A visit to the Jefferson Rural 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 Jefferson Rural Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Jefferson Rural Cemetery:
42.2351, -73.8785
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Jefferson Rural Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Jefferson Rural Cemetery is located in Greene County<2>.
The county seat for Greene County is located in Catskill. Catskill lies just to the south southeast of the Jefferson Rural Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Jefferson Rural Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Jefferson Rural Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Jefferson Rural Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Old Leeds Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Old Leeds Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Leeds Cemetery
- DuBois Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Catskill Village Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Athens Rural Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Athens Rural Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens Rural Cemetery
- Blackman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Blackman Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackman Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Buckley's Corner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Weekes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Weekes Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weekes Cemetery
- Sandy Plain Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Sandy Plain Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Plain Cemetery
- Joseph Sax Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Joseph Sax Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph Sax Cemetery
- The Joseph Sax Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lawrence Family Cemetery
- Gardner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Gardner Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Methodist Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methodist Cemetery
- Valley View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Valley View Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley View Cemetery
- Livingston Reformed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Cedar Park Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Park Cemetery
- The Cedar Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64159 <5>
- Hudson City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Hudson City Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson City Cemetery
- Swartwout Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Limestreet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Limestreet Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestreet Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Church of Nativity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hallenbeck - Collerberg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Jefferson Rural Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Jefferson Rural Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Jefferson Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Catskill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Catskill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Leeds
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Athens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kiskatom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- Hudson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Cairo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Cairo Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- North Germantown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- Burden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- Lorenz Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lorenz Park is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenz Park
- Germantown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Greenport Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
- Stottville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Round Top
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Palenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gayhead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Quarryville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Quarryville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- Glenco Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- Churchtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Churchtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Hollowville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rossman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rossman is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossman
- Coxsackie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woodstock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
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 Jefferson Rural Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Greene County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Jefferson Rural Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Athens
- Athens lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Jefferson Rural Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Athens.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Cairo
- Cairo lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Jefferson Rural Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Cairo.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Catskill
- Coxsackie
- Hudson
- Hudson lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Jefferson Rural Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hudson.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Leeds
- Leeds lies less than 2 miles<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Jefferson Rural Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Leeds.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
- Palenville
- Stottville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Jefferson Rural Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Greene 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 Jefferson Rural Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #953967 (Jefferson Rural Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #953967 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: Greene
- Est. Elev: 53 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Cementon
- Location given for Jefferson Rural Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.2350877 Lon: -73.8784624
- 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 Greene, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jefferson Rural 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |