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A visit to the Swimley 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 Swimley Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Swimley Cemetery:

41.8831, -77.5019

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Swimley Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Swimley Cemetery is located in Tioga County<2>.

The county seat for Tioga County is located in Wellsboro. Wellsboro lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the southeast of the Swimley Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Swimley Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Swimley Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Swimley Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Ackley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • The Ackley Cemetery is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackley Cemetery
  • Champlin Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
  • Krusen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Krusen Cemetery is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krusen Cemetery
  • Larrison Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • The Larrison Cemetery is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrison Cemetery
  • Clark Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • The Clark Cemetery is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
  • Riverview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • The Riverview Cemetery is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Cemetery
    • The Riverview Cemetery has also been known as:
    • River View Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45882 <5>
  • Lovel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • The Lovel Cemetery is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovel Cemetery
  • Baker Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • The Baker Cemetery is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Cemetery
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • The Riverside Cemetery is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
    • The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Knoxville Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1451645 <5>
  • Short Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Cloos Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • The Cloos Cemetery is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloos Cemetery
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Carpenter Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • The Carpenter Cemetery is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Cemetery
    • Plank Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • The Plank Cemetery is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plank Cemetery
    • Lee Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • The Lee Cemetery is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Cemetery
    • Butler Hill Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • The Butler Hill Cemetery is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Hill Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Butler Hill Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Osceola.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2139706 <5>
    • Woodlawn Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
    • Murdock Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • The Murdock Cemetery is located in Steuben County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murdock Cemetery
    • Brookside Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • The Brookside Cemetery is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside Cemetery
      • The Brookside Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Furman Town Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44455 <5>
    • Card Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • The Card Cemetery is located in Steuben County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Card Cemetery
    • Potter Street Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • The Potter Street Cemetery is located in Steuben County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Street Cemetery
    • Middlebury Union Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Peters Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • The Peters Cemetery is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Cemetery
    • Taylor Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • The Taylor Cemetery is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
      • The Taylor Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Holden Brook Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46455 <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 Swimley Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Swimley Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Cowanesque
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Cowanesque is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowanesque
  • Westfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Gurnee
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Gurnee is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurnee
  • Potter Brook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Potter Brook is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Brook
  • Hector
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Hector is located in Potter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector
  • Knoxville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Elmer
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Elmer is located in Potter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
  • Austinburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Austinburg is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinburg
  • Sunderlinville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunderlinville is located in Potter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunderlinville
  • Harrison Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Harrison Valley is located in Potter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Valley
  • Manhattan
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Manhattan is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan
  • Asaph
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Asaph is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asaph
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Marsh Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Marsh Creek is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Creek
    • North Fork
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • North Fork is located in Potter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
    • South Troupsburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • South Troupsburg is located in Steuben County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Troupsburg
    • Ansonia
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Keeneyville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Keeneyville is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
    • Osceola
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Osceola is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Troupsburg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Niles Valley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Niles Valley is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles Valley
    • Galeton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Elkland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Thumptown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Thumptown is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thumptown
    • Wellsboro
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Farmington Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Farmington Hill is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Hill
    • Ulysses
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)

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 Swimley Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Tioga County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Swimley Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Swimley Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
  • Pages specific to Tioga 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 Swimley Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1189189  (Swimley Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1189189 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: Tioga
      • Est. Elev: 580 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Potter Brook
      • Location given for Swimley Cemetery:
      • Lat: 41.8831262     Lon: -77.501928
      • 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 Pennsylvania's counties, including Tioga, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Swimley 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.