A visit to the Washington 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 Washington Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Washington Cemetery (FG ID #66651)
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 Washington Cemetery ...
The Washington Cemetery is located in Kings County<2>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Barkaloo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Canarsie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cypress Hills National Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Evergreens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- First Shearith Israel Graveyard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Gravesend Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Green - Wood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hungarian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Hungarian Cemetery is located in Queens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hungarian Cemetery
- Knollwood Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Knollwood Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Machpelah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Most Holy Trinity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Judah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old New Utrecht Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Quaker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Quaker Cemetery is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Cemetery
- Sailors Snug Harbor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- St. Paul's Churchyard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Silver Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Silver Lake Cemetery is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake Cemetery
- Silver Mount Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Trinity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
- Trinity Churchyard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Union Field Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union Field Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Union Field Cemetery is located in Queens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Field Cemetery
- Woodland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Woodland Cemetery is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Washington Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Bath Beach
- Battery Park City
- Battery Park City is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battery Park City
- Bay Ridge
- Bensonhurst
- Breezy Point
- Brighton Beach
- Brooklyn Heights
- Brooklyn
- Brownsville
- Bushwick
- Canarsie
- Coney Island
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Dyker Heights
- Flatbush
- Flatbush is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatbush
- Flatlands
- Fort Hamilton
- Fort Jay
- Fort Wadsworth
- Governors Island
- Gravesend
- Knickerbocker Village
- Marcus Garvey Village
- New Brighton
- New York
- Old Town Station
- Old Town Station is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Station
- Red Hook
- Sheepshead Bay
- Stapleton
- Stapleton is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapleton
- Weeksville ‑ Historic
- Williamsburg
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 Washington Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kings County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Washington Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brooklyn
- Fort Wadsworth
- New Brighton
- New York
- Williamsburg
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 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 Washington Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Kings 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 Washington Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #66651
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #968843 (Washington Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #968843 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: Kings
- Est. Elev: 9 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Coney Island
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> | If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Kings, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Washington Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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