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A visit to the Taft 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 Taft Cemetery ...

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

42.0437, -79.7323

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

The Taft Cemetery is located in Chautauqua County<2>.

The county seat for Chautauqua County is located in Mayville. Mayville lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the northeast of the Taft Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Taft Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Taft Cemetery.<4>

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

  • St. Matthias Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • The St. Matthias Cemetery is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Matthias Cemetery
  • Cutting Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • The Cutting Cemetery is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutting Cemetery
  • French Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • The French Creek Cemetery is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Creek Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the French Creek Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of French Creek.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1286168 <5>
  • West Mina Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • The West Mina Cemetery is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mina Cemetery
  • Findley Lake Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • The Findley Lake Cemetery is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Findley Lake Cemetery
  • Wheelock Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Wheelock Cemetery is located in Erie County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelock Cemetery
  • East Clymer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • The East Clymer Cemetery is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Clymer Cemetery
  • Holland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Marks Corners Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • The Marks Corners Cemetery is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marks Corners Cemetery
  • Clymer Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • The Clymer Hill Cemetery is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymer Hill Cemetery
  • Mina Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • The Mina Cemetery is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mina Cemetery
  • Phillipsville Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • The Phillipsville Cemetery is located in Erie County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsville Cemetery
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Pine Grove Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
    • Clymer Center Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • The Pleasant Valley Cemetery is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southwest of Sherman.
      • The Pleasant Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Sherman Pleasant Valley Cemetery
      • Slab City Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1118552 <5>
    • Greenfield Baptist Church Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Concord Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Westlawn Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • The Westlawn Cemetery is located in Warren County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlawn Cemetery
    • Curtis Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • The Curtis Cemetery is located in Warren County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Cemetery
    • Town Line Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • The Town Line Cemetery is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Line Cemetery
    • Wait's Corners Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • The Wait's Corners Cemetery is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wait's Corners Cemetery
    • South Ripley Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • The South Ripley Cemetery is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ripley Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Taft Cemetery.

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

  • French Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • French Creek is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Creek
  • Wattsburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Findley Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Arbuckle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Arbuckle is located in Erie County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbuckle
  • Phillipsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Phillipsville is located in Erie County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsville
  • Beaver Dam
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Beaver Dam is located in Erie County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
  • North Clymer
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • North Clymer is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clymer
  • Slab City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Slab City is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
  • Hornby
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Hornby is located in Erie County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
  • Elgin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Elgin is located in Erie County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
  • Corry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Corry is located in Erie County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,180 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corry <6>
  • Columbus
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Sherman
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Union City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Colza
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Colza is located in Warren County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colza
    • Bear Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Panama
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Waterford Station
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Waterford Station is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Station
    • North East
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Stebbins Corners
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Stebbins Corners is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stebbins Corners
    • Waterford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Freeport
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Freeport is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
    • Niobe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • LeBoeuf Garden
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • LeBoeuf Garden is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LeBoeuf Garden
    • Spartansburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Stedman
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Stedman is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stedman
    • Ripley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Wesleyville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)

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 Taft Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Chautauqua County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Taft Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to New York:
  • Pages specific to Chautauqua 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 Taft Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #966990  (Taft Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #966990 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: Chautauqua
      • Est. Elev: 440 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Clymer
      • Location given for Taft Cemetery:
      • Lat: 42.0436658     Lon: -79.7322722
      • 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 Chautauqua, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Taft 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.