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A visit to the Pilgrim State Psychiatric 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 Pilgrim State Psychiatric Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Pilgrim State Psychiatric Cemetery:

40.8028, -73.2914

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

The Pilgrim State Psychiatric Cemetery is located in Suffolk County<2>.

The county seat for Suffolk County is located in Riverhead. Riverhead lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Pilgrim State Psychiatric Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Pilgrim State Psychiatric Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Pilgrim State Psychiatric Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Commack Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • The Commack Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commack Cemetery
  • Carll Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • The Carll Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carll Cemetery
  • Brentwood Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • The Brentwood Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood Cemetery
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Calvary Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
    • The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Sisters of St. Joseph Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64108 <5>
  • Mt. Golda Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Mt. Golda Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Golda Cemetery
  • First Methodist Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
  • Hauppauge Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • The Holy Cross Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross Cemetery
  • Genola Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • The Genola Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genola Cemetery
  • St. Phillip Neri Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • St. Patricks Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
    • Middleville Road Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Ft. Salonga Road Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Northport Rural Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Old Northport Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • The Old Northport Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Northport Cemetery
    • Melville Rural Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Long Island National Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pinelawn Memorial Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • The Pinelawn Memorial Park is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinelawn Memorial Park
      • The Pinelawn Memorial Park has also been known as:
      • Pine Lawn Memorial Park
      • Pinelawn Cemetery
      • Pinelawn Memorial Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #174076 <5>
    • Beth Moses Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • The Beth Moses Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beth Moses Cemetery
    • Wellwood Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • St. John's Catholic Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • St. Josephs Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
    • Old Central Islip Psychiatric Center Patient Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • St. Patricks Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Smithtown Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • The Smithtown Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithtown Cemetery
    • Landing Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • The Landing Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landing Cemetery
      • The Landing Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Smithtown Landing Methodist Churchyard Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Pilgrim State Psychiatric Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Pilgrim State Psychiatric Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Commack
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Brentwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Dix Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Deer Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Baywood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Baywood is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
  • Elwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Elwood is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
  • Wheatley Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Wyandanch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • North Bay Shore
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • North Bay Shore is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay Shore
  • Central Islip
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Hauppauge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • East Northport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • East Northport is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Northport
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Bay Shore
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenlawn
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • South Huntington
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • South Huntington is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Huntington
    • West Babylon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • West Babylon is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Babylon
    • North Babylon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • North Babylon is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Babylon
    • West Islip
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • West Islip is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Islip
    • West Bay Shore
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • West Bay Shore is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bay Shore
    • Brightwaters
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Islip
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Islip Terrace
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Islandia
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • The Branch
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • The Branch is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Branch
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
      • The Branch has also been known as:
      • Village of the Branch
    • Smithtown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • San Remo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • San Remo is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Remo
    • Kings Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Melville
      (6 miles [9.7 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 Pilgrim State Psychiatric Cemetery. The following communities are located in Suffolk County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Pilgrim State Psychiatric Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Bay Shore
  • Brentwood
  • Central Islip
  • Commack
  • Deer Park
  • Dix Hills
  • Hauppauge
  • Islip
    • Islip lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Pilgrim State Psychiatric Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Islip.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islip
  • Kings Park
  • West Islip
  • Wyandanch

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 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 Pilgrim State Psychiatric Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to New York:
  • Pages specific to Suffolk 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 Pilgrim State Psychiatric Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #2368920  (Pilgrim State Psychiatric Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2368920 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: Suffolk
      • Est. Elev: 37 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Greenlawn
      • Location given for Pilgrim State Psychiatric Cemetery:
      • Lat: 40.8027778     Lon: -73.2913889
      • 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 Suffolk, 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 from Point A (ie- Pilgrim State Psychiatric 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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