A visit to the Slate Hill 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 Slate Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Slate Hill Cemetery:
41.3979, -74.3152
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Slate Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Slate Hill Cemetery is located in Orange County<2>.
The county seat for Orange County is located in Goshen. Goshen lies just to the west northwest of the Slate Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Slate Hill Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Slate Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Slate Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Webb Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Webb Cemetery is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Cemetery
- Wallkill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chester Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Chester Cemetery is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Cemetery
- St. Columbus Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The St. Columbus Cemetery is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Columbus Cemetery
- Hamptonburgh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Hamptonburgh Cemetery is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptonburgh Cemetery
- Denton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Denton Cemetery is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton Cemetery
- Roe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Roe Cemetery is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe Cemetery
- Greycourt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Greycourt Cemetery is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greycourt Cemetery
- Norton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Norton Cemetery is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Cemetery
- Heard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Heard Cemetery is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heard Cemetery
- Coleman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Coleman Cemetery is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Florida Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Florida Cemetery is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida Cemetery
- Sears Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Sears Cemetery is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sears Cemetery
- Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- Hillside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Hillside Cemetery is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
- Pinehill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Pinehill Cemetery is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehill Cemetery
- Satterly Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Satterly Cemetery is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satterly Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Satterly Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Monroe.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2307132 <5>
- Woodhull Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Woodhull Cemetery is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhull Cemetery
- St. Davids Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Davids Cemetery is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Davids Cemetery
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 Slate Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Slate Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Goshen
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kipps
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kipps is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipps
- Chester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hamptonburgh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hamptonburgh is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptonburgh
- Craigville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Craigville is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- Farmingdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Farmingdale is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmingdale
- Campbell Hall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stony Ford is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ford
- Mechanicstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicstown is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicstown
- Florida
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Michigan Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Michigan Corners is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Corners
- Scotchtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Girarde
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Girarde is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girarde
- East Middletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Middletown is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Middletown
- New Hampton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Hampton is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampton
- Middletown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Big Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Big Island is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Island
- Walton Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Walton Park is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walton Park
- South Blooming Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- South Blooming Grove is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Blooming Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,122 people
- South Blooming Grove has also been known as:
- South Blooming Grove village
- Washingtonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Maybrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Washington Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Washington Heights is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights
- Monroe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kiryas Joel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kiryas Joel is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiryas Joel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,953 people
- Palm Tree
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Palm Tree is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Tree
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 Slate Hill Cemetery. The following communities are located in Orange County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Slate Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Chester
- Goshen
- Middletown
- Monroe
- Washingtonville
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 Slate Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Orange 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 Slate Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #965388 (Slate Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #965388 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: Orange
- Est. Elev: 146 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Goshen
- Location given for Slate Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.3978716 Lon: -74.3151521
- 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 Orange, 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 from Point A (ie- Slate Hill 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. |