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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:

43.1259, -76.1113

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 Onondaga County<2>.

The county seat for Onondaga County is located in Syracuse. Syracuse lies just to the south southwest 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 20 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Taft Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Collamer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • The Collamer Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer Cemetery
  • Cicero Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • The Cicero Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicero Cemetery
  • Assumption Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Messina Springs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Liverpool Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Liverpool Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool Cemetery
    • The Liverpool Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Liverpool Village Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #445099 <5>
  • First Ward Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • The First Ward Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Ward Cemetery
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
  • Cicero Center Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • The Cicero Center Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicero Center Cemetery
  • Morgan's Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • The Morgan's Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan's Cemetery
  • Pine Plains Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • The Pine Plains Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Plains Cemetery
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakwood Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Syracuse.
    • The Oakwood Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Morningside Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65510 <5>
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
      • The St. Marys Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Mary's Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66074 <5>
    • DeWitt Cemetery - Old Section
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • DeWitt Cemetery - New Section
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • White Chapel Memory Gardens
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • St. Michaels Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The St. Michaels Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michaels Cemetery
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • St. Mary's Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The St. Mary's Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Cemetery
    • Terpenning Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • The Terpenning Cemetery is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terpenning Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 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:

  • North Syracuse
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • North Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Syracuse
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,595 people
  • Mattydale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Galeville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Galeville is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galeville
  • Lyncourt
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Lyncourt is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyncourt
  • Eastwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Eastwood is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
  • East Syracuse
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • East Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Syracuse
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,907 people
  • Liverpool
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Syracuse
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Clay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lakeland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Lakeland is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland
  • Solvay
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • De Witt
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • De Witt is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,962 people
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Minoa
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Minoa is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minoa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,414 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minoa <6>
    • Euclid
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Euclid is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
    • Lakeside
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Lakeside is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
    • Brewerton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Westvale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Westvale is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westvale
    • Lyndon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Lyndon is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon
    • Bridgeport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Fairmount
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairmount is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
    • Fayetteville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Kirkville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Seneca Knolls
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Seneca Knolls is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Knolls
    • Jamesville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Tall Pines Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Tall Pines Village is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Pines Village
    • Van Buren
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Van Buren is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren

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. The following communities are located in Onondaga 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 begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 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 Taft Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #966991  (Taft Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #966991 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: 124 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Cicero
      • Location given for Taft Cemetery:
      • Lat: 43.1259007     Lon: -76.111312
      • 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 '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- 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.