A visit to the Holy Cross 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 Holy Cross Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Holy Cross Cemetery:
41.8154, -71.8903
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Holy Cross Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Holy Cross Cemetery is located in Windham County<2>.
Open a Google Map centered on the Holy Cross Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 29 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Holy Cross Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Holy Cross Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Day Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Day Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Cemetery
- High St. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The High St. Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High St. Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- Old Trinity Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burlingame Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Brainard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Brainard Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brainard Cemetery
- Bruce Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Bruce Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce Cemetery
- Israel Putnam Memorial
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New South Killingly Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old South Killingly Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carpenter - Dresser Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- South Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The South Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cemetery
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
- All Hallows Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The All Hallows Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Hallows Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the All Hallows Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Moosup.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #673150 <5>
- Card - Clark Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Card - Clark Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Card - Clark Cemetery
- Fiske Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Fiske Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiske Cemetery
- South Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The South Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cemetery
- Old Chestnut Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Putnam Heights Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Aspinwall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Aspinwall Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspinwall Cemetery
- Grove Street Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Old Killingly Burial Ground
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Episcopal Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Abington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Abington Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington Cemetery
- The Abington Cemetery has also been known as:
- Abbington Cemetery
- New Abbington Cemetery
- New Abington Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #249615 <5>
- Benson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Benson Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson Cemetery
- Grow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Grow Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grow Cemetery
- Stetson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Stetson Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetson Cemetery
- Hyde Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Hyde Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Cemetery
- Harrington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Harrington Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Holy Cross Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Holy Cross Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Danielson
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- East Brooklyn
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- East Brooklyn is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brooklyn
- Rogers
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Killingly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Killingly is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killingly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,305 people
- Dayville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Brooklyn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,280 people
- Brooklyn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Killingly
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Killingly is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Killingly
- Pomfret Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pomfret Landing is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomfret Landing
- Wauregan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Killingly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ballouville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Putnam Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Putnam Heights is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Heights
- Pomfret
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pomfret is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomfret
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,196 people
- Stetson Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Stetson Corner is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetson Corner
- Central Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Almyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Almyville is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almyville
- Pomfret
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Putnam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Putnam is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,372 people
- Pomfret Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Abington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elliotts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Elliotts is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliotts
- Harrisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Harrisville is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
- Plainfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Plainfield is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,084 people
- Moosup
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Foster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Foster is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Putnam
(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 Holy Cross Cemetery. The following communities are located in Windham County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Holy Cross Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brooklyn
- Dayville
- Moosup
- Pomfret Landing
- Pomfret
- Putnam
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Holy Cross Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Connecticut:
- Pages specific to Windham 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 Holy Cross Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #207907 (Holy Cross Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #207907 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: Windham
- Est. Elev: 75 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Danielson
- Location given for Holy Cross Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.8153763 Lon: -71.8903499
- 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 Windham, 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- Holy Cross 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. |