A visit to the West Hill 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 Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the West Hill Cemetery:
42.4673, -76.5452
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the West Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The West Hill Cemetery is located in Tompkins County<2>.
The county seat for Tompkins County is located in Ithaca. Ithaca lies just to the southeast of the West Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the West Hill Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the West Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from West Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Lake View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rolfe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Rolfe Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolfe Cemetery
- Inlet Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Inlet Valley Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inlet Valley Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
- Humboldt Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64105 <5>
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- Ithaca City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Ithaca City Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca City Cemetery
- Ithaca City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Ithaca City Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca City Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Quaker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Quaker Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Cemetery
- Christian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Christian Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Cemetery
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Presbyterian Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presbyterian Cemetery
- Budd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Budd Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budd Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Kings Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Kings Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Cemetery
- East Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The East Lawn Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lawn Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Asbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Asbury Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Cemetery
- Woodward Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Woodward Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward Cemetery
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- Rumsey Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Rumsey Hill Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumsey Hill Cemetery
- South Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The South Hill Cemetery is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the West Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from West Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Ithaca
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- South Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- East Ithaca
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Forest Home
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Lansing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Jacksonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Varna
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Myers
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Taughannock Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Newfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- East Lansing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Trumansburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Perry City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Danby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- Besemer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Mecklenburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cayutaville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- West Danby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Lake Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Freeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Peruville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- West Groton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- North Lansing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- Searsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
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 Hill Cemetery. The following communities are located in Tompkins County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The West Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Danby
- Danby lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the West Hill Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Danby.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- Freeville
- Ithaca
- Newfield
- Trumansburg
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 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 West Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Tompkins 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 Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #969263 (West Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #969263 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: Tompkins
- Est. Elev: 298 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Ithaca West
- Location given for West Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.4672948 Lon: -76.5452204
- 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 Tompkins, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West Hill 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. |