A visit to the Spafford 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 Spafford Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Spafford Cemetery:
42.8059, -76.2549
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Spafford Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Spafford Cemetery is located in Onondaga County<2>.
The county seat for Onondaga County is located in Syracuse. Syracuse lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Spafford Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Spafford Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Spafford Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Spafford Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Spafford Hollow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Spafford Hollow Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford Hollow Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Spafford Hollow Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the southeast of Amber.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2254790 <5>
- Otisco Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Otisco Valley Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley Cemetery
- Stanton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Stanton Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton Cemetery
- Cold Brook Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vesper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Vesper Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesper Cemetery
- The West Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The West Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The West Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Wilcox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Wilcox Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox Cemetery
- Seven Day Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Brook Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Cemetery
- Bromley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Bromley Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley Cemetery
- Borodino Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Borodino Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borodino Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- James Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The James Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Cemetery
- Scott Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Scott Union Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Union Cemetery
- Hillsdale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Hillsdale Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale Cemetery
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- Amber Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Amber Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber Cemetery
- Kelloggsville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sempronius Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Sempronius Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius Cemetery
- Searles Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Searles Cemetery is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searles Cemetery
- Gillett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Gillett Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett Cemetery
- Farr Burying Ground
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Farr Burying Ground is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farr Burying Ground
- Christian Hollow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Maple Grove Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove 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 Spafford Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Spafford Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Spafford
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Otisco Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Otisco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- New Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Kelloggsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- Scott
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Amber
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Sempronius
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- East Scott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Assembly Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Dresserville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Preble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cummings Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
- Tully
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Thorn Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Little York
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Slab City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Cardiff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Rose Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Mandana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Niles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Niles is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Montville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Pratt Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- LaFayette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- LaFayette is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette
- LaFayette has also been known as:
- LaFayette Square
- Te-Ka-Wis-To-Ta
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFayette <6>
- Omro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- 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 Spafford Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Onondaga County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Spafford Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Spafford Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Onondaga 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 Spafford Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #965936 (Spafford Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #965936 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: Onondaga
- Est. Elev: 544 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Spafford
- Location given for Spafford Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.805901 Lon: -76.2549292
- 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 Onondaga, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Spafford 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. |