A visit to the West 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 West Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the West Cemetery:
43.1437, -75.6538
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the West Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The West Cemetery is located in Oneida County<2>.
The county seat for Oneida County is located in Utica. Utica lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the east of the West Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the West Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the West Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from West Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Verona Protestant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Verona Protestant Cemetery is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Protestant Cemetery
- The Verona Protestant Cemetery has also been known as:
- Protestant Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2160579 <5>
- St. Francis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The St. Francis Cemetery is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Francis Cemetery
- Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Grove Cemetery is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Cemetery
- Lewis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Lewis Cemetery is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Cemetery
- Happy Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Happy Valley Cemetery is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley Cemetery
- Doxtater Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Doxtater Cemetery is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doxtater Cemetery
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Joslyn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Joslyn Cemetery is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joslyn Cemetery
- Cook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Cook Cemetery is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Cemetery
- Walker Corners Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Walnut Grove Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Cemetery
- Glenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- St. Helena's Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The St. Helena's Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Helena's Cemetery
- The St. Helena's Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Helena's / Valley View Cemetery
- Valley View Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66586 <5>
- Oneida Community Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hazard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Hazard Cemetery is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard Cemetery
- Greenway Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Greenway Cemetery is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway Cemetery
- Oneida Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Oneida Lake Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Lake Cemetery
- Whitelaw Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Whitelaw Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitelaw Cemetery
- Lenox Rural Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- St. Agatha Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Agatha Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Agatha Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Agatha Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Canastota.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65908 <5>
- Lowell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bradock Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Bradock Cemetery is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradock Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the West Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from West Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Oneida
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sconondoa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sconondoa is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sconondoa
- Cagwin Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cagwin Corners is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cagwin Corners
- Agnes Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Agnes Corners is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes Corners
- Oneida Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oneida Valley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Valley
- Oneida Castle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oneida Castle is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Castle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Wampsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sherrill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Blackmans Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Blackmans Corners is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Corners
- Sylvan Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Canastota
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kenwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Vienna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Vienna is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Greenway Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greenway Corners is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway Corners
- Greenway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenway is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Verona Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Verona Mills is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Mills
- Whitelaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Whitelaw is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitelaw
- Vernon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lowell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lowell is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- North Bay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Bay is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay
- Clockville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Humaston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Humaston is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humaston
- McConnellsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- McConnellsville is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellsville
- Cottons
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cottons is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottons
- Valley Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Valley Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mills
- Dix
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dix is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dix
- Coonrod
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coonrod is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coonrod
- Blossvale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jewell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jewell is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
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 West Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Oneida County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The West Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Canastota
- Oneida Castle
- Oneida
- Vernon
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 West Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Oneida 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 West Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #969170 (West Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #969170 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: Oneida
- Est. Elev: 138 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Sylvan Beach
- Location given for West Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.1436798 Lon: -75.6537933
- 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 Oneida, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- West 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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