A visit to the Gurley 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 Gurley Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Gurley Cemetery:
41.8045, -72.2804
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Gurley Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Gurley Cemetery is located in Tolland County<2>.
Open a Google Map centered on the Gurley Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Gurley Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Gurley Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Old Storrs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Old Storrs Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Storrs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Storrs Cemetery is located in Storrs.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2143823 <5>
- Nathan Hale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hillside Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
- Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wormwood Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tolland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Tolland Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolland Cemetery
- Silver Street Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- South Street Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The South Street Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Street Cemetery
- New Willimantic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Atwoodville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Atwoodville Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwoodville Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Skungamaug Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Skungamaug Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skungamaug Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- New Andover Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The New Andover Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Andover Cemetery
- The New Andover Cemetery has also been known as:
- First Congregational Church Cemetery
- Long Hill Road Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2154063 <5>
- Russ Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Russ Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russ Cemetery
- Snow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Snow Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Cemetery
- Quarryville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Quarryville Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville Cemetery
- Townsend Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Townsend Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend Cemetery
- Utley Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Utley Hill Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utley Hill Cemetery
- Columbia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Columbia Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- North Windham Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Chaplin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bedlam Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Bedlam Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedlam Cemetery
- Chaplin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Chaplin Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaplin Cemetery
- Chaplin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Chaplin Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaplin Cemetery
- Warrenville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Warrenville Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenville Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Gurley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Gurley Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Eagleville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Eagleville is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Storrs
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mansfield Depot
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Coventry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Coventry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Coventry is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Coventry
- Mansfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Coventry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coventry is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,389 people
- Coventry Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coventry Lake is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Lake
- South Willington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mansfield City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mansfield City is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield City
- Gurleyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gurleyville is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurleyville
- Mansfield Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Atwoodville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Atwoodville is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwoodville
- Mount Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mount Hope is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- East Willington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Willington is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Willington
- Willington
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Andover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Andover is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,228 people
- Andover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Conantville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Conantville is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conantville
- Tolland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tolland is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,567 people
- West Ashford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Ashford is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ashford
- Tolland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Columbia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Columbia is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,355 people
- Columbia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Willimantic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Windham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chaplin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chaplin is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaplin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,232 people
- Chaplin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Warrenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Warrenville is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenville
- Ashford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ashford is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,246 people
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 Gurley Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Tolland County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Gurley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Coventry
- South Coventry
- Storrs
- Tolland
- Warrenville
- Willimantic
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 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 Gurley 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 Gurley Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #212627 (Gurley Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #212627 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: 141 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Coventry
- Location given for Gurley Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.8045426 Lon: -72.2803573
- 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gurley 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. |
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