A visit to the Bower 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 Bower Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bower Cemetery:
42.6017, -76.5158
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bower Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bower Cemetery is located in Tompkins County<2>.
The county seat for Tompkins County is located in Ithaca. Ithaca lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the south of the Bower Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bower Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Bower Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bower Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Lansingville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Lansingville Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingville Cemetery
- North Lansing Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- German Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The German Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Cemetery
- Lanterman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Lanterman Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanterman Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Palmer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- East Lansing Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The East Lansing Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing Cemetery
- Kelley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Kelley Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelley Cemetery
- Stearns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Stearns Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stearns Cemetery
- Maplewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Maplewood Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Cemetery
- Belltown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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- Lake Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Lake Ridge Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge Cemetery
- Cobb Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Cobb Street Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Street Cemetery
- Byrd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Byrd Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrd Cemetery
- The Byrd Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bird Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #63984 <5>
- Edsall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Edsall Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edsall Cemetery
- Edsall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Edsall Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edsall Cemetery
- Pine Hollow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Pine Hollow Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hollow Cemetery
- Genoa Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Genoa Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa Cemetery
- Goodyears Corners Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Asbury Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Asbury Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Cemetery
- Old Settlers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Old Settlers Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Settlers Cemetery
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 Bower Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bower Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- North Lansing
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- East Lansing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- West Groton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- East Genoa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Myers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Willow Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Locke
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Taughannock Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Lansing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Groton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Atwaters
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Trumansburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Peruville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Moravia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ledyard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Cayuga Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Summer Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Montville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Kidders
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Ithaca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Forest Home
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Varna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Freeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Black Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Interlaken
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Interlaken is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
- Former names for Interlaken:
- Farmer Village
- Farmer
- Farmerville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Interlaken <6>
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 Bower Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Tompkins County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bower Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Freeville
- Groton
- Ithaca
- Locke
- Moravia
- Poplar Ridge
- Trumansburg
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 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 Bower Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Tompkins 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 Bower Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #944511 (Bower Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #944511 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: Tompkins
- Est. Elev: 287 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Ludlowville
- Location given for Bower Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.6017383 Lon: -76.5157736
- 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 Tompkins, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bower 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. |