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A visit to the Bethany 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 Bethany Cemetery ...

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

40.9864, -72.5372

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

The Bethany Cemetery is located in Suffolk County<2>.

The county seat for Suffolk County is located in Riverhead. Riverhead lies just to the southwest of the Bethany Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Bethany Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the Bethany Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Laurel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • The Laurel Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Cemetery
  • Jamesport Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Jamesport Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesport Cemetery
  • Old Burying Ground
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • The Old Burying Ground is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Burying Ground
  • Cutchogue Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
  • Northville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Northville Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northville Cemetery
  • Sound Ave. Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Sound Ave. Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sound Ave. Cemetery
  • Aquebogue Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Aquebogue Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquebogue Cemetery
  • St. Patrick's Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • The St. Patrick's Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patrick's Cemetery
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
  • Good Grond Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • The Good Grond Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Grond Cemetery
    • The Good Grond Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hampton Bays Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64757 <5>
  • North Sea Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • The North Sea Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sea Cemetery
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Willow Hill Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • The Willow Hill Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Hill Cemetery
    • First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Riverhead Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • The Riverhead Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverhead Cemetery
    • Shinnecock Indian Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary RC Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Southampton Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • The Southampton Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southampton Cemetery
    • Baiting Hollow Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • East Quogue Methodist Church Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Old Southampton Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • North End Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • The North End Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North End Cemetery
    • Water Mill Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • The Water Mill Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Mill Cemetery
    • Hashamomack Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • The Hashamomack Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hashamomack Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hashamomack Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southwest of Greenport.
      • The Hashamomack Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Arshamomaque Cemetery
      • Hashamomack Old Families Burying Ground
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2272519 <5>

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Bethany Cemetery.

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

  • Mattituck
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Laurel
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Jamesport
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • New Suffolk
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Cutchogue
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Northville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Northville is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northville
  • Luce Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Luce Landing is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luce Landing
  • Aquebogue
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Peconic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Squiretown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Squiretown is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squiretown
  • Flanders
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Shinnecock Hills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Shinnecock Hills is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinnecock Hills
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • North Sea
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • North Sea is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sea
    • Southold
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Riverhead
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hampton Bays
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Tuckahoe
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Tuckahoe is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe
    • Foxwood Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Foxwood Village is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxwood Village
    • Glenwood Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Glenwood Village is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
    • Pine Valley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Pine Valley is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Valley
    • Art Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Art Village is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art Village
    • Baiting Hollow
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Northampton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Northampton is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northampton
    • Riverside
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Riverside is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
    • East Quogue
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Southampton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Southampton is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southampton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,313 people
      • Southampton has also been known as:
      • Southampton village
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Southampton <6>
    • Noyack
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Westmoreland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Westmoreland is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmoreland

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 Bethany Cemetery. The following communities are located in Suffolk County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bethany 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 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 Bethany Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to New York:
  • Pages specific to Suffolk 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 Bethany Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #2105514  (Bethany Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2105514 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: Suffolk
      • Est. Elev: 3 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Mattituck
      • Location given for Bethany Cemetery:
      • Lat: 40.9863889     Lon: -72.5372222
      • 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 New York's counties, including Suffolk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Bethany 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.