A visit to the Virgil Rural 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 Virgil Rural Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Virgil Rural Cemetery:
42.5070, -76.1977
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Virgil Rural Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Virgil Rural Cemetery is located in Cortland County<2>.
The county seat for Cortland County is located in Cortland. Cortland lies just to the north of the Virgil Rural Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Virgil Rural Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Virgil Rural Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Virgil Rural Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Scofield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Scofield Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scofield Cemetery
- McAllister Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The McAllister Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAllister Cemetery
- Carpenter Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Parker Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Parker Street Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Street Cemetery
- McLean Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The McLean Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLean Cemetery
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- Cornell Lane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Cornell Lane Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell Lane Cemetery
- Harford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Harford Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Cemetery
- Snyder Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Snyder Hill Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder Hill Cemetery
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Cemetery
- Blodgett Mills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Harford Mills Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Harford Mills Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills Cemetery
- Quail Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Quail Hill Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hill Cemetery
- Cortland Rural Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Willow Glen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hunts Corners Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Hunts Corners Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners Cemetery
- East Groton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The East Groton Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groton Cemetery
- Freetown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Freetown Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Cemetery
- Atwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Atwood Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Cemetery
- McGraw Rural Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- McGrawville Rural Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Glenwood Cemetery is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Glenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Homer.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64658 <5>
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 Virgil Rural Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Virgil Rural Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Dryden
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harford
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McLean
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Munsons Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Harford Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Lapeer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Messengerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Cortland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- McGraw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Freeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Groton City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Marathon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Homer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Peruville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Slaterville Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- East River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Groton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Killawog
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Solon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Summer Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Varna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Caroline Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- Manningville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- East Homer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- Pratt Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
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 Virgil Rural Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cortland County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Virgil Rural Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cortland
- Dryden
- Freeville
- Groton
- Homer
- Marathon
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 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 Virgil Rural Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Cortland 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 Virgil Rural Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #968570 (Virgil Rural Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #968570 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: Cortland
- Est. Elev: 430 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Cortland
- Location given for Virgil Rural Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.5070161 Lon: -76.1977078
- 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 Cortland, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Virgil Rural 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. |