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Introduction ...

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 Ft. Hill Cemetery ...

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

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Ft. Hill Cemetery

Lat:   42.9245°   (42° 55' 28")

Lon:   -76.5719°   (-76° 34' 18")

The Ft. Hill Cemetery is located in Cayuga County<2>.

The county seat for Cayuga County is located in Auburn. Auburn lies just to the north northeast of the Ft. Hill Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Ft. Hill Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Cold Spring Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Farmer Family Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Farmer Family Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Farmer Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Farmer Family Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
  • Lake View Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lake View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lake View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lake View Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
    • The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
    • The St. Josephs Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Josephs Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #248890 <5>
  • Sand Beach Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sand Beach Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sand Beach Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Sand Beach Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
  • Melrose Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Melrose Cemetery
    • The Melrose Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Melrose Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Auburn.
    • The Melrose Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Melrose Road Cemetery
    • Porter Road Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2266624 <5>
  • North Street Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Street Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The North Street Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
  • Cowan - Farnham Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cowan - Farnham Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cowan - Farnham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Cowan - Farnham Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
  • St. Nicholas Russian Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Nicholas Russian Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Nicholas Russian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Nicholas Russian Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
  • Galpin Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Galpin Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Galpin Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Galpin Hill Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
  • Pine Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pine Hill Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
  • Throopsville Rural Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Throopsville Rural Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Throopsville Rural Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Throopsville Rural Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Maycumber Family Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maycumber Family Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maycumber Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Maycumber Family Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
    • Smith Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Smith Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
    • Arnold - Comstock Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arnold - Comstock Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arnold - Comstock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Arnold - Comstock Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
    • Petty Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Petty Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Petty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Petty Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
    • Soule Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Soule Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Soule Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Soule Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
    • McMasters Corners Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McMasters Corners Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McMasters Corners Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The McMasters Corners Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
    • Cranebrook Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cranebrook Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cranebrook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Cranebrook Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
    • Parsell Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parsell Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parsell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Parsell Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
    • Sennett Rural Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sennett Rural Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sennett Rural Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sennett Rural Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
    • County House Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the County House Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the County House Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The County House Cemetery is located in Cayuga County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Ft. Hill Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Ft. Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Auburn
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Melrose Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melrose Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Park
    • Melrose Park is located in Cayuga County
  • Throop
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throop
    • Throop is located in Cayuga County
  • Oakwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oakwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
    • Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
  • Sennett
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Cross Roads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cross Roads. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
    • Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
  • Skaneateles
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skaneateles have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaneateles
    • Skaneateles is located in Onondaga County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,465 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Skaneateles <6>
  • Mottville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Cayuga
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cayuga have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
    • Cayuga is located in Cayuga County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 516 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cayuga <6>
  • Union Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Port Byron
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Byron
    • Port Byron is located in Cayuga County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,181 people
    • Former name for Port Byron:
    • Bucksville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Byron <6>
  • Weedsport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weedsport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weedsport
    • Weedsport is located in Cayuga County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,683 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weedsport <6>
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Austin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
      • Austin is located in Cayuga County
    • Mandana
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
      • Mandana is located in Onondaga County
    • Canoga
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
      • Canoga is located in Seneca County
    • Scipioville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Scipioville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
      • Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
    • Niles
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
      • Niles is located in Cayuga County
    • Elbridge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elbridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
      • Elbridge is located in Onondaga County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 994 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elbridge <6>
    • Jordan
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Sherwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
      • Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
    • Thorn Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Thorn Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
      • Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
    • Rose Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rose Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
      • Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
    • Halfway
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Halfway. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
      • Halfway is located in Onondaga County
    • Seneca Falls
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Kuneytown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
      • Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
    • Cascade
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cascade. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
      • Cascade is located in Cayuga County
    • Omro
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Omro. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
      • Omro is located in Cayuga County
    • Marcellus
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Tyre
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tyre. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
      • Tyre is located in Seneca County

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 Ft. Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cayuga County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Ft. Hill 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 Ft. Hill Cemetery:

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 Ft. Hill Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #950477  (Fort Hill Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #950477 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: Auburn
    • County: Cayuga         Elev: 225
    • Location given for GNIS #950477 (Fort Hill Cemetery)

The official website for Cayuga County: www.co.cayuga.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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 Cayuga, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Ft. Hill Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9245, Longitude: -76.5719       In this case, the coordinates for the Ft. Hill Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 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.
<7>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.




 

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