A visit to the Saint Jacobs 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 St. Jacobs Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Jacobs Cemetery:
39.1059, -76.8175
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Jacobs Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. Jacobs Cemetery is located in Anne Arundel County<2>.
The county seat for Anne Arundel County is located in Annapolis. Annapolis lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the east southeast of the St. Jacobs Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Jacobs Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the St. Jacobs Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Jacobs Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Philips Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The St. Philips Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Philips Cemetery
- Training School Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Grace Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Grace Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Cemetery
- Savage Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Mary of the Mill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ivy Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Ivy Hill Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Hill Cemetery
- Snowden Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Asbury UMC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Asbury UMC Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Asbury UMC Cemetery is located in Jessup.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2402743 <5>
- Maryland National Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Peters Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Downs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Lawrence Martyr RC Church Cemete
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Lawrence Martyr RC Church Cemete is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Lawrence Martyr RC Church Cemete
- The St. Lawrence Martyr RC Church Cemete has also been known as:
- St. Lawrence Cemetery
- Jump to the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties: MIHP ID #AA-20 <6>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81519 <5>
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Gardner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Gardner Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner Cemetery
- White Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The White Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
- First Baptist Church of Guilford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Alberta Gary Memorial UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Warfield Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Warfield Family Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warfield Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Warfield Family Cemetery is located
- Queens Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Queens Chapel Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Chapel Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Friedhofer - Gary Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sulphur Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Sulphur Cemetery is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Cemetery
- The Sulphur Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sulfer Cemetery
- Sulpher Cemetery
- Sulpher Springs Cemetery
- Sulphur Springs Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81671 <5>
- Tank Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hospital Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the St. Jacobs Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Jacobs Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Maryland City
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Maryland City is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland City
- Laurel
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- 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>
- Annapolis Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Savage
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- South Laurel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Laurel is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Laurel
- Jessup
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Laurel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Laurel is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Laurel
- Glenshire Towne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Glenshire Towne is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenshire Towne
- Geraghty Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Geraghty Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geraghty Village
- Hammond Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hammond Village is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond Village
- Leishear Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leishear Village is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leishear Village
- Oak View Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oak View Village is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak View Village
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- West Laurel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- West Laurel is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Laurel
- Guilford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Guilford is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Lake Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lake Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Aladdin Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Aladdin Village is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin Village
- Scaggsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Beltsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Odenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pioneer City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pioneer City is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer City
- Meade Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Meade Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meade Village
- Severn Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Severn Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn Village
- Severn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Simpsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Simpsonville is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
- Dorsey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dorsey is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey
- Woodland Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Woodland Village is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Fulton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fulton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Burtonsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blackburn Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blackburn Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn Village
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 St. Jacobs Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Anne Arundel County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Jacobs 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 St. Jacobs Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Maryland:
- Pages specific to Anne Arundel 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 St. Jacobs Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #587013 (Saint Jacobs Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #587013 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: Anne Arundel
- Est. Elev: 65 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Laurel
- Location given for Saint Jacobs Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.1059418 Lon: -76.8174721
- 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 Anne Arundel, 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- St. Jacobs 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. |