A visit to the Buckminster 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 Buckminster Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Buckminster Cemetery:
42.4126, -72.1087
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Buckminster Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Buckminster Cemetery is located in Worcester County<2>.
The county seat for Worcester County is located in Worcester. Worcester lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Buckminster Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Buckminster Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Buckminster Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Buckminster Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Lincoln Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Lincoln Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Cemetery
- Lee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Lee Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Cemetery
- Lee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Lee Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Cemetery
- Caldwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Caldwell Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell Cemetery
- Glen Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Glen Valley Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Valley Cemetery
- Jenkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Jenkins Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Cemetery
- Adams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Adams Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- Miles Holden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Miles Holden Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Holden Cemetery
- West Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The West Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cemetery
- Coldbrook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Coldbrook Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldbrook Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
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- Nichewaug Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Nichewaug Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichewaug Cemetery
- Taylor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- North Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The North Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cemetery
- Parker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Parker Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Cemetery
- Parker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Parker Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Cemetery
- Ledgeville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Ledgeville Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgeville Cemetery
- Southwest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Southwest Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest Cemetery
- Oakham Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Oakham Center Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakham Center Cemetery
- Green Hollow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Green Hollow Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hollow Cemetery
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Hill Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Hubbardston.
- Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Forest Hill Cemetery (located 76 miles to the north).
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #HUB.807 <5>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90990 <6>
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] of the Buckminster Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Buckminster Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Barre
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Barre is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,574 people
- South Barre
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- South Barre is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre
- Heald Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Heald Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heald Village
- Mill Village
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mill Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Barre Plains
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Barre Plains is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Plains
- Wheelwright
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wheelwright is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright
- Oakham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakham is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,950 people
- Hardwick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hardwick is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,047 people
- New Braintree
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- New Braintree is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Braintree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- North Rutland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Rutland is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rutland
- Hubbardston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hubbardston is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbardston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,811 people
- Petersham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Petersham is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,237 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hubbardston Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hubbardston Station is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbardston Station
- Dana ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dana is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Goulding Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Goulding Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goulding Village
- Greenwich Village ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Greenwich Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Village
- Gilbertville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbertville is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville
- Rutland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rutland is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,024 people
- North Dana ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- North Dana is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dana
- Phillipston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Phillipston is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,739 people
- Greenwich ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Greenwich is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- North Brookfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- North Brookfield is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,789 people
- Brooks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Brooks is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Templeton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Templeton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,134 people
- Brooks Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Brooks Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Village
- Millington ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Millington is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millington
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 Buckminster Cemetery. The following communities are located in Worcester County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Buckminster Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 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 Buckminster Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Massachusetts:
- Pages specific to Worcester 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 Buckminster Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #602330 (Buckminster Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #602330 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: Worcester
- Est. Elev: 288 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Barre
- Location given for Buckminster Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.4125903 Lon: -72.1086898
- 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 Massachusetts' counties, including Worcester, 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 from Point A (ie- Buckminster 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 Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MACRIS (for the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System). More information about the MHC and MACRIS can be found on their website: mhc-macris.net.
When visiting the MACRIS website, you might encounter their page requiring the 'Acceptance of Terms'. With your acceptance, you'll be transfered to the desired page.
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| <6> | 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. |