A visit to the Williams 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 Williams Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Williams Cemetery:
42.1456, -73.5062
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Williams Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Williams Cemetery is located in Columbia County<2>.
The county seat for Columbia County is located in Hudson. Hudson lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Williams Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Williams Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Williams Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Williams Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Old St. Bridget's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Copake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Copake Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copake Cemetery
- Collins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Collins Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins Cemetery
- Hillsdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Hillsdale Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale Cemetery
- Niver Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Niver Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niver Cemetery
- West Copake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The West Copake Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Copake Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- Churchill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Our Lady Of The Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crum Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Crum Church Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crum Church Cemetery
- Barnard Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Barnard Cemetery is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #SHE.807 <5>
- Center Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Center Cemetery is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cemetery
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- Harlemville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Harlemville Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlemville Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
- Ancram Old Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Ancram Old Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancram Old Cemetery
- Ancram Union Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Ancram Union Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancram Union Cemetery
- Chapinville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ahavath Sholom Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Elmwood Cemetery is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elmwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Great Barrington (MA).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90946 <6>
- St. Peters Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Peters Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Great Barrington (MA).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2336505 <6>
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 Williams Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Williams Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Copake Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Copake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Copake Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Copake Lake is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copake Lake
- South Egremont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont
- Egremont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,202 people
- North Egremont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
- Craryville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Weed Mines
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Weed Mines is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed Mines
- Egremont Plain
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
- Alford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Martindale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Martindale is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale
- Sheffield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sheffield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,112 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Great Barrington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Great Barrington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,976 people
- Green River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Green River is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River
- Taghkanic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Suydam ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Suydam is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
- Ancram
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ancramdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Taconic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harlemville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harlemville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlemville
- Van Deusenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Van Deusenville is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Deusenville
- Twin Lakes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Ashley Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ashley Falls is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Falls
- Housatonic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Housatonic is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housatonic
- Philmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hollowville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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 Williams Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Columbia County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Williams Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ancram
- Great Barrington
- Philmont
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Williams Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Columbia 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 Williams Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #971305 (Williams Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #971305 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: Columbia
- Est. Elev: 269 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hillsdale
- Location given for Williams Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.1456456 Lon: -73.5062294
- 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 Columbia, 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- Williams 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 Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MACRIS (for the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System). More information about the MHC and MACRIS can be found on their website: mhc-macris.net.
When visiting the MACRIS website, you might encounter their page requiring the 'Acceptance of Terms'. With your acceptance, you'll be transfered to the desired page.
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| <6> | 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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