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A visit to the Holy Rood 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 Holy Rood Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Holy Rood Cemetery (FG ID #100041)

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 Holy Rood Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Holy Rood Cemetery

Lat:   40.7986°   (40° 47' 54")

Lon:   -74.4503°   (-74° 27' 1")

The Holy Rood Cemetery is located in Morris County<2>.

The county seat for Morris County is located in Morristown. Morristown lies just to the west of the Holy Rood Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Holy Rood Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Holy Rood Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Holy Rood Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Morristown
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Yardley Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yardley Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yardley Village
    • Yardley Village is located in Morris County
  • Whippany
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Littleton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Rosedale Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosedale Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Village
    • Rosedale Village is located in Morris County
  • Green Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
    • Green Village is located in Morris County
  • East Hanover
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Troy Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Tabor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Hanover Neck
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Brookside
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Berkeley Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berkeley Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Heights
    • Berkeley Heights is located in Union County
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Summit
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Livingston
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Boonton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Millbrook
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Benders Corner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Feltville ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Springfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springfield have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
      • Springfield is located in Union County
    • West Caldwell
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Montville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Dover
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
      • Dover is located in Morris County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,619 people
    • Union Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
      • Union Village is located in Somerset County
    • White Meadow Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Meadow Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Meadow Lake
      • White Meadow Lake is located in Morris County
    • Millburn
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Borough of Essex Fells
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Borough of Essex Fells have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Essex Fells
      • Borough of Essex Fells is located in Essex County
      • Estimated population in 2015: 2,159 people
    • Caldwell
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Fairfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfield have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
      • Fairfield is located in Essex County
    • Mine Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mine Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine Hill
      • Mine Hill is located in Morris County

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 Holy Rood Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Morris County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 Holy Rood 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 Holy Rood Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #877206  (Holy Rood Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #877206 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: Morristown
    • County: Morris         Elev: 120
    • Location given for GNIS #877206 (Holy Rood Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #100041

The official website for Morris County: www.co.morris.nj.us/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.nj.gov/

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 Morris, 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Holy Rood Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7986, Longitude: -74.4503    
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>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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