A visit to the Glenwood 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 Glenwood Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Glenwood Cemetery (FG ID #64658)
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 Glenwood Cemetery ...
The Glenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Homer.
The cemetery is located in Cortland County<2>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Atwater Cemetery
- The Atwater Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater Cemetery
- Atwood Cemetery
- The Atwood Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Cemetery
- Blodgett Mills Cemetery
- Cortland Rural Cemetery
- East Groton Cemetery
- The East Groton Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groton Cemetery
- East Homer Cemetery
- The East Homer Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer Cemetery
- Eaton Cemetery
- The Eaton Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Cemetery
- Eaton Road Cemetery
- The Eaton Road Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Road Cemetery
- Elmwood Cemetery
- The Elmwood Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cemetery
- Forest Hill Cemetery
- The Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Cemetery
- Gillett Cemetery
- The Gillett Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett Cemetery
- Hinman Cemetery
- The Hinman Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinman Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- McAllister Cemetery
- The McAllister Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAllister Cemetery
- McGraw Rural Cemetery
- McGrawville Rural Cemetery
- McLean Cemetery
- The McLean Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLean Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- St. Patricks Cemetery
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- Scott Union Cemetery
- The Scott Union Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Union Cemetery
- Searles Cemetery
- The Searles Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searles Cemetery
- Sessions Hill Neighborhood Cemetery
- Seven Day Baptist Cemetery
- Summerhill Cemetery
- The Summerhill Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill Cemetery
- West Hill Cemetery
- The West Hill Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hill 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 Glenwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Assembly Park
- Cortland
- Crains Mills
- Cummings Crossing
- Dresserville
- Dryden
- East Homer
- East River
- East Scott
- Freeville
- Groton City
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Groton
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Homer
- Little York
- McGraw
- McLean
- Messengerville
- Munsons Corners
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Peruville
- Pratt Corners
- Preble
- Scott
- Sempronius
- Slab City
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Solon
- Summer Hill
- Truxton
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 Glenwood 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 Glenwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cortland
- Dryden
- Freeville
- Groton
- Homer
- Scott
- Truxton
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Glenwood 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 Glenwood Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #64658
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #951241 (Glenwood Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #951241 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: 379 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Homer
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 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Glenwood Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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