A visit to the Morehead Memorial 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 Morehead Memorial Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Morehead Memorial Cemetery:
39.6709, -77.0269
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Morehead Memorial Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Morehead Memorial Cemetery is located in Carroll County<2>.
The county seat for Carroll County is located in Westminster. Westminster lies just to the south of the Morehead Memorial Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Morehead Memorial Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Morehead Memorial Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Morehead Memorial Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Silver Run Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Silver Run Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run Cemetery
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bixler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Bixler Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler Cemetery
- Mayberry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Mayberry Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayberry Cemetery
- Frizzellburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Frizzellburg Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frizzellburg Cemetery
- Miller Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Jerusalem Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem Cemetery
- Wentz Meeting House Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Bartholomews Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Bartholomews Church Cemetery is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Bartholomews Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Bartholomews Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Bandanna (PA).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1981775 <5>
- Barts - Centenary UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Aloysius Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Baust Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Baust Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baust Cemetery
- Meadow Branch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Benjamins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Christ United Church of Christ Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Christ United Church of Christ Cemetery is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christ United Church of Christ Cemetery
- The Christ United Church of Christ Cemetery has also been known as:
- Christ Church Cemetery
- Christ Reformed Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1970799 <5>
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The St. John's Lutheran Cemetery is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Littlestown (PA).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #750109 <5>
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Uniontown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Uniontown Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- St. Davids Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Davids Church Cemetery is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Davids Church Cemetery
- The St. Davids Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- United Church of Christ Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #687330 <5>
- St. Davids Old Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Morehead Memorial Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Morehead Memorial Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Frizzellburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frizzellburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frizzellburg
- Frizzellburg has also been known as:
- Frizels
- Tyrone
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tyrone is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Westminster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- West Manheim
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Manheim is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Manheim
- Bandanna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bandanna is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandanna
- Littlestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsdale is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
- Fairground Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fairground Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairground Village
- Uniontown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Carroll Lutheran Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Avondale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Avondale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Reeds Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Reeds Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Village
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Manchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Taneytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bark Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bark Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bark Hill
- Wakefield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wakefield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
- Medford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Medford is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Parkville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Parkville is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
- Pennville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pennville is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Crabster ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Crabster is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabster
- Linwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Linwood is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- New Windsor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carrollton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carrollton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
- Whitehall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whitehall is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
- Blackrock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blackrock is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackrock
- Hanover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Midway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- McSherrystown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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 Morehead Memorial Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Carroll County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Morehead Memorial Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Hanover
- Manchester
- Taneytown
- Uniontown
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Morehead Memorial Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Maryland:
- Pages specific to Carroll 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 Morehead Memorial Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1695439 (Morehead Memorial Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1695439 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: Carroll
- Est. Elev: 189 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Littlestown
- Location given for Morehead Memorial Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.670934 Lon: -77.0269264
- 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 Carroll, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Morehead Memorial 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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