A visit to the Morrison 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 Morrison Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Morrison Cemetery:
42.7495, -73.5557
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Morrison Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Morrison Cemetery is located in Rensselaer County<2>.
The county seat for Rensselaer County is located in Troy. Troy lies just to the west of the Morrison Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Morrison Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Morrison Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Morrison Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Martin Hayner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Martin Hayner Cemetery is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Hayner Cemetery
- Opposite Brick Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Opposite Brick Church Cemetery is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opposite Brick Church Cemetery
- The Opposite Brick Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Gilead Brick Church Cemetery
- Eagle Mills Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Eagle Mills Cemetery is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mills Cemetery
- The Eagle Mills Cemetery has also been known as:
- Millville Cemetery
- Sunnyside Cemetery
- Bonesteel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Bonesteel Cemetery is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonesteel Cemetery
- Coonradt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Coonradt Cemetery is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coonradt Cemetery
- Hillside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Hillside Cemetery is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
- Aikens Corners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Old Cooksborough Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Maplewood Cemetery is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Cemetery
- Forest Hills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Forest Hills Cemetery is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills Cemetery
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Cemetery
- Brookside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Brookside Cemetery is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Snyder Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Snyder Cemetery is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder Cemetery
- St. John Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The St. John Cemetery is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John Cemetery
- Oakwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Elmwood Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Elmwood Hill Cemetery is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Hill Cemetery
- New Mt. Ida Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The New Mt. Ida Cemetery is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mt. Ida Cemetery
- St. Jean Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Jean Cemetery is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Jean Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Fifty Six Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Fifty Six Cemetery is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifty Six Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 33 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Morrison Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Morrison Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Brunswick
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Quackenkill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Quackenkill is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quackenkill
- Poestenkill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Raymertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Raymertown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymertown
- Sycaway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sycaway is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycaway
- Wynantskill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grafton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Troy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Troy is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48,804 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <6>
- Albia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Albia is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albia
- Pittstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pittstown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittstown
- Pleasantdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasantdale is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Waterford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Lansingburgh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lansingburgh is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingburgh
- Green Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Watervliet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Watervliet is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervliet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,807 people
- Former names for Watervliet:
- Gibbonsville
- Port Schuyler
- West Troy
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watervliet <6>
- West Sand Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Averill Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sand Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cohoes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Boyntonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Boyntonville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyntonville
- Menands
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Defreestville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Defreestville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defreestville
- Halfmoon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Loudonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Best
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Best is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Sliters
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sliters is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sliters
- Valley Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Berlin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Berlin is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Potter Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Potter Hill is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hill
- Halfmoon Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Halfmoon Beach is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Beach
- Schaghticoke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Latham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Newtonville
(10 miles [16.1 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 Morrison Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Rensselaer County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Morrison Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Averill Park
- Berlin
- Cohoes
- Grafton
- Green Island
- Halfmoon
- Latham
- Loudonville
- Poestenkill
- Sand Lake
- Schaghticoke
- Troy
- Waterford
- Watervliet
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 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 Morrison Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Rensselaer 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 Morrison Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #957703 (Morrison Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #957703 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: Rensselaer
- Est. Elev: 180 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Averill Park
- Location given for Morrison Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.7495224 Lon: -73.5556709
- 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 Rensselaer, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Morrison 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. |