A visit to the Forest Home Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Forest Home Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Forest Home Cemetery (FG ID #64569)
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Home Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Forest Home Cemetery
Lat: 42.0045° (42° 0' 16")
Lon: -76.5318° (-76° 31' 54")
The Forest Home Cemetery is located in Tioga County<2>.
The county seat for Tioga County is located in Owego. Owego lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Forest Home Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Forest Home Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Forest Home Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Glenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glenwood Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Glenwood Cemetery is located in Tioga County
- French Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the French Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the French Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The French Cemetery is located in Chemung County
- Tioga Point Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Emory Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dry Brook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dry Brook Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dry Brook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Dry Brook Cemetery is located in Chemung County
- Tallmadge Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tallmadge Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tallmadge Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Tallmadge Hill Cemetery is located in Tioga County
- Chemung Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chemung Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chemung Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Chemung Cemetery is located in Chemung County
- Barton Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barton Methodist Church Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barton Methodist Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Barton Methodist Church Cemetery is located in Tioga County
- Lockwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lockwood Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lockwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Lockwood Cemetery is located in Chemung County
- Barnum Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Asbury Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Asbury Church Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Asbury Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Asbury Church Cemetery is located in Tioga County
- Price - Simcoe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Price - Simcoe Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Price - Simcoe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Price - Simcoe Cemetery is located in Chemung County
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Dutchtown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dutchtown Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dutchtown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Dutchtown Cemetery is located in Chemung County
- Orange Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Orange Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Orange Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Orange Hill Cemetery is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Smithboro Methodist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smithboro Methodist Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smithboro Methodist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Smithboro Methodist Cemetery is located in Tioga County
- Barton Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barton Center Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barton Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Barton Center Cemetery is located in Tioga County
- Riverside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Chemung County
- Hanlon Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hanlon Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hanlon Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Hanlon Hill Cemetery is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Milan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Milan Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Milan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Milan Cemetery is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Nichols Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nichols Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nichols Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Nichols Cemetery is located in Tioga County
- Smithboro Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smithboro Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smithboro Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Smithboro Cemetery is located in Tioga County
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Tioga County
- North Barton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Barton Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Barton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The North Barton Cemetery is located in Tioga County
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 Forest Home Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Forest Home Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Waverly
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sayre
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Athens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Athens have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Athens is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,180 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Athens <7>
- Chemung
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chemung have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chemung
- Chemung is located in Chemung County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chemung <7>
- Barton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Owens Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lockwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hoopers Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Smithboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Vawter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vawter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vawter
- Vawter is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Vawter
- From the Forest Home Cemetery to Vawter
- Nichols
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bentley Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Middletown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middletown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Middletown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- East Smithfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bumpville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lounsberry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wellsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ulster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Big Pond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Orwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Nichols
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fassett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gillett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Saco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saco. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saco
- Saco is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Saco
- From the Forest Home Cemetery to Saco
- Van Etten
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Etten have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Etten
- Van Etten is located in Chemung County
- Estimated population in 2019: 494 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van Etten <7>
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 Home Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Tioga County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Forest Home Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Athens
- Nichols
- Sayre
- Sayre lies less than 2 miles<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Forest Home Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Sayre.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
- Waverly
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 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 Forest Home Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Tioga County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Forest Home Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Home Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #950404 (Forest Home Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #950404 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
- Class: cemetery Map Name: Waverly
- County: Tioga Elev: 256
- Location given for GNIS #950404 (Forest Home Cemetery)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #64569
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Tioga County: www.tiogacountyny.com/
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | 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. |
<2> | If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Tioga, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Forest Home Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0045, Longitude: -76.5318 |
<4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
<5> | 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. |
<6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
<7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |