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Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Franklin Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Franklin Cemetery (FG ID #2580407)

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 Franklin Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Franklin Cemetery

Lat:   44.4756°   (44° 28' 32")

Lon:   -70.4945°   (-70° 29' 40")

The Franklin Cemetery is located in Oxford County<2>.

The county seat for Oxford County is located in South Paris. South Paris lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the south of the Franklin Cemetery .

Name Variations for Franklin Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Franklin Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Child Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Franklin Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Wyman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wyman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wyman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Wyman Cemetery is located in Oxford County
  • Demerritt Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Demerritt Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Demerritt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Demerritt Cemetery is located in Oxford County
  • Farrington - Morton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Farrington - Morton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Farrington - Morton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Farrington - Morton Cemetery is located in Oxford County
  • Sunnyside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • East Rumford Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Knight Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knight Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knight Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Knight Cemetery is located in Oxford County
  • Greenleaf Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Black Mtn. Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Black Mtn. Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Black Mtn. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Black Mtn. Cemetery is located in Oxford County
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Riverside Cemetery is located in Oxford County
  • East Peru Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Deshon Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Oxford County
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Stetson Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stetson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stetson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Stetson Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Fields Hill Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fields Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fields Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Fields Hill Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Sparrow Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sparrow Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sparrow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sparrow Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Poland Corner Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poland Corner Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Poland Corner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Poland Corner Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Glover Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glover Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glover Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Glover Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Rumford Point Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Whales Back Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Cole Hill Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cole Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cole Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Cole Hill Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Sumner Hill Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sumner Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sumner Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sumner Hill Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Parsons Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parsons Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parsons Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Parsons Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Pine Grove Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Oxford County

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 Franklin Cemetery.

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

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 Franklin Cemetery. The following communities are located in Oxford County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Franklin Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Canton
    • Canton lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Franklin Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Canton.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton

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 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 Franklin Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Maine:
  • Pages specific to Oxford 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 Franklin Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • 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 Franklin Cemetery:

    The official website for Oxford County: www.oxfordcounty.org/

    The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/

    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 Maine's counties, including Oxford, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Franklin Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4756, Longitude: -70.4945    
    <4>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.
    <5>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.
    <6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
    <7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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