A visit to the Searles 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 Searles Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Searles Cemetery:
42.7069, -76.2825
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Searles Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Searles Cemetery is located in Cayuga County<2>.
The county seat for Cayuga County is located in Auburn. Auburn lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the northwest of the Searles Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Searles Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Searles Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Searles Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Sempronius Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Sempronius Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius Cemetery
- Eaton Road Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Eaton Road Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Road Cemetery
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Sand Hill Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill Cemetery
- Eaton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Eaton Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Cemetery
- Scott Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Scott Union Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Union Cemetery
- Seven Day Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilcox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Wilcox Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox Cemetery
- Lickville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Lickville Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickville Cemetery
- Summerhill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Summerhill Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill Cemetery
- West Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The West Hill Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hill Cemetery
- Atwater Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Atwater Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater Cemetery
- Gillett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Gillett Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hinman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Hinman Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinman Cemetery
- Brook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Brook Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- James Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The James Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Cemetery
- Kelloggsville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Quaker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Old Quaker Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Quaker Cemetery
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- Indian Mound Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Indian Mound Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Mound Cemetery
- Dry Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Dry Creek Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek Cemetery
- Monaghan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Monaghan Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monaghan Cemetery
- Glenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Glenwood Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Glenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Homer.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64658 <5>
- Cold Brook Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spafford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Spafford Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford Cemetery
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 Searles Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Searles Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Scott
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Sempronius
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Dresserville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- East Scott
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Summer Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Pratt Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Groton City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Homer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Little York
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Spafford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Kelloggsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- Montville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Slab City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- New Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Preble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Moravia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Locke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cortland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Otisco Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Groton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Munsons Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- East Homer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- Cummings Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
- Assembly Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Omro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
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 Searles Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cayuga County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Searles Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cortland
- Groton
- Homer
- Locke
- Locke lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Searles Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Locke.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke
- Moravia
- Scott
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Searles Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Cayuga 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 Searles Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2120986 (Searles Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2120986 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: Cayuga
- Est. Elev: 461 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Sempronius
- Location given for Searles Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.7069444 Lon: -76.2825
- 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 Cayuga, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Searles 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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