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A visit to the Saint Jacobs 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 St. Jacobs Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Jacobs Cemetery:

43.1006, -78.9237

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

The St. Jacobs Cemetery is located in Niagara County<2>.

The county seat for Niagara County is located in Lockport. Lockport lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the east northeast of the St. Jacobs Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the St. Jacobs Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 33 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the St. Jacobs Cemetery.<4>

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

  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Cemetery
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
  • Fairmount Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • The Fairmount Cemetery is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Cemetery
  • Lockport Road Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • The Lockport Road Cemetery is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport Road Cemetery
  • St. Michaels Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • The St. Michaels Cemetery is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michaels Cemetery
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
  • St. Marks Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • The St. Marks Cemetery is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marks Cemetery
  • St. Matthews Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • The St. Matthews Cemetery is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Matthews Cemetery
  • Friedens Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • The Friedens Cemetery is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Cemetery
  • Wheatfield Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • The Wheatfield Cemetery is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatfield Cemetery
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Beth Israel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Beth Israel Cemetery is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beth Israel Cemetery
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Maple Grove Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • The Maple Grove Cemetery is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Cemetery
    • White Haven Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • The White Haven Cemetery is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Haven Cemetery
    • St. Martin's Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • The St. Martin's Cemetery is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Martin's Cemetery
    • St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Beach Ridge Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • The Beach Ridge Cemetery is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Ridge Cemetery
    • St. Andrew Lutheran Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mt. View Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • The Mt. View Cemetery is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. View Cemetery
    • Dickersonville Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Gate of Heaven Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • The Gate of Heaven Cemetery is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gate of Heaven Cemetery
      • The Gate of Heaven Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Gate Heaven Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1656404 <5>
    • Holy Trinity Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Riverdale Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Oakwood Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
    • Battle of Chippawa Cemetery (War 1812-1814)
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • White Haven Road Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • St. Stevens Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • The St. Stevens Cemetery is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Stevens Cemetery
    • City Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • The City Cemetery is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Tonawanda.
      • The City Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Tonawanda City Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64209 <5>
    • St. Francis Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • The St. Francis Cemetery is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Francis Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Francis Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Tonawanda.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65957 <5>
    • Salem Church Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • The Salem Church Cemetery is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Church Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Salem Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Tonawanda.
      • The Salem Church Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Salem Cemetery
      • Salem's Gemeinde Kirchhof
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2300968 <5>
    • White Chapel Memorial Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Acacia Park Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The Acacia Park Cemetery is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acacia Park Cemetery
      • The Acacia Park Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Rest Haven Cemetery
      • Resthaven Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2232006 <5>
    • Bear Ridge Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • The Bear Ridge Cemetery is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Ridge Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 33 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Jacobs Cemetery.

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

  • Bergholtz
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Bergholtz is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergholtz
  • Black Creek Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Black Creek Village is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek Village
  • Saint Johnsburg
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Saint Johnsburg is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johnsburg
  • Colonial Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Colonial Village is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
  • Pletchers Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Pletchers Corners is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pletchers Corners
  • Wurlitzer Park Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • North Tonawanda
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • North Tonawanda is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tonawanda
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,050 people
  • Martinsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Martinsville is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
  • Hoffman
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Hoffman is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffman
  • Pekin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Pekin is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
  • Niagara Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Tonawanda
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Park Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Park Village is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village
    • Model City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dickersonville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Dickersonville is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickersonville
    • Varsity Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Varsity Village is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varsity Village
    • Chippawa
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Grandyle Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Grandyle Village is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandyle Village
    • Pendleton Center
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Pendleton Center is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton Center
    • Lewiston
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Queenston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Clifton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
    • Niagara Falls Centre
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Niagara Falls
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Black Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Ferry Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Ferry Village is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Village
    • Kenmore
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Getzville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lockport Junction
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Lockport Junction is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport Junction
    • Ransomville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Saint Davids
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Stamford
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford
    • Orchard Park
      (9 miles [14.5 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 St. Jacobs Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Niagara County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 St. Jacobs Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to New York:
  • Pages specific to Niagara 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 St. Jacobs Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #963552  (Saint Jacobs Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #963552 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: Niagara
      • Est. Elev: 177 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Tonawanda West
      • Location given for Saint Jacobs Cemetery:
      • Lat: 43.1006118     Lon: -78.923651
      • 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 Niagara, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- St. Jacobs 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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