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The location of the Sawyer Hill Burying Ground has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<1>


Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Sawyer Hill Burying Ground ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Sawyer Hill Burying Ground can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sawyer Hill Burying Ground

Lat:   42.8201°   (42° 49' 12")

Lon:   -70.9245°   (-70° 55' 28")

The Sawyer Hill Burying Ground 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 south of the Sawyer Hill Burying Ground .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Sawyer Hill Burying Ground:

  • Pages specific to Massachusetts:
  • Pages specific to Essex County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Sawyer Hill Burying Ground itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Sawyer Hill Burying Ground.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sawyer Hill Burying Ground, with the nearest first.

    • Newburyport
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburyport
      • Newburyport is located in Essex County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,495 people
    • Amesbury
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesbury
      • Amesbury is located in Essex County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,537 people
    • West Newbury
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newbury
      • West Newbury is located in Essex County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,781 people
    • Newbury
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newbury have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury
      • Newbury is located in Essex County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,175 people
    • Salisbury
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salisbury have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
      • Salisbury is located in Essex County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,591 people
    • Rocks Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocks Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocks Village
      • Rocks Village is located in Essex County
    • Byfield
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byfield
      • Byfield is located in Essex County
    • South Hampton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Merrimac
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrimac have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
      • Merrimac is located in Essex County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,972 people
    • Newbury Old Town
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newbury Old Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury Old Town
      • Newbury Old Town is located in Essex County
    • Seabrook
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seabrook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seabrook
      • Seabrook is located in Rockingham County (NH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,844 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seabrook <4>
    • Groveland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
      • Groveland is located in Essex County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,868 people
    • Continue List   (13 more) ...
      • Fogg Corners
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogg Corners
        • Fogg Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH)
      • Nason Corners
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nason Corners
        • Nason Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH)
      • Georgetown
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
        • Georgetown is located in Essex County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,789 people
      • Rowley
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rowley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowley
        • Rowley is located in Essex County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,393 people
      • Monahan Corners
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monahan Corners
        • Monahan Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH)
      • Hampton Falls
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Kensington
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kensington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensington
        • Kensington is located in Rockingham County (NH)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,090 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kensington <4>
      • Haverhill
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill
        • Haverhill is located in Essex County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,098 people
      • Bradford
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
        • Bradford is located in Essex County
      • Hampton Beach
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Beach
        • Hampton Beach is located in Rockingham County (NH)
      • East Kingston
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Sanborn Corners
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn Corners
        • Sanborn Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH)
      • Plaistow
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plaistow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaistow
        • Plaistow is located in Rockingham County (NH)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,735 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plaistow <4>

    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 Sawyer Hill Burying Ground. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Essex County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sawyer Hill Burying Ground.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Sawyer Hill Burying Ground.<5>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sawyer Hill Burying Ground, with the nearest first.

    • Union Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • The Union Cemetery is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
    • St. Josephs Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • St. Joseph Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Belleville Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Salisbury Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salisbury Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Salisbury Cemetery is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salisbury Cemetery
    • Highland Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Highland Cemetery is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Cemetery
    • Oak Hill Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Salisbury Plains Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salisbury Plains Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Salisbury Plains Cemetery is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salisbury Plains Cemetery
    • Mt. Prospect Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Lower Corner Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lower Corner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lower Corner Cemetery is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lower Corner Cemetery
    • Locust Grove Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Locust Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Locust Grove Cemetery is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Locust Grove Cemetery
    • Bridge Street Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bridge Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bridge Street Cemetery is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bridge Street Cemetery
    • Continue List   (12 more) ...
      • Walnut Hill Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walnut Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Walnut Hill Cemetery is located in Essex County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walnut Hill Cemetery
      • First Parish Burying Ground
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • The First Parish Burying Ground is located in Essex County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the First Parish Burying Ground is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Newburyport.
        • The First Parish Burying Ground has also been known as:
        • First Parish Burial Ground
        • Newbury First Parish Burying Ground
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the First Parish Burying Ground
        • Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #NEW.800 <7>
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90981 <6>
      • Maplewood Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • First Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the First Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The First Cemetery is located in Essex County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the First Cemetery
      • Green Street Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Green Street Cemetery is located in Essex County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Street Cemetery
      • True Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the True Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The True Cemetery is located in Essex County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the True Cemetery
      • Church Street Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Church Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Church Street Cemetery is located in Essex County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Church Street Cemetery
      • Merrimack Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Merrimack Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Merrimack Cemetery is located in Essex County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Merrimack Cemetery
      • Long Hill Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Wildwood Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wildwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Wildwood Cemetery is located in Rockingham County (NH)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wildwood Cemetery
      • Hillside Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • The Hillside Cemetery is located in Rockingham County (NH)
        • The Hillside Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Smithtown Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2302806 <6>
      • Lower Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • The Lower Cemetery is located in Rockingham County (NH)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lower Cemetery

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

    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 Sawyer Hill Burying Ground:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #600768  (Sawyer Hill Burying Ground)
      • Note: GNIS record #600768 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
      • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Newburyport West
      • County: Essex         Elev: 28
      • Location given for GNIS #600768 (Sawyer Hill Burying Ground)

    The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/

    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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Sawyer Hill Burying Ground. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8201, Longitude: -70.9245       In this case, the coordinates for the Sawyer Hill Burying Ground have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
    <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.
    <7>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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