A visit to the Prospect Hill 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 Prospect Hill Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Prospect Hill Cemetery (FG ID #65729)
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 Prospect Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Prospect Hill Cemetery
Lat: 42.7012° (42° 42' 4")
Lon: -73.8969° (-73° 53' 48")
The cemetery is located in Albany County<2>.
As an estimate, the Prospect Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Guilderland.
The county seat for Albany County is located in Albany. Albany lies just to the east southeast of the Prospect Hill Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Prospect Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Prospect Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Ohav Shalom Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Workmen's Circle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beth Abraham - Jacob Cemetery #1
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Albany Hebrew Tailors Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hebrew Farmers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beth Abraham - Jacob Cemetery #3
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Independeent Benevolent Society Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Beth Abraham - Jacob Cemetery #2
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jewish People's Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lisha's Kill Reformed Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Guilderland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Scotland Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Christian LaGrange Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Evangelical Protestant Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Our Lady of Angels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shaker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Memorys Garden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Prospect Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Prospect Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Guilderland
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Westmere
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westmere have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmere
- Westmere is located in Albany County
- Hartmans Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Voorheesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Colonie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonie have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonie
- Colonie is located in Albany County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,564 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colonie <5>
- Lisha Kill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fullers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Scotland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Roessleville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roessleville have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roessleville
- Roessleville is located in Albany County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roessleville <5>
- Slingerlands
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Albany
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- New Salem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Delmar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delmar have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmar
- Delmar is located in Albany County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delmar <5>
- Normansville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Niskayuna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Altamont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altamont have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Altamont is located in Albany County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,657 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altamont <5>
- Albany
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Loudonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loudonville have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudonville
- Loudonville is located in Albany County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loudonville <5>
- Newtonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Latham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rotterdam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rotterdam have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotterdam
- Rotterdam is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rotterdam <5>
- Schenectady
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Feura Bush
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bethlehem Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Menands
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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 Prospect Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Albany County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Prospect Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Albany
- Altamont
- Colonie
- Delmar
- Latham
- Loudonville
- Schenectady
- Voorheesville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Prospect Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Albany County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Prospect Hill Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Prospect Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #961179 (Prospect Hill Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #961179 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: Voorheesville
- County: Albany Elev: 87
- Location given for GNIS #961179 (Prospect Hill Cemetery)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #65729
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Albany County: www.albanycounty.com/
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 Albany, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
<3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Prospect Hill Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7012, Longitude: -73.8969 |
<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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<6> | 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. |
<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. |