A visit to the Westfall Burying Ground ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Westfall Burying Ground. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Westfall Burying Ground (FG ID #2438693)
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 Westfall Burying Ground ...
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Westfall Burying Ground has been estimated.<3>
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Westfall Burying Ground
Lat: 42.7209° (42° 43' 15")
Lon: -74.0474° (-74° 2' 50")
The cemetery is located in Albany County<4>.
As an estimate, the Westfall Burying Ground is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Altamont.
The county seat for Albany County is located in Albany. Albany lies 15 miles [24.1 km] to the east southeast of the Westfall Burying Ground .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Westfall Burying Ground.<5>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Westfall Burying Ground, with the nearest first.
- Severson Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Princetown Reform Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- High Point Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Van Aernam Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ferguson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ostrander Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wagner Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Snyder Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Guilderland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pangburn-Wemple Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pangburn-Wemple Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pangburn-Wemple Cemetery came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
- The Pangburn-Wemple Cemetery is located in Schenectady County
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pangburn-Wemple Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northeast of Rotterdam.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2258554 <1>
- Cornell Family Burying Ground
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Finch Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Knox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Schenectady Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St.s Cyril and Method Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Duanesburg Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lee Church
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Saddlemire Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Knox Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson's Lake Rural Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 31 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Westfall Burying Ground.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Westfall Burying Ground, with the nearest first.
- Altamont
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altamont have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Altamont is located in Albany County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,657 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altamont <8>
- Duane Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duane Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Princetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Meadowdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fullers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rotterdam
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rotterdam have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotterdam
- Rotterdam is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rotterdam <8>
- Duanesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duanesburg have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Guilderland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hartmans Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Berne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Salem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Voorheesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Delanson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rynex Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mariaville Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mariaville Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville Lake
- Mariaville Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Mariaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Schenectady
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Scotia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotia have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia
- Scotia is located in Schenectady County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,618 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scotia <8>
- New Scotland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Westmere
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westmere have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmere
- Westmere is located in Albany County
- Lisha Kill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gallupville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Colonie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonie have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonie
- Colonie is located in Albany County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,564 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colonie <8>
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- South Berne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Clarksville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Slingerlands
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Niskayuna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Aqueduct
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alplaus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Esperance
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Esperance have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esperance
- Esperance is located in Schoharie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Esperance <8>
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 Westfall Burying Ground. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Albany County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Westfall Burying Ground.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alplaus
- Altamont
- Colonie
- Esperance
- Schenectady
- Scotia
- Scotia lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Westfall Burying Ground.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Scotia.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia
- Voorheesville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Westfall Burying Ground:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Albany County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Westfall Burying Ground
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Westfall Burying Ground:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Albany County: www.albanycounty.com/
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
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> | 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Westfall Burying Ground. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7209, Longitude: -74.0474 |
<3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
<4> | If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Albany, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
<5> | 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. |
<6> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
<7> | 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. |
<8> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |