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A visit to the Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery ...

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 Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery ...

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

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery

Lat:   38.7346°   (38° 44' 4")

Lon:   -76.8325°   (-76° 49' 56")

The Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery is located in Prince George's County<2>.

The county seat for Prince George's County is located in Upper Marlboro. Upper Marlboro lies just to the northeast of the Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Church of the Holy Rosary Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Church of the Holy Rosary Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Church of the Holy Rosary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Church of the Holy Rosary Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
  • Resurrection Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resurrection Cemetery
    • The Resurrection Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Resurrection Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Clinton.
    • The Resurrection Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Ressurection Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties: MIHP ID #PG:81A-30 <5>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #165773 <6>
  • Christ Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Christ Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Christ Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Christ Church Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
  • St. John the Evangelist Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John the Evangelist Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. John the Evangelist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. John the Evangelist Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
  • St. Simons Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Simons Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Simons Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Simons Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
  • St. Thomas Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Thomas Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Thomas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Thomas Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
  • Westphalia Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westphalia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westphalia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Westphalia Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
  • McKendree Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Grace Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grace Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Grace Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
  • Bells UMC Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bells UMC Cemetery
    • The Bells UMC Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
    • The Bells UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bells Cemetery
    • Bells Methodist Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80748 <6>
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
  • Immanuel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immanuel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Immanuel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Immanuel Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • St. Pauls Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
    • Trinity Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Trinity Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
    • Beanes Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beanes Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beanes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Beanes Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
    • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bayne Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Providence - Ft. Washington UMC Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
      • 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 Prince George's County
    • Trinity Memorial Gardens
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Memorial Gardens
      • The Trinity Memorial Gardens is located in Charles County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Trinity Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Waldorf.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81713 <6>

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery.

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

  • Cheltenham
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cheltenham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
    • Cheltenham is located in Prince George's County
  • Rosaryville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosaryville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosaryville
    • Rosaryville is located in Prince George's County
  • Brandywine
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • The Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
    • The Village is located in Prince George's County
  • Blandford Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blandford Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandford Village
    • Blandford Village is located in Prince George's County
  • North Keys
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for North Keys. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<8>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Keys
    • North Keys is located in Prince George's County
  • Croom
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Croom. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<8>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croom
    • Croom is located in Prince George's County
  • Marlton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marlton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlton
    • Marlton is located in Prince George's County
  • Clinton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Thrift
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Thrift. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<8>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrift
    • Thrift is located in Prince George's County
  • Cedarville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cedarville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<8>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
    • Cedarville is located in Prince George's County
  • Mattawoman
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mattawoman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawoman
    • Mattawoman is located in Charles County
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • White Oak Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Oak Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Village
      • White Oak Village is located in Charles County
    • Horsehead
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Horsehead. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<8>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsehead
      • Horsehead is located in Prince George's County
    • Camp Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Springs
      • Camp Springs is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camp Springs <7>
    • Acton Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Acton Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton Village
      • Acton Village is located in Charles County
    • Forestville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Orme
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orme
      • Orme is located in Prince George's County
    • Westwood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Westwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<8>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
      • Westwood is located in Prince George's County
    • Morningside
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morningside have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside
      • Morningside is located in Prince George's County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,279 people
    • Upper Marlboro
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Marlboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Marlboro
      • Upper Marlboro is located in Prince George's County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 672 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Upper Marlboro <7>
    • Auth Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Auth Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auth Village
      • Auth Village is located in Prince George's County
    • Westphalia
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Westphalia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<8>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
      • Westphalia is located in Prince George's County
    • Friendly
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendly have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly
      • Friendly is located in Prince George's County
    • Piscataway ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Piscataway. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<8>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piscataway
      • Piscataway is located in Prince George's County
    • Waldorf
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Malcolm
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Malcolm. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<8>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malcolm
      • Malcolm is located in Charles County
    • Pindell
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pindell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<8>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindell
      • Pindell is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Temple Hills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Temple Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Hills
      • Temple Hills is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Temple Hills <7>

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 Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Prince George's County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery:

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 Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1714840  (Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1714840 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: Brandywine
    • County: Prince George's         Elev: 71
    • Location given for GNIS #1714840 (Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery)

The official website for Prince George's County: www.co.pg.md.us/

The official website for State of Maryland: https://www.maryland.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 Maryland's counties, including Prince George's, 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 Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7346, Longitude: -76.8325       In this case, the coordinates for the Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<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.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<8>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.




 

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