A visit to the Holy Cross 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 Holy Cross Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Holy Cross Cemetery (FG ID #64874)
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 Holy Cross Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Holy Cross Cemetery
Lat: 42.8242° (42° 49' 27")
Lon: -78.8185° (-78° 49' 6")
The Holy Cross Cemetery is located in Erie County<2>.
The county seat for Erie County is located in Buffalo. Buffalo lies just to the northwest of the Holy Cross Cemetery .
Name Variations for Holy Cross Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
Holy Cross Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Holy Cross Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Holy Cross Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Sheldon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sheldon Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sheldon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Sheldon Cemetery is located in Erie County
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Erie County
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Matthews Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Concordia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lakeside Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeside Memorial Park
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeside Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Lakeside Memorial Park is located in Erie County
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Angle Road Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Angle Road Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Angle Road Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Angle Road Cemetery is located in Erie County
- Holy Mother of the Rosary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Mother of the Rosary Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Mother of the Rosary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Holy Mother of the Rosary Cemetery is located in Erie County
- St. Adalbert's Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Adalbert's Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Adalbert's Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The St. Adalbert's Cemetery is located in Erie County
- Buffalo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Holy Rest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Forest Lawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Joseph's Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pine Lawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ridge Lawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- United German & French RC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Stanislaus RC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Holy Cross Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Holy Cross Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Lackawanna
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Blasdell
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bay View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ebenezer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Seneca
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Athol Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Webster Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sloan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sloan have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Sloan is located in Erie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,522 people
- Scranton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Armor
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Orchard Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Park
- Orchard Park is located in Erie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,116 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orchard Park <6>
- Buffalo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Wanakah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blossom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cheektowaga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hamburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ellicott
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellicott have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellicott
- Ellicott is located in Erie County
- Spring Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fort Erie Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waverly Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Water Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Depew
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Erie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Boston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jewettville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elma Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elma Center have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elma Center
- Elma Center is located in Erie County
- Elma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lancaster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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 Holy Cross Cemetery. The following communities are located in Erie County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Holy Cross Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Blasdell
- Buffalo
- Cheektowaga
- Depew
- Elma
- Hamburg
- Lackawanna
- Lancaster
- North Boston
- Orchard Park
- West Seneca
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 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 Holy Cross Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Erie 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 Holy Cross 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 Holy Cross Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #953045 (Holy Cross Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #953045 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: Buffalo SE
- County: Erie Elev: 184
- Location given for GNIS #953045 (Holy Cross Cemetery)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #64874
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Erie County: www.erie.gov/
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 Erie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
<3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Holy Cross Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8242, Longitude: -78.8185 |
<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> | 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. |