A visit to the Purdy Family 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 Purdy Family Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Purdy Family Cemetery:
43.1242, -73.1159
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Purdy Family Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Purdy Family Cemetery is located in Bennington County<2>.
The county seat for Bennington County is located in Manchester. Manchester lies just to the northeast of the Purdy Family Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Purdy Family Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Purdy Family Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Wilcox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lawrence Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Lawrence Cemetery is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence Cemetery
- The Lawrence Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sunderland Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2444431 <5>
- Dellwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery
- The St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. James Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2143001 <5>
- Beartown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sandgate Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Matteson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery has also been known as:
- South End Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2196684 <5>
- Factory Point Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sherman Homestead Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Arlington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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- St. Columban Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sherman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Sherman Cemetery is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Cemetery
- West End - Camdon Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The West End - Camdon Valley Cemetery is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End - Camdon Valley Cemetery
- The West End - Camdon Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- West Sandgate Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1645538 <5>
- Oreb Taylor Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roberts Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Roberts Family Cemetery is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Family Cemetery
- The Roberts Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Roberts Homestead Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2166584 <5>
- Hay Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Hay Family Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- The Hay Family Cemetery is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hay Family Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of West Rupert.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2388636 <5>
- Kent Hollow Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Scott Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wilder Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Wilder Cemetery is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder Cemetery
- Little Rhode Island Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Morse Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Dorset Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The South Dorset Cemetery is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dorset Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Purdy Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Purdy Family Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Arlington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Manchester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Manchester is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,214 people
- Manchester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,204 people
- Kansas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kansas is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Sunderland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunderland is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunderland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 947 people
- Manchester Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Manchester Center is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Center
- Sandgate
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sandgate is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandgate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Manchester Depot
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Manchester Depot is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Depot
- Barnumville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Barnumville is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnumville
- Shaftsbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dorset
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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- Anaquassacook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Anaquassacook is located in Washington County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anaquassacook
- Shaftsbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaftsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,411 people
- Glastenbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Glastenbury is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glastenbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7 people
- Rupert
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rupert is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Stratton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stratton is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Winhall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Winhall is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winhall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 726 people
- Rupert
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bromley Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bromley Village is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley Village
- Dorset
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dorset is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,937 people
- West Rupert
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Rupert is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rupert
- Stratton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stratton is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
- Salem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- White Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Shaftsbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- South Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shaftsbury
- Somerset
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
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 Purdy Family 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 Purdy Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Manchester Center
- Salem
- Salem lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Purdy Family Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Salem.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Purdy Family 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 Purdy Family Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1920389 (Purdy Family Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1920389 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: 272 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Sunderland
- Location given for Purdy Family Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.1242436 Lon: -73.115939
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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 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- Purdy Family 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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