A visit to the Canaan 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 Canaan Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Canaan Cemetery:
42.3926, -73.4554
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Canaan Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Canaan Cemetery is located in Columbia County<2>.
The county seat for Columbia County is located in Hudson. Hudson lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Canaan Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Canaan Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Canaan Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Canaan Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Flatbrook Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Maples Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Maples Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Maples Cemetery
- Mountain View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Mountain View Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery
- Lovejoy - Beebe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Red Rock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Red Rock Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock Cemetery
- West Stockbridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Center Cemetery is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #HAN.801 <6>
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- Cone Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cornwall - Tilden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gilbert Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Spencertown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Austerlitz Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Austerlitz Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austerlitz Cemetery
- West Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The North Cemetery is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #RIC.801 <6>
- Shaker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cemetery of the Evergreens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chatham Rural Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Chatham Rural Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Rural Cemetery
- Northeast Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Northeast Cemetery is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northeast Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Northeast Cemetery is located between<7> the communities of Pittsfield (MA) and Richmond (MA). The cemetery lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Richmond.
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #RIC.802 <6>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91331 <5>
- Mott Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Mott Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mott 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 Canaan Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Canaan Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Canaan Center
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Canaan Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Center
- Canaan
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Red Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Red Rock is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- New Concord
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Concord is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Concord
- New Britain ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Britain is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Britain
- Richmond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Richmond is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,410 people
- Austerlitz
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Moorhouse Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moorhouse Corner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhouse Corner
- West Stockbridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Stockbridge is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
- Stevens Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stevens Corner is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner
- Shaker Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shaker Village is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Rock City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rock City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Chatham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rockdale Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale Mills is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Mills
- Brainard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Riders Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Riders Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mills
- Chatham Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Chatham Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Center
- Ghent
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Green River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Green River is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River
- Glendale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glendale is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Stockbridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stockbridge is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,883 people
- Lenox
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lenox is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,933 people
- Wyomanock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wyomanock is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyomanock
- Harlemville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harlemville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlemville
- East Nassau
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- East Nassau is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nassau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Housatonic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Housatonic is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housatonic
- Pittsfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pittsfield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,834 people
- North Chatham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Chatham is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chatham
- Niverville
(10 miles [16.1 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 Canaan Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Columbia County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Canaan Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Canaan
- Chatham
- Lenox
- Niverville
- Pittsfield
- Stockbridge
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Canaan Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Columbia 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 Canaan Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #945716 (Canaan Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #945716 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: Columbia
- Est. Elev: 296 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Canaan
- Location given for Canaan Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.3925847 Lon: -73.4553891
- 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 Columbia, 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- Canaan 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> | The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MACRIS (for the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System). More information about the MHC and MACRIS can be found on their website: mhc-macris.net.
When visiting the MACRIS website, you might encounter their page requiring the 'Acceptance of Terms'. With your acceptance, you'll be transfered to the desired page.
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| <7> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Pittsfield (MA) and Richmond (MA). The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
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