A visit to the Sonora 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 Sonora Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sonora Cemetery:
42.3409, -77.1686
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Sonora Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Sonora Cemetery is located in Steuben County<2>.
The county seat for Steuben County is located in Bath. Bath lies just to the west of the Sonora Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Sonora Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Sonora Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sonora Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Washington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- South Bradford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Bradford Cemetery is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Cemetery
- Old Savona Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Old Savona Cemetery is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Savona Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Savona Cemetery is located in Savona.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2457603 <5>
- Seamens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Seamens Cemetery is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seamens Cemetery
- Jacobus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Jacobus Cemetery is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobus Cemetery
- Elmwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Elmwood Cemetery is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cemetery
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Eagle Valley Cemetery is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Valley Cemetery
- Christ Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Christ Johns Cemetery is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christ Johns Cemetery
- Cold Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Cold Springs Cemetery is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs Cemetery
- Old County Home Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Nondaga Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Babcock Hollow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Duvall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Duvall Cemetery is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall Cemetery
- Maltby Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Maltby Cemetery is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maltby Cemetery
- Belmont Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Belmont Cemetery is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Cemetery
- Monterey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Monterey Cemetery is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey Cemetery
- Schuyler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Schuyler Cemetery is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schuyler Cemetery
- Chestnut Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Free Baptist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Free Baptist Cemetery is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Baptist Cemetery
- Mitchellsville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Holy Cross Cemetery is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross Cemetery
- Pioneer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Grove Cemetery is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Cemetery
- The Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bath Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64728 <5>
- Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Hope Cemetery is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Cemetery
- Beach Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Beach Cemetery is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Cemetery
- Tyrone Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Tyrone Union Cemetery is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Union 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 Sonora Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sonora Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Sonora
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sonora is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- South Bradford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- Bradford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Savona
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hammondsport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Hermitage
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hermitage is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Cold Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cold Springs is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Campbell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Urbana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Mitchellsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchellsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Bath
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- East Campbell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Campbell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
- Hornby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Wayne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Townsend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Keuka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Catawba
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Risingville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Risingville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risingville
- Coopers Plains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Beaver Dams
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- South Pulteney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Painted Post
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Post Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- North Reading
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
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 Sonora Cemetery. The following communities are located in Steuben County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sonora Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bath
- Hammondsport
- Painted Post
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 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 Sonora Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Steuben 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 Sonora Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #965640 (Sonora Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #965640 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: Steuben
- Est. Elev: 332 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Savona
- Location given for Sonora Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.3409061 Lon: -77.1685846
- 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 Steuben, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sonora 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. |