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A visit to the Simsbury 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 Simsbury Cemetery ...

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

43.2659, -72.6504

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

The Simsbury Cemetery is located in Windsor County<2>.

The county seat for Windsor County is located in Woodstock. Woodstock lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Simsbury Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Simsbury Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Simsbury Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Pettengill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • The Pettengill Cemetery is located in Windsor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettengill Cemetery
  • Heald Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Popple Dungeon Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Cobb - West Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • The Cobb - West Cemetery is located in Windham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb - West Cemetery
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • The Pleasant View Cemetery is located in Windsor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Cemetery
  • Brookside Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • The Brookside Cemetery is located in Windsor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside Cemetery
  • North Street Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • The North Street Cemetery is located in Windsor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Street Cemetery
  • East Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • The East Hill Cemetery is located in Windsor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hill Cemetery
  • Simonsville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • The Simonsville Cemetery is located in Windsor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonsville Cemetery
  • Baileys Mills Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • The Baileys Mills Cemetery is located in Windsor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileys Mills Cemetery
  • Middletown Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Middletown Cemetery is located in Windsor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Cemetery
  • North Windham Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • The North Windham Cemetery is located in Windham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Windham Cemetery
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Woodburn Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • The Woodburn Cemetery is located in Windham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn Cemetery
    • Houghtonville Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • The Houghtonville Cemetery is located in Windham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghtonville Cemetery
    • Burgess Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • The Burgess Cemetery is located in Windham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess Cemetery
    • Middletown Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • The Middletown Cemetery is located in Windham County
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    • Spoonerville Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • The Spoonerville Cemetery is located in Windsor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spoonerville Cemetery
    • Smokeshire Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • The Smokeshire Cemetery is located in Windsor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokeshire Cemetery
    • Stevens Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • The Stevens Cemetery is located in Windham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Cemetery
    • Lowell Lake Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • The Lowell Lake Cemetery is located in Windham County
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    • Wright - Bartonsville Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Williams River - Wright Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Simsbury Cemetery.

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

  • Chester
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Chester
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Chester is located in Windsor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,018 people
  • Andover
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Chester Depot
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Chester Depot is located in Windsor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Depot
  • Andover
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Andover is located in Windsor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
  • Simonsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Simonsville is located in Windsor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonsville
  • Londonderry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Londonderry is located in Windham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,639 people
  • Grafton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Grafton is located in Windham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
  • Grafton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Windham
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Windham is located in Windham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
  • Windham
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Brockways Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Brockways Mills is located in Windham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • North Springfield
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Baltimore
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Baltimore is located in Windsor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
    • Springfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Springfield is located in Windsor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,875 people
    • Springfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Cavendish
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Proctorsville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Weston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Weston is located in Windsor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
    • Ludlow
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Ludlow
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Ludlow is located in Windsor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,856 people
    • Cambridgeport
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Cambridgeport is located in Windham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
    • Rockingham
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Rockingham is located in Windham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,986 people
    • Rockingham
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Landgrove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Landgrove is located in Bennington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 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 Simsbury Cemetery. The following communities are located in Windsor County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Ludlow
    • Ludlow lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Simsbury Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ludlow.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow

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 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 Simsbury Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Vermont:
  • Pages specific to Windsor 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 Simsbury Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1459520  (Simsbury Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1459520 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: Windsor
      • Est. Elev: 298 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Andover
      • Location given for Simsbury Cemetery:
      • Lat: 43.2659081     Lon: -72.6503713
      • 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 Vermont's counties, including Windsor, 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 from Point A (ie- Simsbury 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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