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A visit to the Five Waters 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 Five Waters Cemetery ...

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

42.9878, -77.0928

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

The Five Waters Cemetery is located in Ontario County<2>.

The county seat for Ontario County is located in Canandaigua. Canandaigua lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the southwest of the Five Waters Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Five Waters Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Five Waters Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Riverview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • The Riverview Cemetery is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Cemetery
  • Clifton Springs Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
  • Resthaven Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • The Resthaven Cemetery is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resthaven Cemetery
  • St. Francis Catholic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Purchase Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • The Purchase Cemetery is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purchase Cemetery
  • Marbletown Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • The Marbletown Cemetery is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbletown Cemetery
  • St. Agnes Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • The St. Agnes Cemetery is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Agnes Cemetery
  • Pinewood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • The Pinewood Cemetery is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Cemetery
  • Newark State School Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • The Newark State School Cemetery is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark State School Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Newark State School Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Newark.
    • The Newark State School Cemetery has also been known as:
    • NDC Potters Field
    • NDC State School Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2451516 <5>
  • East Newark Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Port Gibson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • The Port Gibson Cemetery is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Gibson Cemetery
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Sunnyside Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • The Sunnyside Cemetery is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Cemetery
    • Wheat Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • The Wheat Cemetery is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Cemetery
    • Melvin Hill Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • The Melvin Hill Cemetery is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill Cemetery
    • Burnett Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • The Burnett Cemetery is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett Cemetery
    • Westfall Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • The Westfall Cemetery is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfall Cemetery
    • Old Houser Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • The Old Houser Cemetery is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Houser Cemetery
    • Newark Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Pioneers Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • The Pioneers Cemetery is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneers Cemetery
    • Macaulay Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • The Macaulay Cemetery is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macaulay Cemetery
    • Herrington Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • The Herrington Cemetery is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrington Cemetery
    • Orleans Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • The Orleans Cemetery is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans Cemetery
    • Joslyn Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • The Joslyn Cemetery is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joslyn Cemetery
    • Armstrong Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • The Armstrong Cemetery is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Cemetery
    • Vandemark Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • The Vandemark Cemetery is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandemark 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 Five Waters Cemetery.

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

  • Clifton Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Phelps
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Newark
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Port Gibson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Melvin Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
  • Seneca Castle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • West Junius
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • West Junius is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
  • Thompson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Thompson is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
  • Mud Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
  • Manchester
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Shortsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Hopewell Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • East Palmyra
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
    • Lyons
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Flint
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Flint is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
    • Dobbins Corner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
    • Fairville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Fairville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
    • Palmyra
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Geneva
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Yellow Mills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
    • Border City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Border City is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
    • Marquart Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
    • Canandaigua
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Canandaigua is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,152 people
      • Canandaigua has also been known as:
      • Canadaigua
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canandaigua <6>
    • Marion
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Waterloo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Huddle
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Huddle is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
    • Macedon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)

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 Five Waters Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Ontario County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Five Waters 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 websites either 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 Five Waters Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to New York:
  • Pages specific to Ontario 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 Five Waters Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #2542279  (Five Waters Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2542279 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: Ontario
      • Est. Elev: 152 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Phelps
      • Location given for Five Waters Cemetery:
      • Lat: 42.9877778     Lon: -77.0927778
      • 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 Ontario, 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- Five Waters 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.