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A visit to the Damascus 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 Damascus Cemetery ...

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

41.2834, -72.7748

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

The Damascus Cemetery is located in New Haven County<2>.

Open a Google Map centered on the Damascus Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Damascus Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Mill Plain Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • The Mill Plain Cemetery is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Plain Cemetery
  • St. Agnes Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • The St. Agnes Cemetery is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Agnes Cemetery
  • Branford Center Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Tabor Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • The Tabor Cemetery is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor Cemetery
  • Center Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • The Center Cemetery is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cemetery
  • Bare Plain Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Bare Plain Cemetery is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bare Plain Cemetery
  • East Lawn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The East Lawn Cemetery is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lawn Cemetery
  • West Side Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • The West Side Cemetery is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Side Cemetery
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
  • Greenlawn Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • The Greenlawn Cemetery is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Cemetery
  • Alderbrook Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • The Alderbrook Cemetery is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderbrook Cemetery
  • Nut Plains Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • The Nut Plains Cemetery is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nut Plains Cemetery
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • All Saints Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • The All Saints Cemetery is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Cemetery
    • Montowese Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • The Montowese Cemetery is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montowese Cemetery
    • Union Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • The Union Cemetery is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
    • Northford Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • The Northford Cemetery is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northford Cemetery
    • State Street Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • The State Street Cemetery is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Street Cemetery
    • West Side Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • The West Side Cemetery is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Side Cemetery
    • Old Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • 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>
    • Center Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • The Center Cemetery is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cemetery
    • New Center Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • 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>
    • B'nail Scholom Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • 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
    • Grove Street Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • 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
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • The Center Church Cemetery is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Church Cemetery
    • New Haven Crypt Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • St. Bernard Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • West Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Westside Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • The Westside Cemetery is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Damascus Cemetery.

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

  • Branford
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Branford is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,736 people
  • Pine Orchard
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Pine Orchard is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard
  • Stony Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Stony Creek is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
  • Branford
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Totoket
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Totoket is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totoket
  • North Branford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Short Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Short Beach is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Beach
  • Guilford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • East Haven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • East Haven is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haven
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,454 people
  • Guilford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Guilford is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,043 people
  • North Branford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • North Branford is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,066 people
  • Hemingway Town ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hemingway Town is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemingway Town
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • East Haven
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Fair Haven
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Fair Haven is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven
    • Clintonville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Clintonville is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
    • East River
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • East River is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
    • Northford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • New Haven
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • New Haven is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 130,801 people
    • Madison
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Madison is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,924 people
    • North Madison
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • North Madison is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Madison
    • North Haven
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • North Haven
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • 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
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • New Haven
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Madison
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Hamden
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Allingtown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • West Haven
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)

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 Damascus Cemetery. The following communities are located in New Haven County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Damascus Cemetery:

  • 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 Damascus Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #206578  (Damascus Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #206578 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: 24 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Branford
      • Location given for Damascus Cemetery:
      • Lat: 41.2834302     Lon: -72.77482
      • 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Damascus 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.