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The location of the Mt. Vernon Cemetery has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<1>


Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Mt. Vernon Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery

Lat:   40.2945°   (40° 17' 40")

Lon:   -79.8142°   (-79° 48' 51")

The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Allegheny County<2>.

The county seat for Allegheny County is located in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the northwest of the Mt. Vernon Cemetery .

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 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 Mt. Vernon Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
  • Pages specific to Allegheny County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Mt. Vernon Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 26 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Mt. Vernon Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Vernon Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Versailles
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Versailles
      • Versailles is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,452 people
    • Lincoln
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
      • Lincoln is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
    • Shaner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaner
      • Shaner is located in Westmoreland County
    • White Oak
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
      • White Oak is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,396 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Oak <4>
    • Liberty
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
      • Liberty is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,438 people
    • Clairton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clairton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clairton
      • Clairton is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,497 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clairton <4>
    • West Elizabeth
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Elizabeth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elizabeth
      • West Elizabeth is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Elizabeth <4>
    • Elizabeth
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Sutersville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • McKeesport
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Port Vue
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vue
      • Port Vue is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,623 people
    • Glassport
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glassport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glassport
      • Glassport is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,285 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glassport <4>
    • Continue List   (14 more) ...
      • Coal Valley
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coal Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
        • Coal Valley is located in Allegheny County
      • Herminie
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herminie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herminie
        • Herminie is located in Westmoreland County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Herminie <4>
      • Larimer
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larimer
        • Larimer is located in Westmoreland County
      • North Versailles
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Versailles have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Versailles
        • North Versailles is located in Allegheny County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Versailles <4>
      • Dravosburg
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dravosburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dravosburg
        • Dravosburg is located in Allegheny County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,710 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dravosburg <4>
      • West Newton
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Newton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newton
        • West Newton is located in Westmoreland County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,464 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Newton <4>
      • Duquesne
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Kennywood Park
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennywood Park
        • Kennywood Park is located in Allegheny County
        • Kennywood Park has also been known as:
        • Kennywood
      • Irwin
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irwin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
        • Irwin is located in Westmoreland County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,716 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irwin <4>
      • North Irwin
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Irwin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Irwin
        • North Irwin is located in Westmoreland County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
      • East McKeesport
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East McKeesport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East McKeesport
        • East McKeesport is located in Allegheny County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,027 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East McKeesport <4>
      • Wilmerding
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilmerding have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmerding
        • Wilmerding is located in Allegheny County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilmerding <4>
      • West Mifflin
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Mifflin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mifflin
        • West Mifflin is located in Allegheny County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,588 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Mifflin <4>
      • Jefferson Hills
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Hills
        • Jefferson Hills is located in Allegheny County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,136 people
        • Jefferson Hills has also been known as:
        • Jefferson

    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 Mt. Vernon Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Allegheny County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 31 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Mt. Vernon Cemetery.<5>

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

    • Rippel Road Jewish Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Rippel Road Jewish Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • The Rippel Road Jewish Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rippel Road Jewish Cemetery
    • Dravo Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dravo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Dravo Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dravo Cemetery
    • St. Patrick's Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • St. Mary Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • The St. Mary Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
      • The St. Mary Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Marys German Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46161 <7>
    • Guffey Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Guffey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Guffey Cemetery is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Guffey Cemetery
    • McKeesport & Versailles Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • St. Josephs Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
    • Fairview Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Calvary Slovak Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • The Calvary Slovak Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
      • The Calvary Slovak Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Calvary Cemetery
      • Holy Trinity Slovak Cemetery
      • Port Vue Polish Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Slovak Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2329388 <7>
    • Sacred Heart Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
      • The Sacred Heart Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Sacred Heart Church Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
    • St. Clares Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Clares Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Clares Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Clares Cemetery
    • Round Hill Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • The Round Hill Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Round Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Elizabeth.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Round Hill Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #180962 <7>
    • Continue List   (19 more) ...
      • Weaver & Waddell Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Old Quaker Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Quaker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Old Quaker Cemetery is located in Westmoreland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Quaker Cemetery
      • Holy Family Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Holy Family Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Family Cemetery
      • St. Marys Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
      • St. Nicholas Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Nicholas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The St. Nicholas Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Nicholas Cemetery
      • St. Josephs Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Holy Trinity Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Holy Trinity Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Trinity Cemetery
      • Richland Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
      • Lobbs Run Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lobbs Run Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Lobbs Run Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lobbs Run Cemetery
      • Wineland Grove Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wineland Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Wineland Grove Cemetery is located in Westmoreland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wineland Grove Cemetery
      • Old Mars Hill Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Mars Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Old Mars Hill Cemetery is located in Westmoreland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Mars Hill Cemetery
      • Old Brush Creek Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Brush Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Old Brush Creek Cemetery is located in Westmoreland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Brush Creek Cemetery
      • Penn Lincoln Memorial Park
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Pennsylvania Lincoln Memorial Park
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pennsylvania Lincoln Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Pennsylvania Lincoln Memorial Park is located in Westmoreland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pennsylvania Lincoln Memorial Park
      • New St. Joseph Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • The New St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
        • The New St. Joseph Cemetery has also been known as:
        • St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
        • St. Joseph Cemetery
        • St. Josephs Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New St. Joseph Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46108 <7>
      • Grandview Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • The Grandview Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
        • The Grandview Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Grand View Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grandview Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44949 <7>
      • St. Johns Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
      • St. Nicholas Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Nicholas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The St. Nicholas Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Nicholas Cemetery

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

    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 Mt. Vernon Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1181876  (Mount Vernon Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #1181876 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
      • Class: cemetery         Map Name: McKeesport
      • County: Allegheny         Elev: 358
      • Location given for GNIS #1181876 (Mount Vernon Cemetery)

    The official website for Allegheny County: www.county.allegheny.pa.us/

    The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

    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 Allegheny, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Mt. Vernon Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2945, Longitude: -79.8142       In this case, the coordinates for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
    <6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
    <7>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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