A visit to the Palmer 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 Palmer Cemetery ...
The Palmer Cemetery is located in Westchester County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Barnum Cemetery
- The Barnum Cemetery is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnum Cemetery
- Dale Cemetery
- The Dale Cemetery is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Cemetery
- Fair Ridge Cemetery
- The Fair Ridge Cemetery is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Ridge Cemetery
- Foster / Buckhout Burial Ground
- Gate of Heaven Cemetery
- Kensico Cemetery
- The Kensico Cemetery is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensico Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Kensico Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Valhalla.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64995 <2>
- Knapp Cemetery
- The Knapp Cemetery is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp Cemetery
- Middle Patent Rural Cemetery
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
- Mt. Eden Cemetery
- The Mt. Eden Cemetery is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Eden Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Oakwood Cemetery
- The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Old Quaker Burial Ground
- Purchase Friends Meeting Cemetery
- Quaker Ridge Cemetery
- The Quaker Ridge Cemetery is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Ridge Cemetery
- Rural Cemetery
- The Rural Cemetery is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Cemetery
- St. Augustines Cemetery
- The St. Augustines Cemetery is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Augustines Cemetery
- St. Francis Cemetery
- The St. Francis Cemetery is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Francis Cemetery
- Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
- The Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Sleepy Hollow.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66311 <2>
- Sparta Cemetery
- The Sparta Cemetery is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 31 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Palmer Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Archville
- Archville is located in Westchester County
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- Armonk
- Banksville
- Banksville is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville
- Banksville
- Banksville is located in Westchester County
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- Bedford
- Briarcliff Manor
- Chappaqua
- Congers
- Croton-on-Hudson
- Elmsford
- Fairview
- Fairview is located in Westchester County
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- Hartsdale
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Hawthorne
- Irvington
- Mount Kisco
- Nyack
- Ossining
- Pleasantville
- Pocantico Hills
- Purchase
- Rye Brook
- Scarborough
- Sleepy Hollow
- South Nyack
- South Nyack is located in Rockland County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,305 people
- Tarrytown
- Thornwood
- Upper Nyack
- Upper Nyack is located in Rockland County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,177 people
- Valhalla
- White Plains
- Woodlands
- Woodlands is located in Westchester County
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- Woodybrook
- Woodybrook is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodybrook
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 Palmer Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Westchester County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Palmer Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Armonk
- Bedford
- Briarcliff Manor
- Chappaqua
- Croton-on-Hudson
- Elmsford
- Hartsdale
- Irvington
- Mount Kisco
- Nyack
- Ossining
- Pleasantville
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Continue List (4 more)
- Tarrytown
- Valhalla
- White Plains
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 Palmer Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Westchester 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 Palmer Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2060607 (Palmer Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2060607 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: Westchester
- Est. Elev: 126 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Ossining
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Westchester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Palmer Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |