A visit to the Sumner Hill 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 Sumner Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sumner Hill Cemetery:
44.3606, -70.4148
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Sumner Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Sumner Hill Cemetery is located in Oxford County<2>.
The county seat for Oxford County is located in South Paris. South Paris lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Sumner Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Sumner Hill Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Sumner Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sumner Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hersey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Hersey Cemetery is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey Cemetery
- Fields Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Fields Hill Cemetery is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Hill Cemetery
- Black Mtn. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Black Mtn. Cemetery is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Mtn. Cemetery
- Stetson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Stetson Cemetery is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetson Cemetery
- Summerfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Summerfield Cemetery is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Summerfield Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Buckfield.
- The Summerfield Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chaffin Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #679121 <5>
- Howard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Howard Cemetery is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Cemetery
- Hartford Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tuell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Tuell Cemetery is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuell Cemetery
- Forbes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Forbes Cemetery is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes Cemetery
- Grays Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Grays Cemetery is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Cemetery
- Buckfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Buckfield Cemetery is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckfield Cemetery
- Crocker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Crocker Cemetery is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocker Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Swan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Swan Cemetery is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Cemetery
- Parsons Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Parsons Cemetery is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons Cemetery
- North Paris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The North Paris Cemetery is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Paris Cemetery
- Partridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Prince Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Prince Cemetery is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Cemetery
- Turner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Turner Cemetery is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Cemetery
- Poland Corner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sparrow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Sparrow Cemetery is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparrow Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Sumner Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sumner Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- East Sumner
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- East Sumner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sumner
- Sumner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Buckfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Turner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- North Turner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Turner
- Canton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Canton is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,097 people
- West Paris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Paris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Paris is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,162 people
- Livermore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gilbertville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gilbertville is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville
- Woodstock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dickvale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dickvale is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickvale
- Chase Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chase Mills is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Mills
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Howes Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Howes Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howes Corner
- Canton Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Canton Point is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton Point
- South Paris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Turner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Livermore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- South Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Livermore
- Peru
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- West Peru
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- West Peru is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peru
- Norway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Turner Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Turner Center is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Center
- North Livermore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Livermore
- North Woodstock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- North Woodstock is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woodstock
- Bryant Pond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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 Sumner Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Oxford County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sumner Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Buckfield
- Canton
- North Turner
- Norway
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 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 Sumner Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Maine:
- Pages specific to Oxford 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 Sumner Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #576526 (Sumner Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #576526 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: Oxford
- Est. Elev: 330 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: West Sumner
- Location given for Sumner Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 44.3606231 Lon: -70.4147824
- 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 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sumner Hill 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. |