A visit to the Colonel Richard Somers Family 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 Colonel Richard Somers Family Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Colonel Richard Somers Family Cemetery (FG ID #2245684).
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 Colonel Richard Somers Family Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Colonel Richard Somers Family Cemetery:
39.3157, -74.5964
The Colonel Richard Somers Family Cemetery is located in Atlantic County<2>.
The county seat for Atlantic County is located in Mays Landing. Mays Landing lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the northwest of the Colonel Richard Somers Family Cemetery .
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Establishment of the Colonel Richard Somers Family Cemetery ...
The Colonel Richard Somers Family Cemetery was:
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Colonel Richard Somers Family Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Colonel Richard Somers Family Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Friends Central Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Zion UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Palestine Bible Protestant Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oxford Circle Burial Ground
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Seaside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Atlantic City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Emeth Shalom Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Rodef Shalom Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sholem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Sholem Cemetery is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sholem Cemetery
- Beth - Kehillah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tuckahoe UMC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Atlantic County Veterans Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Steelmans Creek Burial Ground
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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]<3> of the Colonel Richard Somers Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Colonel Richard Somers Family Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Somers Point
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Somers Point is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,153 people
- Ocean City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Linwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bargaintown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Margate City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Margate City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margate City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,801 people
- Northfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Northfield is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,047 people
- Ventnor City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ventnor City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ventnor City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,872 people
- Pleasantville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Atlantic City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Atlantic City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Atlantic City
- Tuckahoe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Strathmere
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Corbin City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- McKee City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- McKee City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKee City
- Atlantic City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Absecon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Estellville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Estell Manor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Estell Manor is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estell Manor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
- Pomona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Clarkstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Steelmantown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mays Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Warners Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ocean View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sea Isle City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oceanville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Colonel Richard Somers Family Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Atlantic County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Colonel Richard Somers Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Absecon
- Absecon lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Colonel Richard Somers Family Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Absecon.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absecon
- Atlantic City
- Mays Landing
- Ocean City
- Pomona
- Pomona lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Colonel Richard Somers Family Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Pomona.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Sea Isle City
- Ventnor City
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 Colonel Richard Somers Family Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New Jersey:
- Pages specific to Atlantic 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 Colonel Richard Somers Family Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2245684
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 New Jersey's counties, including Atlantic, 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- Colonel Richard Somers Family 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. |