A visit to the Perkins 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 Perkins Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Perkins Cemetery:
39.0087, -76.8133
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Perkins Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Perkins 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 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Perkins Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Perkins 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 Perkins Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Perkins Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Pleasant Grove Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- St. Georges Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ascension Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Ascension Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ascension Cemetery
- First Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The First Lutheran Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Lutheran Cemetery
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Holy Trinity Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Trinity Cemetery
- Snowden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Queens Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Queens Chapel Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Chapel Cemetery
- Greenbelt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Greenbelt Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbelt Cemetery
- Lanham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Lanham Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanham Cemetery
- Bowie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Bowie Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie Cemetery
- Foxhill Recreation Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns AME Zion Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Woodward Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maryland National Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Christian Brothers Institute Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Holy Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Holy Family Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Family Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
- Barber - White Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Trinity UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Peters Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Peters Church Cemetery is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Church Cemetery
- The St. Peters Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Stuart Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81667 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 33 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Perkins Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Perkins Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Glenn Dale
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Goddard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goddard is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goddard
- Lanham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Collington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Collington is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collington
- Greenbelt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Carrollton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Laurel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Laurel is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Laurel
- Boxwood Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Boxwood Village is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxwood Village
- Berwyn Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Berwyn Heights is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,249 people
- Woodlawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Glenarden
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Glenarden is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenarden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,151 people
- Springdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Mitchellville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bowie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bowie is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58,212 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowie <7>
- Maryland City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Maryland City is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland City
- Beltsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- College Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Riverdale Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riverdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riverdale is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- East Riverdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Riverdale is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Riverdale
- Ducat Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ducat Town is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducat Town
- Landover Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Landover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kent Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kent Village is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Village
- Dodge Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dodge Park is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge Park
- Kentland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kentland is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentland
- Palmer Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Palmer Park is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Park
- Laurel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Laurel is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,548 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laurel <7>
- Woodmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Woodmore is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodmore
- Pin Oak Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pin Oak Village is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oak Village
- Crofton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Crofton is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crofton
- Crofton Village Green
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Crofton Village Green is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crofton Village Green
- Berwyn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Berwyn is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
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 Perkins Cemetery. The following communities are located in Prince George's County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Perkins Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bowie
- College Park
- Greenbelt
- Landover
- Laurel
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 Perkins Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Maryland:
- Pages specific to Prince George's 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 Perkins Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1714507 (Perkins Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1714507 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: Prince George's
- Est. Elev: 71 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Laurel
- Location given for Perkins Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.0087211 Lon: -76.8133042
- 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 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Perkins 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |