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A visit to the Whales Back Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

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 Whales Back Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Whales Back Cemetery

Lat:   44.4202°   (44° 25' 12")

Lon:   -70.6507°   (-70° 39' 2")

The Whales Back Cemetery is located in Oxford County<1>.

The county seat for Oxford County is located in South Paris. South Paris lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Whales Back Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Whales Back Cemetery.<3>

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

  • Cole Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cole Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cole Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Cole Hill Cemetery is located in Oxford County
  • Birds Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Birds Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Birds Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Birds Hill Cemetery is located in Oxford County
  • Mt. Abram Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Abram Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Abram Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Abram Cemetery is located in Oxford County
  • Howe Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Howe Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Howe Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Howe Hill Cemetery is located in Oxford County
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lakeside Cemetery is located in Oxford County
  • Greenleaf Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Chandler Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chandler Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chandler Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Chandler Hill Cemetery is located in Oxford County
  • South Bethel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Bethel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The South Bethel Cemetery is located in Oxford County
  • Rowe Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rowe Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rowe Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Rowe Hill Cemetery is located in Oxford County
  • Rumford Point Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Rumford Point Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Hanover Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hanover Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hanover Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hanover Cemetery is located in Oxford County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Bartlett Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bartlett Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bartlett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bartlett Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Curtis Hill Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • East Ellis Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Ellis Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Ellis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The East Ellis Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Riverside Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • 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.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Riverside Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Woodland Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • North Paris Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Paris Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Paris Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The North Paris Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Lower West Ellis Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lower West Ellis Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lower West Ellis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lower West Ellis Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Upper West Ellis Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Upper West Ellis Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Upper West Ellis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Upper West Ellis Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Mt. Will Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Will Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Will Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mt. Will Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Skillingston Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Songo Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Songo Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Songo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Songo Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Patch Mtn. Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Patch Mtn. Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Patch Mtn. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Patch Mtn. Cemetery is located in Oxford County
    • Franklin Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • East Rumford Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunnyside Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Whales Back Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Whales Back 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 Whales Back Cemetery. The following communities are located in Oxford County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Bethel

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 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 Whales Back 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 Whales Back Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #578301  (Whales Back Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #578301 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: Bryant Pond
    • County: Oxford         Elev: 223
    • Location given for GNIS #578301 (Whales Back Cemetery)

The official website for Oxford County: www.oxfordcounty.org/

The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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 Whales Back Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4202, Longitude: -70.6507    
<3>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.
<4>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.
<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.
<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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