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A visit to the Sunnyside 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 Sunnyside Cemetery ...

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

44.6470, -68.2603

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

The Sunnyside Cemetery is located in Hancock County<2>.

The county seat for Hancock County is located in Ellsworth. Ellsworth lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the southwest of the Sunnyside Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Sunnyside Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Sunnyside Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Williams Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • The Williams Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
  • Abbott Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • The Abbott Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott Cemetery
  • Crimmins Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • The Crimmins Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crimmins Cemetery
  • Bayview Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • The Bayview Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview Cemetery
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • The Hillside Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
  • East Franklin Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • The East Franklin Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Franklin Cemetery
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • The Riverside Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
  • Blaisdell Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • The Blaisdell Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaisdell Cemetery
  • Gordon Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • The Gordon Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Cemetery
  • Beech Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • The Beech Hill Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Hill Cemetery
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
  • Salter Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • The Salter Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter Cemetery
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Pyles Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • The Pyles Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyles Cemetery
    • Juniper Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • The Juniper Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Cemetery
    • MacKenzie Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodbine Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • McFarland Hill Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillcrest Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • The Hillcrest Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Cemetery
    • York Hill Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • The York Hill Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Hill Cemetery
    • Penny Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • The Penny Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penny Cemetery
    • Frost Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • The Frost Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost Cemetery
    • Old Burying Ground Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Simpson Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • The Simpson Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson Cemetery
    • Sumner Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • The Sumner Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner Cemetery
    • Doyle Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • The Doyle Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle Cemetery
    • Birch Tree Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • The Birch Tree Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Tree 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 Sunnyside Cemetery.

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

  • Franklin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Franklin Road
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Franklin Road is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Road
  • Hancock
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • West Sullivan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • West Sullivan is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sullivan
  • Osborn
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Osborn is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
  • Sullivan
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Ellsworth
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • South Hancock
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • South Hancock is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hancock
  • Lamoine
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • East Sullivan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Goodwin Siding
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Goodwin Siding is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwin Siding
    • Goodwin Siding has also been known as:
    • Goodwins
  • East Lamoine
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • East Lamoine is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lamoine
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Sorrento
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Amherst
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Amherst is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
    • Deblois
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Deblois is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deblois
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
    • North Ellsworth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • North Ellsworth is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ellsworth
    • Aurora
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Salsbury Cove
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Salsbury Cove is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salsbury Cove
    • West Gouldsboro
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • West Gouldsboro is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gouldsboro
    • Surry
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Surry is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,504 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Surry <6>
    • Hulls Cove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Gouldsboro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • West Trenton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • West Trenton is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Trenton
    • South Gouldsboro
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • South Gouldsboro is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gouldsboro
    • Cherryfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)

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 Sunnyside Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hancock County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Sunnyside Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Maine:
  • Pages specific to Hancock 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 Sunnyside Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #576545  (Sunnyside Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #576545 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: Hancock
      • Est. Elev: 79 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Eastbrook
      • Location given for Sunnyside Cemetery:
      • Lat: 44.6470196     Lon: -68.2602947
      • 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 Hancock, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sunnyside 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.