A visit to the Rockwood Rural 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 Rockwood Rural Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rockwood Rural Cemetery:
43.0597, -74.5017
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Rockwood Rural Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Rockwood Rural Cemetery is located in Fulton County<2>.
The county seat for Fulton County is located in Johnstown. Johnstown lies just to the east southeast of the Rockwood Rural Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Rockwood Rural Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Rockwood Rural Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rockwood Rural Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Christman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Christman Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christman Cemetery
- Rhodes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Rhodes Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes Cemetery
- Fical Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Fical Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fical Cemetery
- Ephratah Rural Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dempster Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Dempster Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempster Cemetery
- Dillaborough Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Dillaborough Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillaborough Cemetery
- Kecks Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Kecks Center Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecks Center Cemetery
- Micheal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Micheal Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micheal Cemetery
- Getman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Getman Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Getman Cemetery
- Five Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Five Point Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Point Cemetery
- Boshart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Boshart Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boshart Cemetery
- Clemmons Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Clemmons Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemmons Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Chatsey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Chatsey Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsey Cemetery
- Clouse Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Clouse Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clouse Cemetery
- Dillenback Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Dillenback Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillenback Cemetery
- Sammons Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Sammons Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammons Cemetery
- Colonial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Colonial Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Cemetery
- Johnstown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fern Dale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Fern Dale Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Dale Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fern Dale Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Gloversville.
- The Fern Dale Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fern Dale Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64526 <5>
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Rockwood Rural Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rockwood Rural Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Rockwood
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rockwood is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Garoga
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Garoga is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garoga
- Ephratah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ephratah is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephratah
- Lassellsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lassellsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lassellsville
- Sammonsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sammonsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammonsville
- Meco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Meco is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meco
- Johnstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gloversville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Middle Sprite
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Middle Sprite is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Sprite
- Saint Johnsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fonda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Berkshire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Berkshire is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Fort Plain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nelliston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Palatine Bridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Randall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Randall is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Fultonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Progress
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Progress is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Crum Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Crum Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crum Creek
- Mindenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mindenville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindenville
- Canajoharie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mayfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jackson Summit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson Summit is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Summit
- Arietta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Arietta is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arietta
- Emmonsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Emmonsburg is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmonsburg
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 Rockwood Rural Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Fulton County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rockwood Rural Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Canajoharie
- Fonda
- Fonda lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Rockwood Rural Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Fonda.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonda
- Fultonville
- Gloversville
- Johnstown
- Palatine Bridge
- Saint Johnsville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Rockwood Rural Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Fulton 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 Rockwood Rural Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2543448 (Rockwood Rural Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2543448 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: Fulton
- Est. Elev: 323 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Lassellsville
- Location given for Rockwood Rural Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.0597222 Lon: -74.5016667
- 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 Fulton, 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- Rockwood Rural 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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