A visit to the Bethel 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 Bethel Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bethel Cemetery:
39.5698, -77.2105
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bethel Cemetery is located in Frederick County<2>.
The county seat for Frederick County is located in Frederick. Frederick lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the southwest of the Bethel Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bethel Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Bethel Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bethel Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Middleburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Middleburg Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburg Cemetery
- Beaver Dam Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Beaver Dam Cemetery is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam Cemetery
- German Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lynn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Lynn Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Cemetery
- Johnsville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Johnsville Cemetery is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville Cemetery
- Johnsville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Johnsville Cemetery is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville Cemetery
- Wolfs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pipe Creek Friends Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mt. Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Union Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Union Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery has also been known as:
- Haughs Cemetery
- Mt. Zion / Haughs Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81059 <6>
- Sams Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Sams Creek Cemetery is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Creek Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Grace Rocky Hill Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Grace Rocky Hill Lutheran Church Cemetery is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Rocky Hill Lutheran Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grace Rocky Hill Lutheran Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Woodsboro.
- The Grace Rocky Hill Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rocky Hill Church Cemetery
- St. Peters Rocky Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1430460 <6>
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The St. Lukes Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Lukes Cemetery
- Pipe Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Pipe Creek Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipe Creek Cemetery
- Mt. Joy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Joy Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Joy Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Harlan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Harlan Cemetery is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan Cemetery
- St. Peters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- New Windsor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The New Windsor Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Windsor Cemetery
- Uniontown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Uniontown Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown Cemetery
- St. Lucas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The St. Lucas Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Lucas Cemetery
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 Bethel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bethel Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Union Bridge
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bruceville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bruceville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Keymar
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ladiesburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ladiesburg is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladiesburg
- McKinstrys Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- McKinstrys Mill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinstrys Mill
- Linwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Linwood is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Bark Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bark Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bark Hill
- Centerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Crabster ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Crabster is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabster
- New Midway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Midway is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Midway
- New Windsor
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Uniontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Keysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Keysville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysville
- Woodsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Libertytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Libertytown is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertytown
- Unionville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Unionville is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Oak Orchard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Orchard is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Orchard
- Fairground Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairground Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairground Village
- Taneytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Daysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Daysville is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
- Sams Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sams Creek is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Creek
- Marston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marston is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marston
- Wakefield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wakefield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
- Tyrone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tyrone is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
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 Bethel Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Frederick County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bethel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Taneytown
- Union Bridge
- Uniontown
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 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 Bethel Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Maryland:
- Pages specific to Frederick 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 Bethel Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1711496 (Bethel Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1711496 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: Frederick
- Est. Elev: 144 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Union Bridge
- Location given for Bethel Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.5698226 Lon: -77.2105383
- 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 Maryland's counties, including Frederick, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Bethel 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 Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MIHP (for the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties). More information about the MHT and MIHP can be found on their website: mht.maryland.gov. |
| <6> | 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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