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A visit to the Saint Francis 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 St. Francis Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Francis Cemetery:

42.6573, -71.2456

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Francis Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The St. Francis Cemetery is located in Essex County<2>.

The county seat for Essex County is located in Salem. Salem lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the east southeast of the St. Francis Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the St. Francis Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the St. Francis Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Francis Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Varnum Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • The Varnum Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varnum Cemetery
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Lowell.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2201170 <5>
  • Richardson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • The Richardson Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson Cemetery
  • Clark Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • The Clark Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
    • The Clark Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Northwest Cemetery
  • Kendall Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • The Kendall Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall Cemetery
  • Polish Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • The Polish Cemetery is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polish Cemetery
  • Polish National Catholic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • St. Xenia Orthodox Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • The St. Xenia Orthodox Church Cemetery is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Xenia Orthodox Church Cemetery
    • The St. Xenia Orthodox Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St.s Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Cemetery
    • St. Xenia Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91686 <5>
  • St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Bailey Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • The Bailey Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
  • Hildreth Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • The Hildreth Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildreth Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hildreth Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Lowell.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91080 <5>
  • Hildreth Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • St. Patrick Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • The St. Patrick Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patrick Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Patrick Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Lowell.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91663 <5>
    • St. Patricks Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
    • Lowell Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Old Center Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • The Old Center Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Center Cemetery
    • Tewksbury Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • The Tewksbury Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tewksbury Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Tewksbury Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Tewksbury.
      • The Tewksbury Cemetery has also been known as:
      • New Center Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1977976 <5>
    • Tewksbury State Hospital Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • West Parish Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • The West Parish Cemetery is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Parish Cemetery
    • Sons of Israel Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Elmwood Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • St. Anthonys Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • The St. Anthonys Cemetery is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anthonys Cemetery
      • The St. Anthonys Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Anthony Maronite Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91550 <5>
    • Lithuanian National Catholic Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 32 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Francis Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Francis Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Haggetts
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Haggetts is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haggetts
  • Lowell
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Lowell is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 110,904 people
  • Tewksbury
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Tewksbury is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tewksbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,970 people
  • Dracut
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Dracut is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dracut
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,423 people
  • Ayres City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ayres City is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres City
  • West Andover
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • West Andover is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
  • Middlesex Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Middlesex Village is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex Village
  • Princeton Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Princeton Village is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Village
  • North Billerica
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • North Billerica is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Billerica
  • Lowell Junction
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lowell Junction is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell Junction
  • Andover
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Andover is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,554 people
  • Shawsheen Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Shawsheen Village is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawsheen Village
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • Lawrence
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Lawrence is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80,007 people
    • Collinsville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Collinsville is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
    • Chelmsford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Chelmsford is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelmsford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,528 people
    • Billerica
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Billerica is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billerica
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,021 people
    • North Andover
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • North Andover is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Andover
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,460 people
    • Methuen
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Methuen is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methuen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 50,910 people
    • Pelham
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Pelham is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,306 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelham <7>
    • North Chelmsford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • North Chelmsford is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chelmsford
    • Tozier Corner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Tozier Corner is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tozier Corner
    • Nutting Lake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Nutting Lake is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutting Lake
    • Pinehurst
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Pinehurst is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
    • Wilmington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Wilmington is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,287 people
    • Bedford Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Bedford Springs is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
    • West Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • West Village is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Village
    • West Boxford
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • West Boxford is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Boxford
    • Ward Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Ward Hill is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Hill
    • Ayers Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Ayers Village is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers Village
    • Wilson Corners
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Wilson Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corners
    • Salem
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Salem is located in Rockingham County (NH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,641 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <7>
    • Tyngsbororough
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Tyngsbororough is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyngsbororough
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,646 people

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 St. Francis Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Essex County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Francis 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 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 St. Francis Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Massachusetts:
  • Pages specific to Essex 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 St. Francis Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #602917  (Saint Francis Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #602917 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: Essex
      • Est. Elev: 73 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Lawrence
      • Location given for Saint Francis Cemetery:
      • Lat: 42.6573136     Lon: -71.2456146
      • 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 Essex, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- St. Francis 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>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.

    <7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.