A visit to the Forest Hill 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 Forest Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Forest Hill Cemetery:
42.5673, -76.1269
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Forest Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Cortland County<2>.
The county seat for Cortland County is located in Cortland. Cortland lies just to the northwest of the Forest Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Forest Hill Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Forest Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Forest Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- McGraw Rural Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- McGrawville Rural Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cortland Rural Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Atwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Atwood Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- McAllister Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The McAllister Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAllister Cemetery
- Glenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Virgil Rural Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Virgil Rural Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil Rural Cemetery
- Snyder Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Snyder Hill Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder Hill Cemetery
- Freetown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Freetown Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Cemetery
- Turner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Turner Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Cemetery
- Parker Street Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Parker Street Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Street Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Loope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Loope Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loope Cemetery
- Maplewood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Maplewood Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Cemetery
- Sessions Hill Neighborhood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Scofield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Scofield Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scofield Cemetery
- East Homer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The East Homer Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer Cemetery
- Atwater Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Atwater Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater Cemetery
- West Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The West Hill Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hill Cemetery
- Hinman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Hinman Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinman Cemetery
- McLean Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The McLean Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLean Cemetery
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- Quail Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Quail Hill Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hill Cemetery
- Holland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Holland Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Forest Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Forest Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- McGraw
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cortland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Munsons Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Solon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Homer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East River
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Messengerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- East Homer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- Pratt Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Lapeer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Groton City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- McLean
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Little York
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Marathon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dryden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Slab City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Freeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Harford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harford Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- East Scott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Crains Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crains Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crains Mills
- Truxton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Preble
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Summer Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Killawog
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Scott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Groton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Peruville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
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 Forest Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cortland County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Forest Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cortland
- Dryden
- Freeville
- Groton
- Homer
- Homer lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Forest Hill Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Homer.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Marathon
- Scott
- Scott lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Forest Hill Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Scott.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Truxton
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Forest Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Cortland 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 Forest Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #950397 (Forest Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #950397 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: Cortland
- Est. Elev: 349 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Cortland
- Location given for Forest Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.5672929 Lon: -76.126872
- 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 Cortland, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Forest Hill 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. |
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