A visit to the Prospect Hill 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 Prospect Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Prospect Hill Cemetery:
42.7498, -78.0003
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Prospect Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Prospect Hill Cemetery is located in Wyoming County<2>.
The county seat for Wyoming County is located in Warsaw. Warsaw lies just to the west of the Prospect Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Prospect Hill Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 8 miles [12.9 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.
- Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Hope Cemetery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Cemetery
- West Perry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The West Perry Cemetery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Perry Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- St. Stanislaus Kostka Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Glenwood Cemetery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Cemetery
- Lagrange Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Lagrange Cemetery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagrange Cemetery
- Leicester Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Leicester Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester Cemetery
- Mt. Morris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Morris Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Morris Cemetery
- Taunton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Taunton Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taunton Cemetery
- Mt. Nash Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Nash Cemetery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Nash Cemetery
- Warsaw Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Bush Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Bush Cemetery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Cemetery
- Riverview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Riverview Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Cemetery
- St. Patrick's Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The St. Patrick's Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patrick's Cemetery
- Old Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Old Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Cemetery is located in Mount Morris.
- The Old Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2319862 <5>
- Covington Center Pioneer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wyoming Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Carlton Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Carlton Hill Cemetery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Hill Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Silver Springs Pioneer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greigsville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Greigsville Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greigsville Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 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:
- Perry Center
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
- Perry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pine Tavern
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Tavern is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tavern
- Leicester
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Mount Morris
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cuylerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cuylerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuylerville
- Peoria
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Peoria is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Warsaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Newburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Silver Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Covington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Covington is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Castile
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Craigs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Craigs is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs
- Pavilion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Geneseo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gainesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- York
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- York is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Lewis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lewis is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Inverness
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Inverness is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Pavilion Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
- Hardys
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hardys is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardys
- Nunda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kysorville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kysorville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kysorville
- East Groveland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- East Groveland is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
- Linden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Linden is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
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 Wyoming County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Prospect Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Castile
- Cuylerville
- Geneseo
- Mount Morris
- Nunda
- Nunda lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Prospect Hill Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Nunda.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunda
- Pavilion
- Perry
- 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 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 Wyoming 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 Prospect Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #961181 (Prospect Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #961181 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: Wyoming
- Est. Elev: 412 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Castile
- Location given for Prospect Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.7497837 Lon: -78.0002843
- 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 Wyoming, 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 from Point A (ie- Prospect Hill 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. |