A visit to the West Meetinghouse 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 West Meetinghouse Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the West Meetinghouse Cemetery:
41.6498, -73.4371
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the West Meetinghouse Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The West Meetinghouse Cemetery is located in Litchfield County<2>.
Open a Google Map centered on the West Meetinghouse Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the West Meetinghouse Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from West Meetinghouse Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Peet Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Peet Cemetery is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peet Cemetery
- Long Mtn. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Long Mtn. Cemetery is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Mtn. Cemetery
- Upper Merryall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Morningside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gaylordsville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Gaylordsville Cemetery is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaylordsville Cemetery
- Northville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Northville Cemetery is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northville Cemetery
- Bulls Bridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Bulls Bridge Cemetery is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge Cemetery
- North Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The North Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cemetery
- Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Center Cemetery is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Center Cemetery is located outside and to the north of New Milford.
- The Center Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Milford Center Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2338390 <5>
- New Preston Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kent Hollow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Kent Hollow Cemetery is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Hollow Cemetery
- Congregational Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Sherman Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Good Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Good Hill Cemetery is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hill Cemetery
- Quaker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Quaker Cemetery is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Quaker Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Pawling (NY).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2261124 <5>
- Coburn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Coburn Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburn Cemetery
- Quaker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Quaker Cemetery is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Cemetery
- The Quaker Cemetery has also been known as:
- Housatonic Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery
- Lanesville Cemetery
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Holy Cross Cemetery is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross Cemetery
- Judea Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Judea Cemetery is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judea Cemetery
- Romford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Romford Cemetery is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romford Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the West Meetinghouse Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from West Meetinghouse Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Northville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Northville is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northville
- South Kent
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Merwinsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- Gaylordsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Marble Dale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Milford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Milford is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,683 people
- New Preston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bulls Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- Dogtail Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dogtail Corners is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtail Corners
- Sherman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sherman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sherman is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,610 people
- New Milford
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Kent
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kent
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kent is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,766 people
- Washington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Washington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Washington is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,419 people
- Washington Depot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East Kent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Kent is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kent
- Lanesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lanesville is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- Romford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Romford is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romford
- Warren
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Warren is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
- Warren
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgewater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Roxbury Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Roxbury Station is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Station
- Woodville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- North Kent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- North Kent is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kent
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 West Meetinghouse Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Litchfield County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The West Meetinghouse Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Kent
- Kent lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the West Meetinghouse Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Kent.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- New Milford
- Sherman
- Washington Depot
- Washington
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 West Meetinghouse Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Connecticut:
- Pages specific to Litchfield 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 West Meetinghouse Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #211962 (West Meetinghouse Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #211962 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: Litchfield
- Est. Elev: 176 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Kent
- Location given for West Meetinghouse Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.6498167 Lon: -73.4370666
- 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 Litchfield, 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- West Meetinghouse 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. |