A visit to the Saint Matthews 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 St. Matthews Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. Matthews Cemetery (FG ID #66125).
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. Matthews Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Matthews Cemetery:
42.8708, -78.7741
The St. Matthews Cemetery is located in Erie County<2>.
The county seat for Erie County is located in Buffalo. Buffalo lies just to the west northwest of the St. Matthews Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Matthews Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the St. Matthews Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Matthews Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Adalbert's Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Holy Mother of the Rosary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pine Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Buffalo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- United German & French RC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Holy Rest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Concordia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Holy Cross Cemetery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ridge Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Stanislaus RC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Howard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Angle Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Angle Road Cemetery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angle Road Cemetery
- Forest Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- War of 1812 Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The War of 1812 Cemetery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War of 1812 Cemetery
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 St. Matthews Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Matthews Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Sloan
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sloan is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,522 people
- Ebenezer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- West Seneca
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cheektowaga
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lackawanna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blossom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Depew
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blasdell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Buffalo
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Webster Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Spring Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Elma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bowmansville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Williamsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bay View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Orchard Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Elma Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Elma Center is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elma Center
- Amherst
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fort Erie Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Amherst
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Athol Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harris Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kenmore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Erie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Waverly Beach
(8 miles [12.9 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. Matthews Cemetery. The following communities are located in Erie County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Matthews Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Blasdell
- Buffalo
- Cheektowaga
- Depew
- Depew lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the St. Matthews Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Depew.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depew
- Elma
- Elma lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the St. Matthews Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Elma.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elma
- Kenmore
- Lackawanna
- Lancaster
- Orchard Park
- West Seneca
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 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. Matthews Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Erie 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. Matthews Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #66125
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #963998 (Saint Matthews Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #963998 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: Erie
- Est. Elev: 186 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Buffalo SE
- Location given for Saint Matthews Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.8711696 Lon: -78.7764208
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Erie, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- St. Matthews 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |