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A visit to the Shapley 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 Shapley Cemetery ...

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

42.8053, -75.5730

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

The Shapley Cemetery is located in Madison County<2>.

The county seat for Madison County is located in Wampsville. Wampsville lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Shapley Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Shapley Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Shapley Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Colgate Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • The Colgate Cemetery is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colgate Cemetery
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Madison Street Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
  • Eaton Village Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lebanon Valley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Earlville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Poolville Rural Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hamilton Center Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Pine Woods Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • The Pine Woods Cemetery is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Woods Cemetery
  • West Eaton Village Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Willcox Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • The Willcox Cemetery is located in Chenango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willcox Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Willcox Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located
    • The Willcox Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Wilcok Cemetery
    • Wilcox Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66738 <5>
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Niles Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • The Niles Cemetery is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles Cemetery
    • Graham Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • The Graham Cemetery is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Cemetery
      • The Graham Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Hubbardsville Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #762502 <5>
    • Old Meeting House Hill Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Morrisville Rural Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • The Morrisville Rural Cemetery is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville Rural Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Morrisville Rural Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Morrisville.
      • The Morrisville Rural Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Valley View Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2306069 <5>
    • Morrisville Rural Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • The Morrisville Rural Cemetery is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville Rural Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Morrisville Rural Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Morrisville.
    • Hawk Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • The Hawk Cemetery is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Cemetery
    • Bonney Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • The Bonney Cemetery is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonney Cemetery
    • Sherburne West Hill Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Cole Hill Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • The Cole Hill Cemetery is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole Hill Cemetery
    • Madison Village Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • The Madison Village Cemetery is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Village Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Madison Village Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Madison.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968855 <5>
    • Indian Opening Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Shapley Cemetery.

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

  • Randallsville
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Randallsville is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randallsville
  • Hamilton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Pecksport
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Pecksport is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecksport
  • Earlville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Hamilton Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Hamilton Center is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Center
  • East Hamilton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • East Hamilton is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hamilton
  • Bouckville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Pine Woods
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Pine Woods is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Woods
  • West Eaton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • West Eaton is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Eaton
  • Morrisville Station
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Morrisville Station is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville Station
  • South Hamilton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • South Hamilton is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hamilton
  • Morrisville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Madison
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Solsville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Pratts Hollow
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Pratts Hollow is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts Hollow
    • Smyrna
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Pratts
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Pratts is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
    • Otselic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Otselic is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
    • Sherburne
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Stockwell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Stockwell is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
    • Oriskany Falls
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Otselic Center
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
    • Beaver Meadow
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
    • Munnsville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Siloam
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Siloam is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
    • Munns
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Munns is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munns
    • Brookfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Peterboro
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Sangerfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Augusta
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Augusta is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta

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 Shapley Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Madison County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Shapley Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to New York:
  • Pages specific to Madison 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 Shapley Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #964943  (Shapley Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #964943 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: Madison
      • Est. Elev: 347 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Hamilton
      • Location given for Shapley Cemetery:
      • Lat: 42.8053467     Lon: -75.5729585
      • 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 Madison, 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- Shapley 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.
    <6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.