A visit to the Old First Church Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Old First Church Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Old First Church Cemetery (FG ID #641555).
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 Old First Church Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old First Church Cemetery:
42.8838, -73.2127
The Old First Church Cemetery is located in Bennington County<2>.
The county seat for Bennington County is located in Manchester. Manchester lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Old First Church Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Old First Church Cemetery.
Name Variations for Old First Church Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give a you a feel for the variations that might have occurred with Old First Church Cemetery.
Old First Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bennington Center - Old First Church Cemetery
- Bennington Center Cemetery
- Old First Congregational Church Cemetery
- Old Bennington Cemetery
- Vermont's Sacred Acre
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Old First Church Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Old First Church Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Park Lawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bennington Hebrew Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bennington Village Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rice Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Rice Cemetery is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Cemetery
- The Rice Cemetery has also been known as:
- Alfred Winslow Farm Cemetery
- Rice - A. Winslow Farm Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2452477 <1>
- Hinsdillville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Carpenter Hill Yard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Woodward Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Woodward Cemetery is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward Cemetery
- St. John the Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Grandview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Burden Ore Bed - Sherwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Potter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Potter Cemetery is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Cemetery
- The Potter Cemetery has also been known as:
- Eunice Wilcox Farm Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1997636 <1>
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Bushnell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Downs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Downs Cemetery is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs Cemetery
- White Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Shaftsbury Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Paddock - Peckham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Towsley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Woodford Hollow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Elwell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Old First Church Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Old First Church Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Bennington
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bennington
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bennington is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,897 people
- Old Bennington
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Old Bennington is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Paper Mill Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Paper Mill Village is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- North Bennington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodford Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Shaftsbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pownal Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hoosick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Petersburg Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pownal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pownal is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,386 people
- Woodford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Woodford is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Woodford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shaftsbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaftsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,411 people
- Walloomsac
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hoosick Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hoosick Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Shaftsbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Potter Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stamford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stamford is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Glastenbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glastenbury is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glastenbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7 people
- Center White Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Bridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Williamstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Stamford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Old First Church Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Bennington County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old First Church Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Eagle Bridge
- Hoosick Falls
- Hoosick
- Williamstown
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 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 Old First Church Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Vermont:
- Pages specific to Bennington 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 Old First Church Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #641555
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1920179 (Bennington Center-Old First Church Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1920179 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: Bennington
- Est. Elev: 246 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bennington
- Location given for Bennington Center-Old First Church Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.883412 Lon: -73.212608
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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> | If you're interested in how the shape of Vermont's counties, including Bennington, 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 from Point A (ie- Old First Church 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |