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A visit to the Balcom 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 Balcom Cemetery ...

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

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

Lat:   42.1981°   (42° 11' 53")

Lon:   -77.1639°   (-77° 9' 50")

The Balcom Cemetery is located in Steuben County<2>.

The county seat for Steuben County is located in Bath. Bath lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the northwest of the Balcom Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Balcom Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Nute Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nute Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nute Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Nute Cemetery is located in Steuben County
  • Coopers Plains Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coopers Plains Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Coopers Plains Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Coopers Plains Cemetery is located in Steuben County
  • Chapel Knoll Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chapel Knoll Cemetery
    • The Chapel Knoll Cemetery is located in Steuben County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Chapel Knoll Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Coopers Plains.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #193996 <5>
  • Hope Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hope Cemetery is located in Steuben County
  • East Campbell Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Campbell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Campbell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The East Campbell Cemetery is located in Steuben County
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Fairview Cemetery is located in Steuben County
  • High Street Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the High Street Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the High Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The High Street Cemetery is located in Steuben County
  • West High Street Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • West Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The West Hill Cemetery is located in Steuben County
  • Thurston Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thurston Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thurston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Thurston Cemetery is located in Steuben County
  • Jones - Erwin Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jones - Erwin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jones - Erwin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Jones - Erwin Cemetery is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64980 <5>
  • Erwins Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Erwins Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Erwins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Erwins Cemetery is located in Steuben County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Pritchard Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pritchard Cemetery
      • The Pritchard Cemetery is located in Steuben County
      • The Pritchard Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Knoxville Old Presbyterian Cemetery
      • Old Presbyterian Cemetery
    • Duvall Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Duvall Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Duvall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Duvall Cemetery is located in Steuben County
    • Seamens Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seamens Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seamens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Seamens Cemetery is located in Steuben County
    • Addison Rural Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Addison Rural Cemetery
      • The Addison Rural Cemetery is located in Steuben County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Addison Rural Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Addison.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #195251 <5>
    • St. Catherines Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Catherines Cemetery
      • The St. Catherines Cemetery is located in Steuben County
    • Old Catholic Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Catholic Cemetery
      • The Old Catholic Cemetery is located in Steuben County
      • The Old Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Old St. Catherines Cemetery
    • Goodsell Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goodsell Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goodsell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Goodsell Cemetery is located in Steuben County
    • Christ Johns Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Christ Johns Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Christ Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Christ Johns Cemetery is located in Schuyler County

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 Balcom Cemetery.

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

  • Coopers Plains
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • East Campbell
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
    • East Campbell is located in Steuben County
  • Campbell
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Gang Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gang Mills
    • Gang Mills is located in Steuben County
  • Painted Post
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Riverside
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverside have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
    • Riverside is located in Steuben County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
  • Corning
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Savona
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hornby
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
    • Hornby is located in Steuben County
  • Addison
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Presho
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presho
    • Presho is located in Steuben County
  • Risingville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risingville
    • Risingville is located in Steuben County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • South Corning
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Corning have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corning
      • South Corning is located in Steuben County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
    • South Bradford
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for South Bradford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
      • South Bradford is located in Steuben County
    • Sonora
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
      • Sonora is located in Steuben County
    • Rathbone
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathbone
      • Rathbone is located in Steuben County
    • Post Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Post Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
      • Post Creek is located in Chemung County
    • Cameron Mills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Lindley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Van Vleet
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Van Vleet. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Vleet
      • Van Vleet is located in Steuben County
    • Caton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caton
      • Caton is located in Steuben County
    • Big Flats
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Beaver Dams
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Bradford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Bath
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
      • Bath is located in Steuben County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,407 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <6>
    • Cameron
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)

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 Balcom Cemetery. The following communities are located in Steuben County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Balcom 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 Balcom Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #942847  (Balcom Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #942847 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: Campbell
    • County: Steuben         Elev: 299
    • Location given for GNIS #942847 (Balcom Cemetery)

The official website for Steuben County: www.steubencony.org/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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 New York's counties, including Steuben, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Balcom Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1981, Longitude: -77.1639       In this case, the coordinates for the Balcom Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 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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