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A visit to the Ledge Lawn 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 Ledge Lawn Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Ledge Lawn Cemetery:

42.9951, -78.5425

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

The Ledge Lawn Cemetery is located in Erie County<2>.

The county seat for Erie County is located in Buffalo. Buffalo lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Ledge Lawn Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Ledge Lawn Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Ledge Lawn Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Ledge Lawn Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
  • Elridge Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • The Elridge Cemetery is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elridge Cemetery
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
    • The Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Eldred Cemetery
    • Hunts Corner Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2391611 <5>
  • Beeman Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • The Beeman Cemetery is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeman Cemetery
  • Shope Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • The Shope Cemetery is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shope Cemetery
  • Maple Lawn Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • The Maple Lawn Cemetery is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Lawn Cemetery
  • Halter Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • The Halter Cemetery is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halter Cemetery
  • Clarence Fillmore Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Clarence Fillmore Cemetery is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence Fillmore Cemetery
    • The Clarence Fillmore Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Fillmore Cemetery
    • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64213 <5>
  • St. Theresa RC Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Evergreen Lawn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Clarence Center Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Crittenden Rural Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • St. John's RC Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • St. Patrick's RC Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Powers Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • The Powers Cemetery is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Cemetery
    • John Wolf Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • The John Wolf Cemetery is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Wolf Cemetery
    • St. John the Baptist Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • The St. John the Baptist Cemetery is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John the Baptist Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John the Baptist Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Alden Center.
      • The St. John the Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. John the Baptist RC Church Ceemtery
      • St. Johns Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2168347 <5>
    • St. Pauls Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
    • Alden Town Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Alden Union Free Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The Alden Union Free Cemetery is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Union Free Cemetery
      • The Alden Union Free Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Alden Union Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2164505 <5>
    • Four Corners Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • The Four Corners Cemetery is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners Cemetery
    • Long House Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • The Long House Cemetery is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long House Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Ledge Lawn Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Ledge Lawn Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Akron Junction
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Akron Junction is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron Junction
  • Akron
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Looneyville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Looneyville is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
  • Crittenden
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Clarence Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Alden Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Alden Center is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Center
  • Wolcottsburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Wolcottsburg is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolcottsburg
  • Harris Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Harris Hill is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Hill
  • Town Line
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Alden
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Corfu
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Indian Falls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Indian Falls is located in Genesee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Falls
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Bowmansville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Rapids
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Rapids is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapids
    • Swormville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Swormville is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swormville
    • Lancaster
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Basom
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Raymond
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Raymond is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
    • Dysinger
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Dysinger is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysinger
    • Williamsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Depew
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sawens
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Sawens is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawens
    • North Pembroke
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • North Pembroke is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pembroke
    • Alabama
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Alabama is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama
    • Elma
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Williston
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Getzville
      (11 miles [17.7 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 Ledge Lawn Cemetery. The following communities are located in Erie County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Ledge Lawn Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Akron
    • Akron lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the Northeast (NE) of the Ledge Lawn Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Akron.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
  • Alden
    • Alden lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Ledge Lawn Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Alden.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
  • Clarence Center
  • Depew
    • Depew lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the Ledge Lawn Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Depew.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depew
  • Elma
    • Elma lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Ledge Lawn Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Elma.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elma
  • Lancaster

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 websites either 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 Ledge Lawn 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 Ledge Lawn Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #955155  (Ledge Lawn Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #955155 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: Erie
      • Est. Elev: 233 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Clarence
      • Location given for Ledge Lawn Cemetery:
      • Lat: 42.995059     Lon: -78.542525
      • 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 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' (or 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- Ledge Lawn 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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