A visit to the Howard 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 Howard Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Howard Cemetery (FG ID #2412066).
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 Howard Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Howard Cemetery:
42.8266, -78.8304
The Howard Cemetery is located in Lackawanna.
The cemetery is located in Erie County<2>.
The county seat for Erie County is located in Buffalo. Buffalo lies just to the north northwest of the Howard Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Howard Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Howard Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Howard Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Sheldon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Sheldon Cemetery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Matthews Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeside Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Concordia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Angle Road Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Angle Road Cemetery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angle Road Cemetery
- Holy Mother of the Rosary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Adalbert's Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Holy Rest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Forest Lawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Paul's Anglican Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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 31 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Howard Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Howard Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Lackawanna
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Blasdell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bay View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- 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)
- Buffalo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sloan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sloan is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,522 people
- Scranton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Orchard Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Webster Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wanakah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Armor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cheektowaga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Erie Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hamburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Spring Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Blossom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Waverly Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Water Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ellicott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ellicott is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellicott
- Depew
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Erie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kenmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elma Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Elma Center is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elma Center
- Elma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lancaster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Edgewood Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wavecrest
(9 miles [14.5 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 Howard Cemetery. The following communities are located in Erie County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Howard Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Blasdell
- Buffalo
- Cheektowaga
- Depew
- Elma
- Hamburg
- Kenmore
- Lackawanna
- Lancaster
- 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 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 Howard Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Erie 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 Howard Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2412066
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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Howard 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |