A visit to the Skungamaug Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Skungamaug Cemetery ...
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Skungamaug Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Skungamaug Cemetery
Lat: 41.8832° (41° 52' 59")
Lon: -72.3490° (-72° 20' 56")
The Skungamaug Cemetery is located in Tolland County<2>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Skungamaug Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Skungamaug Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- North Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The North Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- Tolland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tolland Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tolland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Tolland Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- Crystal Lake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crystal Lake Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crystal Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Crystal Lake Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- Charter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Charter Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Charter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Charter Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- Crystal Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crystal Lake Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crystal Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Crystal Lake Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- St. Bernards Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Bernards Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Bernards Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The St. Bernards Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- Grove Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grove Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grove Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Grove Hill Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Edward Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Edward Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Edward Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The St. Edward Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- Ellington Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ellington Center Cemetery
- The Ellington Center Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- The Ellington Center Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ellington Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #168541 <5>
- McKinstry Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elmwood Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elmwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Elmwood Cemetery is located in Tolland County
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- Old Vernon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Vernon Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Vernon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Old Vernon Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- Silver Street Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Silver Street Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Silver Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Silver Street Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- Gurley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gurley Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gurley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Gurley Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- Moose Meadow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moose Meadow Cemetery
- The Moose Meadow Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Moose Meadow Cemetery is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103480 <5>
- Old Stafford Street Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Stafford Street Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Stafford Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Old Stafford Street Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- Quarryville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quarryville Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Quarryville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Quarryville Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- South Street Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Street Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The South Street Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- Old Storrs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Storrs Cemetery
- The Old Storrs Cemetery is located in Tolland County
- 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>
- Stafford Street Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stafford Street Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stafford Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Stafford Street Cemetery is located in Tolland County
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 Skungamaug Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Skungamaug Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Tolland
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tolland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolland
- Tolland is located in Tolland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,567 people
- Tolland
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Quarryville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quarryville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- Quarryville is located in Tolland County
- Crystal Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
- Crystal Lake is located in Tolland County
- South Willington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Willington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington
- Willington is located in Tolland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,838 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willington <6>
- Rockville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Willington
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Willington. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Willington
- East Willington is located in Tolland County
- Stafford Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vernon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Vernon is located in Tolland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,400 people
- Coventry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coventry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- Coventry is located in Tolland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,389 people
- Mansfield Depot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mansfield Depot have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Depot
- Mansfield Depot is located in Tolland County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mansfield Depot <6>
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Ellington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellington
- Ellington is located in Tolland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,652 people
- Ellington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellington
- Ellington is located in Tolland County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ellington <6>
- Windermere
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Windermere. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windermere
- Windermere is located in Tolland County
- Coventry Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Lake
- Coventry Lake is located in Tolland County
- Eagleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Eagleville is located in Tolland County
- Storrs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stafford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stafford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Stafford is located in Tolland County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stafford <6>
- Stafford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stafford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Stafford is located in Tolland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,834 people
- Vernon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bolton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Coventry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coventry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- Coventry is located in Tolland County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coventry <6>
- South Coventry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Coventry
- South Coventry is located in Tolland County
- Mansfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mansfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
- Mansfield is located in Tolland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,417 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mansfield <6>
- Gurleyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurleyville
- Gurleyville is located in Tolland County
- West Ashford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ashford
- West Ashford is located in Windham County
- Somers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Somers have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers
- Somers is located in Tolland County
- Somers has also been known as:
- Central Somers
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Somers <6>
- Somers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Somers have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers
- Somers is located in Tolland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,741 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 Skungamaug Cemetery. The following communities are located in Tolland County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Skungamaug Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Coventry
- Rockville
- South Coventry
- Stafford Springs
- Storrs
- Tolland
- Vernon
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 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 Skungamaug Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Connecticut:
- Pages specific to Tolland County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Skungamaug Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Skungamaug Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #210892 (Skungamaug Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #210892 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
- Class: cemetery Map Name: Stafford Springs
- County: Tolland Elev: 170
- Location given for GNIS #210892 (Skungamaug Cemetery)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/
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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Skungamaug Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8832, Longitude: -72.3490 In this case, the coordinates for the Skungamaug Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
<4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
<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. |
<7> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |