A visit to the East Groton 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 East Groton Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the East Groton Cemetery:
42.5931, -76.3119
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the East Groton Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The East Groton Cemetery is located in Tompkins County<2>.
The county seat for Tompkins County is located in Ithaca. Ithaca lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the southwest of the East Groton Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the East Groton 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 East Groton Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from East Groton Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Groton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Groton Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton Cemetery
- St. Anthonys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The St. Anthonys Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anthonys Cemetery
- McLean Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The McLean Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLean Cemetery
- Summerhill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Summerhill Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill Cemetery
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- Hinman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Hinman Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinman Cemetery
- Peruville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Peruville Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville Cemetery
- McAllister Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The McAllister Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAllister Cemetery
- West Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The West Hill Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hill Cemetery
- Lickville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Lickville Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickville Cemetery
- Monaghan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Monaghan Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monaghan Cemetery
- Scofield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Scofield Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scofield Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Eaton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Eaton Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Cemetery
- Byrd Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Stearns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Stearns Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stearns Cemetery
- Cobb Street Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Cobb Street Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Street Cemetery
- Cortland Rural Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Glenwood Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Glenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Homer.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64658 <5>
- Eaton Road Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Eaton Road Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Road Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the East Groton Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from East Groton Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Groton City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Groton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Summer Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- McLean
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Peruville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Freeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Munsons Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Cortland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Groton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Dryden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Homer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Locke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Dresserville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- East Lansing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Sempronius
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Montville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Pratt Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Moravia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Lansing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- McGraw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- East River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Little York
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- East Scott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Scott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East Genoa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
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 East Groton 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 East Groton Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cortland
- Dryden
- Freeville
- Groton
- Homer
- Homer lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the East Groton Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Homer.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Locke
- Moravia
- Scott
- Scott lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the East Groton Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Scott.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
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 helpful 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 East Groton 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 East Groton Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #949089 (East Groton Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #949089 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: 445 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Groton
- Location given for East Groton Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.5931264 Lon: -76.3118773
- 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 '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- East Groton 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. |