A visit to the Wheeler 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 Wheeler Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wheeler Cemetery:
41.7468, -72.0004
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Wheeler Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Wheeler Cemetery is located in Windham County<2>.
Open a Google Map centered on the Wheeler Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Wheeler Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wheeler Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Raymond Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bennett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Bennett Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett Cemetery
- Stetson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Stetson Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetson Cemetery
- Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Park Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Cemetery
- Westminster Congretational Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Westminster Congretational Church Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster Congretational Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Westminster Congretational Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Canterbury.
- The Westminster Congretational Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Westminster Cemetery
- Westminster Congretational Meeting House Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2157999 <5>
- Hyde Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Hyde Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Cemetery
- Litchfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The South Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cemetery
- Plains Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Plains Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Cemetery
- Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Center Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cemetery
- Cleaveland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Cleaveland Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleaveland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cleaveland Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northwest of Plainfield.
- The Cleaveland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cleveland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1975862 <5>
- South Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The South Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Israel Putnam Memorial
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The North Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
- Grow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Grow Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grow Cemetery
- Scotland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Scotland Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland Cemetery
- Carey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Carey Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey Cemetery
- The Carey Cemetery has also been known as:
- Adams Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103248 <5>
- New Plainfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Plainfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Plainfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Plainfield Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- All Hallows Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Old Trinity Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Wheeler Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wheeler Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Westminster
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Westminster is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Stetson Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Stetson Corner is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetson Corner
- Canterbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Canterbury is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,088 people
- Canterbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brooklyn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brooklyn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brooklyn is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,280 people
- Hampton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wauregan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hampton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hampton is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,841 people
- Scotland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Scotland is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,664 people
- Scotland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Central Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Plainfield Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Plainfield Village is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Village
- Plainfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Plainfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Plainfield is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,084 people
- Moosup
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East Brooklyn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Brooklyn is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brooklyn
- Elliotts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Elliotts is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliotts
- Hanover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Almyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Almyville is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almyville
- Abington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Danielson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pomfret Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pomfret Landing is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomfret Landing
- Chaplin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chaplin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chaplin is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaplin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,232 people
- North Windham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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 Wheeler Cemetery. The following communities are located in Windham County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wheeler Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brooklyn
- Moosup
- Plainfield
- Pomfret Landing
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Wheeler 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 Wheeler Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1924826 (Wheeler Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1924826 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: 93 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Scotland
- Location given for Wheeler Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.7467653 Lon: -72.0003523
- 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wheeler 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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