A visit to the Gracelawn Memorial Park ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Gracelawn Memorial Park. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Gracelawn Memorial Park (FG ID #104372)
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 Gracelawn Memorial Park ...
The Gracelawn Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in New Castle.
The cemetery is located in New Castle County<2>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- All Saints Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The All Saints Cemetery is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Cemetery
- Beth Emeth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Beth Emeth Cemetery is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beth Emeth Cemetery
- Cathedral Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Finns Point National Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Glebe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Glebe Cemetery is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glebe Cemetery
- Jewish Community Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lombardy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Lombardy Cemetery is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombardy Cemetery
- Lower Penns Neck Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Lebanon Cemetery is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Mt. Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Salem Cemetery is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Salem Cemetery
- Mt. Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Salem Cemetery is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Salem Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Newark Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Newark Union Cemetery is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark Union Cemetery
- Quohawking Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Riverview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. James Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The St. James Cemetery is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. James Cemetery
- St. James Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The St. James Cemetery is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. James Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- Silverbrook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Simpson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Simpson Cemetery is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson Cemetery
- Wilmington & Brandywine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Gracelawn Memorial Park.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Bellefonte
- Bellefonte is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
- Brandywine Springs
- Carneys Point
- Carneys Point is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneys Point
- Centennial Village
- Centennial Village is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Village
- Champlin Village
- Champlin Village is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champlin Village
- Christiana Village
- Christiana Village is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana Village
- Christiana
- Concord
- Concord is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Duncan Village
- Duncan Village is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan Village
- Edgemoor
- Elsmere
- Greenville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Kentmere
- Lancaster Village
- Lancaster Village is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Village
- Lindell Village
- Lindell Village is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindell Village
- Marshallton
- Montchanin
- New Castle
- Newport
- Ogletown
- Pennsville
- Raintree Village
- Raintree Village is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree Village
- Rockland
- Stanton
- Wilmington Manor
- Wilmington Manor is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington Manor
- Wilmington
- Woodshade
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 Gracelawn Memorial Park. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in New Castle County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Gracelawn Memorial Park.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- New Castle
- Newport
- Pennsville
- Wilmington
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 Gracelawn Memorial Park:
- Pages specific to Delaware:
- Pages specific to New Castle 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 Gracelawn Memorial Park:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #104372
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #214013 (Gracelawn Memorial Park)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #214013 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: New Castle
- Est. Elev: 25 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Wilmington South
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 Delaware's counties, including New Castle, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gracelawn Memorial Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |