A visit to the Willow 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 Willow Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Willow Cemetery:
42.5170, -71.0159
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Willow Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Willow Cemetery is located in Essex County<2>.
The county seat for Essex County is located in Salem. Salem lies just to the east of the Willow Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Willow Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Willow Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Willow Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Puritan Lawn Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Forest Glade Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Temple Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Larrabee Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Larrabee Family Cemetery is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Larrabee Family Cemetery is located in West Peabody.
- The Larrabee Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Larrabee Burial Ground
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2439764 <5>
- Needham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Needham Cemetery is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Needham Cemetery is located in West Peabody.
- The Needham Cemetery has also been known as:
- Needham Burial Ground
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2201904 <5>
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ross Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Ross Memorial Park is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Memorial Park
- Flint Burying Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Flint Burying Ground is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Burying Ground
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Flint Burying Ground is located in West Peabody.
- The Flint Burying Ground has also been known as:
- Flint Burial Ground
- Flint Cemetery
- Old Flint Burial Ground
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #PEA.801 <6>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2370508 <5>
- Lakeside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Lakeside Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Cemetery
- Temple Israel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Temple Israel Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Israel Cemetery
- The Temple Israel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Temple Adath Israel Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #WAK.800 <6>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2203197 <5>
- Old Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Old Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Jeans Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Jeans Cemetery is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Jeans Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Cedar Grove Cemetery is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Cemetery
- King Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The King Cemetery is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the King Cemetery is located in Peabody.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2161288 <5>
- Swinnerton Burial Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Swinnerton Burial Ground is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swinnerton Burial Ground
- The Swinnerton Burial Ground has also been known as:
- Garden Street Cemetery
- Popes / Goodale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Popes / Goodale Cemetery is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popes / Goodale Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Popes / Goodale Cemetery is located in West Peabody.
- The Popes / Goodale Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
- Pope Burial Ground
- Pope Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2370391 <5>
- Emmanuel Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Goodale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Goodale Cemetery is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodale Cemetery
- Sons of Jacob 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 27 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Willow Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Willow Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Montrose
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Montrose is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Wakefield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wakefield is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,051 people
- West Peabody
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Peabody is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peabody
- Lynnfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lynnfield is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,040 people
- Saugus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Saugus is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,542 people
- West Lynn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Lynn is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lynn
- Melrose
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,790 people
- Pleasant Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- Cliftondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cliftondale is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftondale
- Lynn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lynn is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94,539 people
- Peabody
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Peabody is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53,063 people
- Brigadoon Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brigadoon Village is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigadoon Village
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Reading
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Reading is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,535 people
- Walnut Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Walnut Hill is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Lindenwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lindenwood is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindenwood
- Stoneham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stoneham is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,961 people
- Wyoming
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Franklin Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Franklin Park is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Park
- East Lynn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- East Lynn is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn
- Swampscott
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Swampscott is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swampscott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,462 people
- Danvers
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Danvers is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,571 people
- Beaver Brook ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Brook is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Brook
- Hathorne
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hathorne is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hathorne
- Howe
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Howe is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Middleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Middleton is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,107 people
- North Reading
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Reading is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,904 people
- West Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Village
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 Willow 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 Willow Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Danvers
- Lynn
- Lynnfield
- Melrose
- Peabody
- Reading
- Saugus
- Stoneham
- Swampscott
- Wakefield
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 Willow 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 Willow Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #599048 (Willow Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #599048 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: 36 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Reading
- Location given for Willow Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.5170396 Lon: -71.0158851
- 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Willow 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.
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