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A visit to the Hopkins Burying Ground ...

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 Hopkins Burying Ground ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Hopkins Burying Ground:

43.0903, -77.1578

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Hopkins Burying Ground can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Hopkins Burying Ground is located in Wayne County<2>.

The county seat for Wayne County is located in Lyons. Lyons lies just to the east southeast of the Hopkins Burying Ground .

Open a Google Map centered on the Hopkins Burying Ground.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Hopkins Burying Ground.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Hopkins Burying Ground, with the nearest first.

  • Galloway Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • The Galloway Cemetery is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway Cemetery
  • Lemuel Durfee Burying Ground
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Palmyra Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Palmyra Cemetery is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra Cemetery
    • The Palmyra Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Palmyra Village Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #738677 <5>
  • St. Anne's RC Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • The St. Anne's RC Cemetery is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anne's RC Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Anne's RC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Palmyra.
    • The St. Anne's RC Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Anne's Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #762731 <5>
  • Port Gibson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • The Port Gibson Cemetery is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Gibson Cemetery
  • Upper Corners Graveyard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • The Upper Corners Graveyard is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Corners Graveyard
    • The Upper Corners Graveyard has also been known as:
    • Upper Corners Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66576 <5>
  • Marion Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • The Marion Cemetery is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Cemetery
    • The Marion Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Marion Village Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1182755 <5>
  • Langdon Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Langdon Cemetery is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon Cemetery
  • Swift Burying Ground
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • The Swift Burying Ground is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Burying Ground
  • Newark Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • The Fairville Cemetery is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville Cemetery
  • Gilbert Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • The Gilbert Cemetery is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Cemetery
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Newark State School Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • The Newark State School Cemetery is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark State School Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Newark State School Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Newark.
      • The Newark State School Cemetery has also been known as:
      • NDC Potters Field
      • NDC State School Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2451516 <5>
    • East Newark Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Old Houser Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • The Old Houser Cemetery is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Houser Cemetery
    • Glerum Farm Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • The Glerum Farm Cemetery is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glerum Farm Cemetery
    • Sherman Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • The Sherman Cemetery is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Cemetery
    • Walworth Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • The Walworth Cemetery is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walworth Cemetery
    • Coopers Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • The Coopers Cemetery is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers Cemetery
    • Marbletown Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The Marbletown Cemetery is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbletown Cemetery
    • Lyons Rural Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • The Lyons Rural Cemetery is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Rural Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Hopkins Burying Ground.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Hopkins Burying Ground, with the nearest first:

  • East Palmyra
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
  • Port Gibson
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Marion
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Palmyra
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Newark
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Mud Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
  • Fairville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairville is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
  • Marquart Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
  • Yellow Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
  • Walworth
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Huddle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Huddle is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
  • Macedon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Lyons
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Macedon Center
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
    • Manchester
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Shortsville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Clifton Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • South Sodus
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • South Sodus is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sodus
    • Williamson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Phelps
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Wayne Center
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center
    • Orchard Grove Village Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Thompson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Thompson is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
    • Sodus
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Ontario
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lincoln
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Lincoln is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln

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 Hopkins Burying Ground. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wayne County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Hopkins Burying Ground.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Hopkins Burying Ground:

  • Pages specific to New York:
  • Pages specific to Wayne 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 Hopkins Burying Ground:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #2494580  (Hopkins Burying Ground)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2494580 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: Wayne
      • Est. Elev: 147 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Palmyra
      • Location given for Hopkins Burying Ground:
      • Lat: 43.0903     Lon: -77.1578
      • 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 Wayne, 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 from Point A (ie- Hopkins Burying Ground) 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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