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A visit to the Sunday River 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 Sunday River Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sunday River Cemetery:

44.4890, -70.8426

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Sunday River Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Sunday River Cemetery is located in Oxford County<2>.

The county seat for Oxford County is located in South Paris. South Paris lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the southeast of the Sunday River Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Sunday River Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Sunday River Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Powers Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • The Powers Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Cemetery
  • Mt. Will Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • The Mt. Will Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Will Cemetery
  • Bartlett Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • The Bartlett Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett Cemetery
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the west of Bethel.
    • The Pine Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
    • West Bethel Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2375782 <5>
  • Skillingston Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • The Skillingston Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skillingston Cemetery
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • The Riverside Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
  • Hanover Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • The Hanover Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Cemetery
  • Chapman Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • The Chapman Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman Cemetery
  • Chandler Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • The Chandler Hill Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Hill Cemetery
  • Woodland Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • The Woodland Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
  • South Bethel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • The South Bethel Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethel Cemetery
  • Flat Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • The Flat Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Cemetery
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Mt. Abram Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • The Mt. Abram Cemetery is located in Oxford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Abram Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Abram Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the east of Bethel.
      • The Mt. Abram Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Locke Mills Union Church Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90241 <5>
    • Birds Hill Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • The Birds Hill Cemetery is located in Oxford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Hill Cemetery
    • Rumford Point Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Rumford Point Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • The Rumford Point Cemetery is located in Oxford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford Point Cemetery
    • Lower West Ellis Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Upper West Ellis Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Abbott Family Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • The Abbott Family Cemetery is located in Oxford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott Family Cemetery
    • Howe Hill Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • The Howe Hill Cemetery is located in Oxford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe Hill Cemetery
    • East Ellis Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • The East Ellis Cemetery is located in Oxford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ellis Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Sunday River Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sunday River Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Newry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • North Newry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • North Newry is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newry
  • Mayville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mayville is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
  • West Bethel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • West Bethel is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bethel
  • Bethel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hanover
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • South Andover
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • South Andover is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Andover
  • East Andover
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • East Andover is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Andover
  • Greenville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenville is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • North Woodstock
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • North Woodstock is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woodstock
  • Rumford Center
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Andover
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Bryant Pond
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodstock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Stoneham
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Stoneham is located in Oxford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
    • Greenwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • South Rumford
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • South Rumford is located in Oxford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rumford
    • Rumford
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Mexico
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Berlin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Berlin is located in Coos County (NH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,813 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berlin <6>

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 Sunday River 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 Sunday River Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Berlin
  • Bethel
    • Bethel lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Sunday River Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bethel.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
  • Gorham
    • Gorham lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Sunday River Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Gorham.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorham

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 professional and volunteer 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 Sunday River 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 Sunday River Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #581233  (Sunday River Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #581233 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: 215 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Bethel
      • Location given for Sunday River Cemetery:
      • Lat: 44.4889515     Lon: -70.8425721
      • 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sunday River 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.