A visit to the Mount Moriah 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 Mt. Moriah Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Moriah Cemetery:
39.6482, -77.4964
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mt. Moriah Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mt. Moriah Cemetery is located in Frederick County<2>.
The county seat for Frederick County is located in Frederick. Frederick lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Mt. Moriah Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Mt. Moriah Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Moriah Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Bethel Cemetery is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Bethel Cemetery
- St. Pauls Graveyard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Pauls Graveyard is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Graveyard
- Garfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Garfield Cemetery is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield Cemetery
- Germantown Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stouffers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Stouffers Cemetery is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stouffers Cemetery
- Welty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Welty Cemetery is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welty Cemetery
- Trinity Graveyard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Trinity Graveyard is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Graveyard
- Smithsburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Smithsburg Cemetery is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithsburg Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Smithsburg Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Smithsburg.
- Jump to the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties: MIHP ID #WA-IV-118 <5>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81643 <6>
- Christ Reformed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Brandenburg Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wellers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Wellers Cemetery is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellers Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wellers Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Thurmont.
- The Wellers Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wellers United Brethren Church Cemetery
- Wellers UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81757 <6>
- Blue Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- United Brethren Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Harbaugh Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ringgold Graveyard
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Ringgold Graveyard is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold Graveyard
- St. Marks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Marks Cemetery is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marks Cemetery
- Wolfsville Reformed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wolfsville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Wolfsville Cemetery is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfsville Cemetery
- Apples Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Apples Cemetery is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apples Cemetery
- Dodge Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Dodge Chapel Cemetery is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge Chapel Cemetery
- Otterbein Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Moriah Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Thurmont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sabillasville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Highfield - Cascade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Highfield - Cascade is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield - Cascade
- Pen Mar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pen Mar is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pen Mar
- Pen Mar has also been known as:
- Pen Mar Park
- Smithsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cavetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cavetown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavetown
- Pondsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pondsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondsville
- Catoctin Furnace
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Catoctin Furnace is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoctin Furnace
- Blue Ridge Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pen Mar
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pen Mar is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pen Mar
- Greenvale Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greenvale Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale Village
- Rouzerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rouzerville is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rouzerville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Beartown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Beartown is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Jimtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jimtown is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Monterey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Monterey is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Mount Aetna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Aetna is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Aetna
- Wayne Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne Heights is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Heights
- Hill Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hill Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Village
- Leitersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leitersburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leitersburg
- Chewsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chewsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewsville
- Pleasant Walk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Walk is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Walk
- Creagerstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Creagerstown is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creagerstown
- Waynesboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jacks Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jacks Mountain is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Mountain
- Robinwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Robinwood is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinwood
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. Moriah 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 Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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. Moriah 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 Mt. Moriah Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1711228 (Mount Moriah Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1711228 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: 471 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Blue Ridge Summit
- Location given for Mount Moriah Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.6481525 Lon: -77.4963776
- 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- Mt. Moriah 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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