A visit to the Moss 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 Moss Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Moss Cemetery:
44.2076, -70.1188
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Moss Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Moss Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County<2>.
The county seat for Androscoggin County is located in Auburn. Auburn lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southwest of the Moss Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Moss Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Moss Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Moss Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Keenes Corner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Keenes Corner Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keenes Corner Cemetery
- Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Valley Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Greene.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90649 <5>
- Greenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenwood Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Greene.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89991 <5>
- Old Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Old Valley Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Valley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Greene.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2284795 <5>
- Leeds Plain Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Leeds Plain Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Plain Cemetery
- Sylvester Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Sylvester Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvester Cemetery
- Rose Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Rose Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Cemetery
- River Road Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The River Road Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road Cemetery
- Pond Road Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Pond Road Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Road Cemetery
- Kimball Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Kimball Cemetery is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball Cemetery
- Peare Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Peare Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peare Cemetery
- Monmouth Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Upper Street Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Upper Street Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Street Cemetery
- Conant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Conant Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant Cemetery
- St. Peters Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Peters Catholic Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Catholic Cemetery
- The St. Peters Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Peters Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90513 <5>
- Eaton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Eaton Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Cemetery
- Golder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Golder Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golder Cemetery
- East Wales Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The East Wales Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wales Cemetery
- West Leeds Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The West Leeds Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leeds Cemetery
- Keens Mills Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Keens Mills Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keens Mills Cemetery
- Auburn Plains Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Auburn Plains Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Plains Cemetery
- North River Road Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Herrick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Herrick Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrick Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Drinkwater Corner
- Mitchell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Mitchell Cemetery is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Cemetery
- East Leeds Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The East Leeds Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Leeds Cemetery
- Leeds Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Moss Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Moss Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Greene
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Leeds Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Leeds Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Junction
- Greene Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greene Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Corner
- Nason Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Nason Beach is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nason Beach
- Wales Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wales Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales Corner
- Foggs Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Foggs Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foggs Corner
- Wales
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wales is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,640 people
- Monmouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Curtis Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Curtis Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Corner
- Leeds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Leeds is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,320 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leeds <6>
- Sabattus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Drinkwater Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Drinkwater Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinkwater Corner
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- South Monmouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Monmouth
- North Monmouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Turner Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Turner Center is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Center
- North Auburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Auburn is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- East Monmouth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monmouth
- Turner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Auburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Auburn is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Auburn
- Lewiston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Batchelders Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Batchelders Crossing is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchelders Crossing
- Auburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Litchfield Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Litchfield Corners is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Corners
- Litchfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Purgatory
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Purgatory is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purgatory
- Howes Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Howes Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howes Corner
- Winthrop
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Leeds
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- North Leeds is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- Chase Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Chase Mills is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Mills
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 Moss Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Androscoggin County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Moss Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Moss Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Maine:
- Pages specific to Androscoggin 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 Moss Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #571741 (Moss Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #571741 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: Androscoggin
- Est. Elev: 83 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Monmouth
- Location given for Moss Cemetery:
- Lat: 44.2076 Lon: -70.11879
- 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 Maine's counties, including Androscoggin, 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- Moss 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |