A visit to the Oakta Valley 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 Oakta Valley Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Oakta Valley Cemetery:
42.8781, -78.0242
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Oakta Valley Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Oakta Valley Cemetery is located in Genesee County<2>.
The county seat for Genesee County is located in Batavia. Batavia lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the northwest of the Oakta Valley Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Oakta Valley Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Oakta Valley Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Oakta Valley Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Covington Center Pioneer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Transit Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Transit Cemetery is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transit Cemetery
- Maple Lawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Maple Lawn Cemetery is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Lawn Cemetery
- Pavilion Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Olivet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Olivet Cemetery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet Cemetery
- Wyoming Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jug City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Jug City Cemetery is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jug City Cemetery
- East Bethany Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The East Bethany Cemetery is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bethany Cemetery
- Bethany Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Bethany Cemetery is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Cemetery
- Maple Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Maple Lawn Cemetery is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Lawn Cemetery
- Lagrange Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Lagrange Cemetery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagrange Cemetery
- Mt. Nash Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Nash Cemetery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Nash Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Job Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Job Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Job Cemetery
- Van Allen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Van Allen Cemetery is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Allen Cemetery
- West Middlebury Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- York Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The York Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Cemetery
- St. Francis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The St. Francis Cemetery is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Francis Cemetery
- Myrtle Street Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Myrtle Street Cemetery is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Street Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Myrtle Street Cemetery is located in Le Roy.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1949410 <5>
- Stafford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Stafford Cemetery is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford Cemetery
- Carlton Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Carlton Hill Cemetery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Hill Cemetery
- Taunton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Taunton Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taunton Cemetery
- Greigsville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Greigsville Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greigsville Cemetery
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Machpelah Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Machpelah Cemetery is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machpelah Cemetery
- Old St. Marks Episcopal 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 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Oakta Valley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Oakta Valley Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Pavilion
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Covington
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Covington is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Pavilion Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
- Wyoming
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Peoria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Peoria is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Craigs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Craigs is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs
- Stafford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- York
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- York is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Inverness
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Inverness is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Le Roy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Linden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Linden is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Dale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Morganville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Morganville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Perry Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
- Limerock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Limerock is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
- West Bethany
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- West Bethany is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bethany
- Pine Tavern
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Tavern is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tavern
- Leicester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leicester is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Former names for Leicester:
- Leister
- Moscow
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leicester <6>
- Fort Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fort Hill is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
- East Alexander
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- East Alexander is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alexander
- Brookville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Brookville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
- Warsaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cuylerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cuylerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuylerville
- Caledonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Byron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- South Byron is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Byron
- Perry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Geneseo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mumford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Batavia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alexander
(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 Oakta Valley Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Genesee County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oakta Valley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alexander
- Batavia
- Cuylerville
- Geneseo
- Le Roy
- Pavilion
- Perry
- Warsaw
- Warsaw lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Oakta Valley Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Warsaw.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
- Wyoming
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Oakta Valley Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Genesee 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 Oakta Valley Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2516297 (Oakta Valley Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2516297 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: Genesee
- Est. Elev: 290 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Stafford
- Location given for Oakta Valley Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.8780556 Lon: -78.0241667
- 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 Genesee, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oakta Valley 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. |