A visit to the Union 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 Union Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Union Cemetery:
41.4801, -73.7690
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Union Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Union Cemetery is located in Putnam County<2>.
. Carmel lies just to the southeast of the Union Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Union 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 Union Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Union Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Kent Cliffs Baptist Church Burying Ground
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Smalley Burying Ground
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bailey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- Russell Mead Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Russell Mead Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Mead Cemetery
- Kent - Fishkill Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mead Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Mead Cemetery is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mead Cemetery
- Tompkins Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Free Grave Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Free Grave Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Grave Cemetery
- Ludingtonville Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ballard Ground Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Johnsville Methodist Churchyard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Crane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Crane Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Cemetery
- Kelly Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Kelly Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Cemetery
- Raymond Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Raymond Hill Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Raymond Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Carmel Hamlet.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65765 <5>
- Rombout Rural Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Rombout Rural Cemetery is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rombout Rural Cemetery
- Hills Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Hills Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Cemetery
- Hopewell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- The Hopewell Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hopewell Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery
- Hopewell Reformed Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2138926 <5>
- Van Wyck Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Van Wyck Cemetery is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Wyck Cemetery
- First Reformed Protestant Dutch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Highland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Presbyterian Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presbyterian Cemetery
- Mahopac Falls Baptist Churchyard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Methodist Graveyard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Methodist Graveyard is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methodist Graveyard
- Gilead Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Gilead Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead Cemetery
- Ellis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Ellis Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Cemetery
- Patterson Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Patterson Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Patterson Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Patterson Baptist Cemetery
- Patterson Cemetery
- Towner's Four Corners Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641184 <5>
- Old Baptist Burying Ground
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Union Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Farmers Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Shenandoah
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Shenandoah is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- East Fishkill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East Fishkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fishkill
- Tompkins Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Mahopac Mines
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Lake Carmel
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Wiccopee
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wiccopee is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiccopee
- Stormville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hopewell Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mahopac
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Crafts
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Green Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Green Haven is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Haven
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Brinckerhoff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- Fishkill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dykemans
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dykemans is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans
- Towners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Patterson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Glenham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Beacon Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Beacon Hills is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Hills
- Nelsonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Adams Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Brewster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brewster Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brewster Hill is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Hill
- West Pawling
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Pawling is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pawling
- Beekman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Beekman is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beekman
- Sylvan Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sylvan Lake is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Lake
- Groveville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Hillside Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hillside Lake is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Lake
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 Union Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Putnam County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brewster
- Fishkill
- Hopewell Junction
- Mahopac
- Patterson
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 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 Union Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Putnam 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 Union Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #968145 (Union Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #968145 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: Putnam
- Est. Elev: 219 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Oscawana Lake
- Location given for Union Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.4800933 Lon: -73.7690212
- 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 Putnam, 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- Union 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. |
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