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Quarryville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Quarryville is located in Tolland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Staffordville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • State Line
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • State Line is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
    • State Line
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • State Line is located in Hampden County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
    • Somersville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Windermere
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Windermere is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windermere
    • South Willington
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Willington
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Mill Pond Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Mill Pond Village is located in Hartford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Pond Village
    • Broad Brook
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Hampden
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Hampden is located in Hampden County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,154 people
    • Vernon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Vernon is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,400 people
    • East Willington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • East Willington is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Willington
    • Baptist Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Baptist Village is located in Hampden County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Village

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 Crystal Lake Cemetery. The following communities are located in Tolland County.

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

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 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 Crystal Lake Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Connecticut:
  • Pages specific to Tolland 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 Crystal Lake Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1943278  (Crystal Lake Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1943278 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: Tolland
      • Est. Elev: 207 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Ellington
      • Location given for Crystal Lake Cemetery:
      • Lat: 41.9453746     Lon: -72.3753599
      • 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 Tolland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <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 from Point A (ie- Crystal Lake 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.
    <6>The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MACRIS (for the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System). More information about the MHC and MACRIS can be found on their website: mhc-macris.net.

    When visiting the MACRIS website, you might encounter their page requiring the 'Acceptance of Terms'. With your acceptance, you'll be transfered to the desired page.

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