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A visit to the Saint Josephs Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the St. Josephs Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. Josephs Cemetery (FG ID #90506)

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 St. Josephs Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   43.4702°   (43° 28' 12")

Lon:   -70.4599°   (-70° 27' 35")

The cemetery is located in York County<2>.

As an estimate, the St. Josephs Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Biddeford.

The county seat for York County is located in Alfred. Alfred lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the west of the St. Josephs Cemetery .

Establishment of the St. Josephs Cemetery ...

The St. Josephs Cemetery was established in 1872.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km] of the St. Josephs Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Laurel Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Russell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Russell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Russell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Russell Cemetery is located in York County
  • Hope Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Arundel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arundel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arundel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Arundel Cemetery is located in York County
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Evergreen Cemetery is located in York County
  • Home Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Home Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Home Cemetery is located in York County
  • West Scarboro Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Scarboro Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Scarboro Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The West Scarboro Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
  • Mitchell - Hatch Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • South Buston Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Black Point Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Black Point Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Black Point Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Black Point Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Bear Hill Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Chadbourne Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chadbourne Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chadbourne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Chadbourne Cemetery is located in York County
    • Nonesuch Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nonesuch Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nonesuch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Nonesuch Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
    • South Gorham Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Gorham Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Gorham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The South Gorham Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Ocean View Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ocean View Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ocean View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ocean View Cemetery is located in York County
    • Riverside Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 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 Cumberland County
    • Highland Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Meeting House Hill Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meeting House Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meeting House Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Meeting House Hill Cemetery is located in York County
    • Highland Memorial Gardens
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Josephs Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Josephs 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 St. Josephs Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in York County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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. Josephs Cemetery:

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. Josephs Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #574730  (Saint Josephs Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #574730 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: Biddeford
    • County: York         Elev: 41
    • Location given for GNIS #574730 (Saint Josephs Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #90506

The official website for York County: www.co.york.me.us/

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 York, 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 St. Josephs Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4702, Longitude: -70.4599    
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.




 

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