A visit to the East 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 East Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the East Cemetery:
41.2378, -82.2129
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the East Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The East Cemetery is located in Lorain County<2>.
The county seat for Lorain County is located in Elyria. Elyria lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north northeast of the East Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the East Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the East Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from East Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Westwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Jackson Cemetery is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Cemetery
- Rockwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Rockwood Cemetery is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Cemetery
- Camden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Camden Cemetery is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden Cemetery
- Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- LaGrange Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The LaGrange Cemetery is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaGrange Cemetery
- The LaGrange Cemetery has also been known as:
- La Grange Cemetery
- Lagrange Community Cemetery
- Lagrange Twp. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1564912 <5>
- Henrietta Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Henrietta Cemetery is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- New Brighton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The New Brighton Cemetery is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Brighton Cemetery
- Old Brighton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Old Brighton Cemetery is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Brighton Cemetery
- Knowles Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Knowles Cemetery is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles Cemetery
- Sherman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Sherman Cemetery is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Penfield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Penfield Cemetery is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penfield Cemetery
- Aldrich Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Aldrich Cemetery is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldrich Cemetery
- Brookdale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Brookdale Cemetery is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brookdale Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Elyria.
- The Brookdale Cemetery has also been known as:
- City of Elyria Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #159189 <5>
- Pioneer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Township Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Township Cemetery is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Township Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- South Murray Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The South Murray Ridge Cemetery is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Murray Ridge Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Murray Ridge Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Elyria.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43517 <5>
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 East Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from East Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Pheasant Run Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pheasant Run Village is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run Village
- Nickelplate ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nickelplate is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickelplate
- Oberlin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wellington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lagrange
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kipton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kipton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Brighton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brighton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- South Amherst
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- South Amherst is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,663 people
- White Fox
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- White Fox is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fox
- Grafton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Henrietta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Henrietta is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Rochester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Rochester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Huntington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Belden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Birmingham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wakeman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Spencer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- River Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- River Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Corners
- Litchfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elyria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Clarksfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- West Clarksfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Clarksfield
- Amherst
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Risley ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Risley is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risley
- Eaton Estates
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Florence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Florence is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
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 East Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lorain County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The East Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Amherst
- Elyria
- Grafton
- Litchfield
- Oberlin
- Wakeman
- Wellington
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 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 East Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Ohio:
- Pages specific to Lorain 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 East Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1963550 (East Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1963550 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: Lorain
- Est. Elev: 248 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Wellington
- Location given for East Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.2378302 Lon: -82.2129345
- 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 Ohio's counties, including Lorain, 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 from Point A (ie- East 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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