RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of New York >> Cayuga County >> Melrose CemeteryIndex...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
New York

The Commemorative Quarter for New York





A visit to the Melrose 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 Melrose Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Melrose Cemetery (FG ID #2266624)

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 Melrose Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Melrose Cemetery

Lat:   42.9200°   (42° 55' 12")

Lon:   -76.5333°   (-76° 31' 59")

The cemetery is located in Cayuga County<2>.

As an estimate, the Melrose Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Auburn.

The county seat for Cayuga County is located in Auburn. Auburn lies just to the west northwest of the Melrose Cemetery .

Name Variations for Melrose 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.

Melrose Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Porter Road Cemetery
  • Melrose Road 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 23 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Melrose Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Ft. Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ft. Hill Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
  • Farmer Family Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Farmer Family Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Farmer Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Farmer Family Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
  • Galpin Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Galpin Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Galpin Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Galpin Hill Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Lake View Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lake View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lake View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lake View Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
  • Sand Beach Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sand Beach Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sand Beach Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Sand Beach Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
  • Petty Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Petty Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Petty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Petty Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
  • North Street Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Street Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The North Street Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
  • St. Peter's Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peter's Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peter's Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Peter's Church Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
  • Soule Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Soule Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Soule Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Soule Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
  • Cold Spring Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Arnold - Comstock Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arnold - Comstock Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arnold - Comstock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Arnold - Comstock Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Parsell Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parsell Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parsell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Parsell Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
    • Van Etten Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Van Etten Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Van Etten Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Van Etten Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
    • County House Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the County House Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the County House Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The County House Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
    • McMasters Corners Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McMasters Corners Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McMasters Corners Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The McMasters Corners Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
    • Pine Hill Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pine Hill Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
    • Cowan - Farnham Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cowan - Farnham Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cowan - Farnham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Cowan - Farnham Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
    • St. Nicholas Russian Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Nicholas Russian Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Nicholas Russian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Nicholas Russian Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
    • Benson Road Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Benson Road Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Benson Road Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Benson Road Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
    • Quaker Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quaker Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Quaker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Quaker Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
    • Lakeview Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lakeview Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
    • Sennett Rural Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sennett Rural Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sennett Rural Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sennett Rural Cemetery is located in Cayuga County

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 Melrose Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Melrose Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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 Melrose Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cayuga County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Melrose Cemetery:

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 Melrose Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #2519230  (Melrose Road Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #2519230 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: Auburn
    • County: Cayuga         Elev: 249
    • Location given for GNIS #2519230 (Melrose Road Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2266624

The official website for Cayuga County: www.co.cayuga.ny.us/

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 Cayuga, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Melrose Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9200, Longitude: -76.5333    
<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.




 

Copyright 2025
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 15 Jul 2025