A visit to the Thompson's Lake Rural Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Thompson's Lake Rural Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Thompson's Lake Rural Cemetery (FG ID #2252085)
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Thompson's Lake Rural Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Thompson's Lake Rural Cemetery
Lat: 42.6408° (42° 38' 26")
Lon: -74.0399° (-74° 2' 23")
The cemetery is located in Albany County<3>.
As an estimate, the Thompson's Lake Rural Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southwest of East Berne.
The county seat for Albany County is located in Albany. Albany lies 14 miles [22.5 km] to the east of the Thompson's Lake Rural Cemetery .
Name Variations for Thompson's Lake Rural Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
Thompson's Lake Rural Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lake Rural Cemetery
- Old Burying Ground
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Thompson's Lake Rural Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Thompson's Lake Rural Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Jones Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Stephen Hungerford Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dyer Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- High Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Zeh Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Miller Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilcox - Haight Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hungerford Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Van Aernam Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Knox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Knox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Cornwell Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Reidsville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Severson Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Westfall Burying Ground
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Saddlemire Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- David Conger Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Guilderland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lainhart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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] of the Thompson's Lake Rural Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Thompson's Lake Rural Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- New Salem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Meadowdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Berne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Altamont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altamont have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Altamont is located in Albany County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,657 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altamont <6>
- Voorheesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- South Berne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Scotland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Guilderland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hartmans Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fullers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Westerlo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Duane Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duane Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Slingerlands
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rensselaerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Feura Bush
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Westmere
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westmere have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmere
- Westmere is located in Albany County
- Duanesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duanesburg have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Princetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gallupville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dormansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Delmar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delmar have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmar
- Delmar is located in Albany County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delmar <6>
- Rotterdam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rotterdam have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotterdam
- Rotterdam is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rotterdam <6>
- Delanson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Colonie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonie have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonie
- Colonie is located in Albany County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,564 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colonie <6>
- Lisha Kill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Thompson's Lake Rural Cemetery. The following communities are located in Albany County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Thompson's Lake Rural Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Altamont
- Colonie
- Colonie lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Thompson's Lake Rural Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Colonie.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonie
- Delmar
- Rensselaerville
- Voorheesville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Thompson's Lake Rural Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Albany County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Thompson's Lake Rural Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Thompson's Lake Rural Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Albany County: www.albanycounty.com/
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | 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. |
<2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Thompson's Lake Rural Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6408, Longitude: -74.0399 |
<3> | If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Albany, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
<4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
<5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
<6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<7> | 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. |