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A visit to the Elmlawn 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 Elmlawn Cemetery ...

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

42.9923, -78.8645

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

The Elmlawn Cemetery is located in Erie County<2>.

The county seat for Erie County is located in Buffalo. Buffalo lies just to the south of the Elmlawn Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Elmlawn Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Elmlawn Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Salem Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • The Salem Church Cemetery is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Salem Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Tonawanda.
    • The Salem Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Salem Cemetery
    • Salem's Gemeinde Kirchhof
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2300968 <5>
  • City Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • The City Cemetery is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Tonawanda.
    • The City Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Tonawanda City Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64209 <5>
  • St. Francis Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • The St. Francis Cemetery is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Francis Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Francis Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Tonawanda.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65957 <5>
  • St. John's Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • The St. John's Cemetery is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John's Cemetery
    • The St. John's Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Werkley Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2412812 <5>
  • White Haven Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • The White Haven Cemetery is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Haven Cemetery
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • The Maple Grove Cemetery is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Cemetery
  • Forest Lawn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
  • Skinnersville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • White Chapel Memorial Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Martin's Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • The St. Martin's Cemetery is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Martin's Cemetery
  • St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • St. Stevens Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • The St. Stevens Cemetery is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Stevens Cemetery
    • Frenchman's Creek Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • McAffee Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
      • The Greenwood Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Greenwood Municipal Cemetery
    • St. Paul's Anglican Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • St. Johns Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
    • St. Stanislaus RC Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • The St. Stanislaus RC Cemetery is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Stanislaus RC Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Stanislaus RC Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Cheektowaga.
      • The St. Stanislaus RC Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Stanislaus Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66205 <5>
    • Ridge Lawn Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • The Ridge Lawn Cemetery is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Lawn Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ridge Lawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Cheektowaga.
      • The Ridge Lawn Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Ridgelawn Gardens
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65791 <5>
    • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Acacia Park Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • The Acacia Park Cemetery is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acacia Park Cemetery
      • The Acacia Park Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Rest Haven Cemetery
      • Resthaven Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2232006 <5>
    • Friedens Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • The Friedens Cemetery is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Cemetery
    • St. Matthews Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • The St. Matthews Cemetery is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Matthews Cemetery
    • St. Marks Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • The St. Marks Cemetery is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marks Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Elmlawn Cemetery.

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

  • Kenmore
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Tonawanda
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Park Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Park Village is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village
  • Amherst
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Amherst
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Amherst is located in Genesee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
  • North Tonawanda
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • North Tonawanda is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tonawanda
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,050 people
  • Ferry Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Ferry Village is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Village
  • Martinsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Martinsville is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
  • Wurlitzer Park Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Grandyle Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Grandyle Village is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandyle Village
  • Getzville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hoffman
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Hoffman is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffman
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Saint Johnsburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Saint Johnsburg is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johnsburg
    • Fort Erie
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Williamsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Fort Erie Beach
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Erie Beach
      • Fort Erie Beach has also been known as:
      • Erie Beach
    • Bergholtz
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Bergholtz is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergholtz
    • Buffalo
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Sloan
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Sloan is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,522 people
    • Black Creek Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Black Creek Village is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek Village
    • Ridgemount
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Edgewood Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Crescent Beach
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Waverly Beach
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Cheektowaga
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Black Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Douglastown
      (8 miles [12.9 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 Elmlawn Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Erie County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 Elmlawn Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to New York:
  • Pages specific to Erie 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 Elmlawn Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #949581  (Elmlawn Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #949581 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: Erie
      • Est. Elev: 179 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Buffalo NE
      • Location given for Elmlawn Cemetery:
      • Lat: 42.9922794     Lon: -78.8644806
      • 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 Erie, 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 from Point A (ie- Elmlawn 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.