A visit to the Goff 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 Goff Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Goff Cemetery:
42.1559, -76.9075
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Goff Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Goff Cemetery is located in Chemung County<2>.
The county seat for Chemung County is located in Elmira. Elmira lies just to the southeast of the Goff Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Goff Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Goff Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Goff Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Rural Home Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Rural Home Cemetery is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Home Cemetery
- Mills Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Mills Cemetery is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Cemetery
- Whitney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- The Miller Cemetery has also been known as:
- Big Flats Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #195257 <5>
- South School Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The South School Cemetery is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South School Cemetery
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The St. Nicholas Cemetery is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Nicholas Cemetery
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Maple Grove Cemetery is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Old Marsh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Old Marsh Cemetery is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Marsh Cemetery
- Oldfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Oldfield Cemetery is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield Cemetery
- Woodland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Woodland Cemetery is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
- The Woodland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Woodland National Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66781 <5>
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Woodlawn National Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Pine Valley Cemetery is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Valley Cemetery
- Post Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Post Creek Cemetery is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek Cemetery
- Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Hope Cemetery is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Dutch Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Dutch Hill Cemetery is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hill Cemetery
- Second Street Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Quigley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Quigley Cemetery is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quigley Cemetery
- Savory Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hope Cemetery Annex
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Hope Cemetery Annex is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Cemetery Annex
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton Street Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Vary Cemetery is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vary Cemetery
- Turner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Turner Cemetery is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Cemetery
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 Goff Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Goff Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Big Flats
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Elmira Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Horseheads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Pine Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- South Corning
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- South Corning is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- West Elmira
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Elmira
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Post Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Sullivanville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Corning
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pine City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Southport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Millport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Caton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Caton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caton
- Beaver Dams
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sagetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sagetown is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagetown
- Webb Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Webb Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
- Hornby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Painted Post
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Moreland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Gang Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gang Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gang Mills
- Millerton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Erin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Catharine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Wedgewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- East Campbell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- East Campbell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
- Coopers Plains
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
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 Goff Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Chemung County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Goff Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Corning
- Elmira
- Horseheads
- Millerton
- Millport
- Painted Post
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 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 Goff Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Chemung 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 Goff Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #951278 (Goff Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #951278 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: Chemung
- Est. Elev: 284 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Big Flats
- Location given for Goff Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.1559079 Lon: -76.9074608
- 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 Chemung, 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- Goff 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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