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A visit to the 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. 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 Rural Cemetery ...

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

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rural Cemetery

Lat:   41.8473°   (41° 50' 50")

Lon:   -74.5377°   (-74° 32' 15")

The Rural Cemetery is located in Sullivan County<2>.

The county seat for Sullivan County is located in Monticello. Monticello lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Rural Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 15 miles [24.1 km] of the Rural Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Furman Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Furman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Furman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Furman Cemetery is located in Ulster County
  • Claryville Reformed Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Fallsburg Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fallsburg Cemetery
    • The Fallsburg Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
    • The Fallsburg Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Palen's Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2142769 <5>
  • Ferndale Synagogue Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ferndale Synagogue Cemetery
    • The Ferndale Synagogue Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ferndale Synagogue Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Parksville.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2246004 <5>
  • Parksville Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parksville Cemetery
    • The Parksville Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
  • Liberty Soldiers Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liberty Soldiers Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liberty Soldiers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Liberty Soldiers Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
  • St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
  • Old Baptist Church Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Baptist Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Old Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
  • Martin Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Martin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Martin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Martin Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
  • Fantine Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fantine Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fantine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Fantine Cemetery is located in Ulster County
  • Palentown Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palentown Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Palentown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Palentown Cemetery is located in Ulster County
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hillside Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Agudas Achim Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Agudas Achim Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Agudas Achim Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Agudas Achim Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
    • Brookside Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brookside Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brookside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Brookside Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
    • General Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the General Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the General Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The General Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
    • Congregation B'nai Israel Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Pine Bush Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Bush Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Bush Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pine Bush Cemetery is located in Ulster County
    • Orchard Street Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Orchard Street Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Orchard Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Orchard Street Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
    • Fulton Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fulton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fulton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Fulton Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
    • St. Peters Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
    • Poplar Grove Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poplar Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Poplar Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Poplar Grove Cemetery is located in Sullivan County

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 Rural Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rural Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Grahamsville
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Curry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
    • Curry is located in Sullivan County
  • Neversink
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Claryville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Woodbourne
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Divine Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divine Corners
    • Divine Corners is located in Sullivan County
  • Aden
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aden
    • Aden is located in Sullivan County
  • Willowemoc
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowemoc
    • Willowemoc is located in Sullivan County
  • Woodridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodridge
    • Woodridge is located in Sullivan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 773 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodridge <6>
  • Hurleyville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • South Fallsburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Branch
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Branch. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
    • Branch is located in Ulster County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Debruce
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Debruce. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Debruce
      • Debruce is located in Sullivan County
    • Liberty
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
      • Liberty is located in Sullivan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,318 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liberty <6>
    • Ellenville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Napanoch
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Napanoch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napanoch
      • Napanoch is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Napanoch <6>
    • Port Ben
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Ben
      • Port Ben is located in Ulster County
    • Wawarsing
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wawarsing. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawarsing
      • Wawarsing is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wawarsing <6>
    • Parksville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Parkston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkston
      • Parkston is located in Sullivan County
    • Harris
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Thompsonville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Glen Wild
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Spring Glen
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Kerhonkson
      (13 miles [20.9 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 Rural Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Sullivan County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rural Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 Rural Cemetery:

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 Rural Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #963082  (Rural Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #963082 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: Grahamsville
    • County: Sullivan         Elev: 284
    • Location given for GNIS #963082 (Rural Cemetery)

The official website for Sullivan County: www.co.sullivan.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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 Sullivan, 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 Rural Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8473, Longitude: -74.5377       In this case, the coordinates for the Rural Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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.
<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.




 

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