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A visit to the Wantagh Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

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 Wantagh Cemetery ...

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

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

Lat:   40.6968°   (40° 41' 48")

Lon:   -73.5054°   (-73° 30' 19")

The Wantagh Cemetery is located in Nassau County<2>.

The county seat for Nassau County is located in Mineola. Mineola lies just to the west northwest of the Wantagh Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Wantagh Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Oakfield Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakfield Cemetery
    • The Oakfield Cemetery is located in Nassau County
    • The Oakfield Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Burying Ground
  • Bryant Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bryant Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bryant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bryant Cemetery is located in Nassau County
  • Floyd - Jones Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Floyd - Jones Cemetery
    • The Floyd - Jones Cemetery is located in Nassau County
  • Old Grace Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Grace Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Grace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Old Grace Cemetery is located in Nassau County
  • Stymus Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Plainedge Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plainedge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plainedge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Plainedge Cemetery is located in Nassau County
  • Plainlawn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Old Town Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Town Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Town Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Old Town Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
  • Brewster Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brewster Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brewster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Brewster Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
  • Payne Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Payne Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Payne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Payne Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
  • Amityville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Amityville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Amityville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Amityville Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
  • Cemetery of the Holy Rood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cemetery of the Holy Rood
    • The Cemetery of the Holy Rood is located in Nassau County
    • The Cemetery of the Holy Rood has also been known as:
    • Holy Rood Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64884 <5>
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Greenfield Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenfield Cemetery
      • The Greenfield Cemetery is located in Nassau County
    • Brewster Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brewster Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brewster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Brewster Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Brunn - Greene Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brunn - Greene Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brunn - Greene Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Brunn - Greene Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Trinity Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Trinity Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Mt. Ararat Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • St. Charles RC Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Charles RC Cemetery
      • The St. Charles RC Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
      • The St. Charles RC Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Cemetery of the Ressurection
      • Resurrection Cemetery
      • St. Charles Cemetery
      • St. Charles and Resurrection Cemeteries
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65944 <5>
    • Quaker Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quaker Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Quaker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Quaker Cemetery is located in Nassau County
    • Friends Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Friends Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Friends Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Friends Cemetery is located in Nassau County
    • St. George Church Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. George Church Cemetery
      • The St. George Church Cemetery is located in Nassau County
      • The St. George Church Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. George Episcopal Church Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1796200 <5>
    • Catholic Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Catholic Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • New Montefiore Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Beth Moses Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beth Moses Cemetery
      • The Beth Moses Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Wellwood Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pinelawn Memorial Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pinelawn Memorial Park
      • The Pinelawn Memorial Park is located in Suffolk County
      • The Pinelawn Memorial Park has also been known as:
      • Pine Lawn Memorial Park
      • Pinelawn Cemetery
      • Pinelawn Memorial Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #174076 <5>
    • Lower Melville Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lower Melville Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lower Melville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lower Melville Cemetery is located in Suffolk County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Wantagh Cemetery.

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

  • North Wantagh
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Wantagh have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wantagh
    • North Wantagh is located in Nassau County
  • Wantagh
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • North Bellmore
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Bellmore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellmore
    • North Bellmore is located in Nassau County
  • Massapequa
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Plainedge
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainedge
    • Plainedge is located in Nassau County
  • Levittown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Bellmore
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellmore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellmore
    • Bellmore is located in Nassau County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellmore <6>
  • Seaford
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seaford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaford
    • Seaford is located in Nassau County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seaford <6>
  • North Massapequa
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Massapequa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Massapequa
    • North Massapequa is located in Nassau County
  • Merrick
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrick have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrick
    • Merrick is located in Nassau County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Merrick <6>
  • Harbor Green
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Green
    • Harbor Green is located in Nassau County
  • Biltmore Shores
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Shores
    • Biltmore Shores is located in Nassau County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • East Massapequa
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Massapequa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Massapequa
      • East Massapequa is located in Nassau County
    • Massapequa Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Massapequa Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massapequa Park
      • Massapequa Park is located in Nassau County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,034 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Massapequa Park <6>
    • South Farmingdale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Farmingdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Farmingdale
      • South Farmingdale is located in Nassau County
    • Farmingdale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bethpage
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • East Meadow
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • North Merrick
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Merrick have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Merrick
      • North Merrick is located in Nassau County
    • Roosevelt
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Freeport
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Amityville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • North Amityville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Amityville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Amityville
      • North Amityville is located in Suffolk County
    • Swedetown Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swedetown Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown Village
      • Swedetown Village is located in Nassau County
    • Salisbury
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
      • Salisbury is located in Nassau County
    • Uniondale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)

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 Wantagh Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Nassau County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wantagh 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 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 Wantagh Cemetery:

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 Wantagh Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #968764  (Wantagh Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #968764 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Freeport
    • County: Nassau         Elev: 13
    • Location given for GNIS #968764 (Wantagh Cemetery)

The official website for Nassau County: www.nassaucountyny.gov/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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 Nassau, 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 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 Wantagh Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6968, Longitude: -73.5054       In this case, the coordinates for the Wantagh Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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.




 

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