A visit to the Unity 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 Unity Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Unity Cemetery:
41.2365, -73.1748
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Unity Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Unity Cemetery is located in Fairfield County<2>.
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Unity Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Unity Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- Brinsmade Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Brinsmade Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinsmade Cemetery
- Brinsmade Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Brinsmade Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinsmade Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Johns Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Stratford.
- The St. Johns Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John the Baptist Orthodox Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103638 <5>
- Nichols Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Nichols Farm Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols Farm Cemetery
- Long Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Long Hill Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hill Cemetery
- Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Park Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Cemetery
- Lakeview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pembroke Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Pembroke Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pembroke Cemetery
- Gate of Heaven Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Daniels Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Daniels Farm Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Farm Cemetery
- Maple Grove Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mountain Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Mountain Grove Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove Cemetery
- The Mountain Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Maple Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2135498 <5>
- St. Augustine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Congregational Burying Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Putney - Oronoque Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Boothe Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Boothe Memorial Park is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothe Memorial Park
- Mountain Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Grove Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Grove Cemetery
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Christ Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Christ Church Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christ Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Christ Church Cemetery is located in Stratford.
- Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Lawn Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawn Cemetery
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
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 Unity Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Unity Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Nichols
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Nichols is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Trumbull
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Trumbull
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Trumbull is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumbull
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,438 people
- Bridgeport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143,525 people
- Stratford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stratford is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51,660 people
- Oronoque
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oronoque is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oronoque
- Long Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Long Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hill
- Melville Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Melville Village is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Village
- Bridgeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stratford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Huntington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Huntington is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Shelton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shelton is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40,957 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Fairfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62,215 people
- Monroe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Black Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Black Rock is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Milford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Milford is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,781 people
- Milford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shelton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- White Hills is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hills
- Stepney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stepney is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stepney
- Easton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Easton is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,466 people
- Easton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Greenfield Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Hill
- Fairfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Monroe is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,328 people
- Derby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Derby is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,257 people
- Derby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Derby is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,257 people
- Former name for Derby:
- Birmingham
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Derby <6>
- Upper Stepney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Stepney is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Stepney
- Aspetuck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Aspetuck is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspetuck
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 Unity Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Fairfield County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Unity Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bridgeport
- Fairfield
- Milford
- Shelton
- Stratford
- Trumbull
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 Unity Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Connecticut:
- Pages specific to Fairfield 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 Unity Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #211681 (Unity Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #211681 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: Fairfield
- Est. Elev: 54 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bridgeport
- Location given for Unity Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.2364854 Lon: -73.1748342
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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 Fairfield, 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- Unity 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. |