A visit to the Rochester Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Rochester Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Rochester Cemetery (FG ID #93509)
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 Rochester Cemetery ...
The Rochester Cemetery is located in Shawnee County<2>.
Establishment of the Rochester Cemetery ...
The Rochester Cemetery was established in 1850.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Bauer Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Elevation Cemetery
- The Elevation Cemetery is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elevation Cemetery
- Foster Cemetery
- The Foster Cemetery is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Cemetery
- Grantville Cemetery
- The Grantville Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville Cemetery
- HalfDay Cemetery
- Meriden Cemetery
- The Meriden Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden Cemetery
- Mission Center Cemetery
- Mt. Auburn Cemetery
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
- The Mt. Calvary Cemetery is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Calvary Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Old Grantville Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Penwell - Gabel Cemetery
- Prairie Home Cemetery
- The Prairie Home Cemetery is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Home Cemetery
- St. Aloysius Cemetery
- The St. Aloysius Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Aloysius Cemetery
- Security Benefit Association Cemetery
- Silver Lake Cemetery
- Steward Cemetery
- Topeka Cemetery
- Topeka State Hospital Cemetery
- West Lawn Memorial Gardens
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 Rochester Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Berryton
- Big Springs
- Cullen Village
- Cullen Village is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen Village
- Grantville
- Grantville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- Grover
- Highland Park
- Highland Park is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- Hilldale South
- Hilldale South is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale South
- Hilldale
- Hoyt
- Indian Ridge
- Indian Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Ridge
- Kiro
- Lake Ridge
- Lake Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Medina
- Meriden
- Newman
- North Topeka
- Oakland
- Pauline
- Rock Creek
- Silver Lake
- Spencer
- Tecumseh
- Thompsonville
- Topeka
- Watson
- West Shore
- West Shore is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Shore
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 Rochester Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Shawnee County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rochester Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Grantville
- Hoyt
- Medina
- Meriden
- Silver Lake
- Topeka
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 either 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 Rochester Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kansas:
- Pages specific to Shawnee 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 Rochester Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #93509
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #478784 (Rochester Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #478784 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: Shawnee
- Est. Elev: 289 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Topeka
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Shawnee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rochester Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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