A visit to the Saint James 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. James Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. James Cemetery:
39.6443, -76.2319
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. James Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. James Cemetery is located in Harford County<2>.
The county seat for Harford County is located in Bel Air. Bel Air lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southwest of the St. James Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. James 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 St. James Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. James Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Southern Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Southern Cemetery is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southern Cemetery
- Dublin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Dublin Cemetery is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Cemetery
- Deer Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Deer Creek Cemetery is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Cemetery
- Hosanna Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Hosanna Cemetery is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosanna Cemetery
- Trappe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Trappe Cemetery is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trappe Cemetery
- Darlington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Darlington Cemetery is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington Cemetery
- Broad Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Broad Creek Cemetery is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Creek Cemetery
- Ascension Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Ascension Cemetery is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ascension Cemetery
- Harmony Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Harmony Cemetery is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Cemetery
- Stump Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Stump Cemetery is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stump Cemetery
- Tabernacle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Tabernacle Cemetery is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle Cemetery
- Green Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Rock Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Rock Run Cemetery is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run Cemetery
- Parker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Parker Cemetery is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Cemetery
- Conowingo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Conowingo Cemetery is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conowingo Cemetery
- Mt. Zoar Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Zoar Cemetery is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zoar Cemetery
- Bethesda Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Bethesda Cemetery is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethesda Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Conowingo.
- The Bethesda Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oakwood Bethesda Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80777 <5>
- Coopers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Coopers Cemetery is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers Cemetery
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- Emory Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Emory Cemetery is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Cemetery
- Churchville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Churchville Cemetery is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville Cemetery
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Holy Trinity Cemetery is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Trinity Cemetery
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. James Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. James Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Darlington
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dublin
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dublin is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Poole
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Poole is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poole
- Glenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Glenville is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Conowingo Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Conowingo Village is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conowingo Village
- Stafford ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stafford is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Scarboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Scarboro is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Kalmia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kalmia is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalmia
- Hopewell Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hopewell Village is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Village
- Level
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Level is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level
- Garland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Garland is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Rowlandsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rowlandsville is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowlandsville
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Conowingo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Bald Friar ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bald Friar is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Friar
- Churchville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Liberty Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Liberty Grove is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Chestnut Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Webster Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Webster Village is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Village
- Lapidum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lapidum is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapidum
- Rock Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rock Run is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Rock Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Springs is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Port Deposit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Slate Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Slate Hill is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill
- Colora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Delta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Whiteford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cambria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cambria is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Street
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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. James Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Harford County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. James Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Darlington
- Delta
- Port Deposit
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 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 St. James Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Maryland:
- Pages specific to Harford 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. James Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1698282 (Saint James Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1698282 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: Harford
- Est. Elev: 104 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Conowingo Dam
- Location given for Saint James Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.6442733 Lon: -76.2318998
- 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 Harford, 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- St. James 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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