A visit to the Saint Joseph 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. Joseph Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Joseph Cemetery:
39.0521, -76.9030
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. Joseph 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 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the south southeast of the St. Joseph Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Joseph Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the St. Joseph Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Joseph Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Queens Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Queens Chapel Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Chapel Cemetery
- Maryland National Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Greenbelt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Greenbelt Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbelt Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Burtonsville.
- The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Cemetery of Montgomery
- Jump to the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties: MIHP ID #M: 28-37 <5>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81726 <6>
- George Washington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Pleasant Grove Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- Snowden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Philips Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Philips Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Philips Cemetery
- St. Mary of the Mill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ivy Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Ivy Hill Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Hill Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Perkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Perkins Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Cemetery
- Mt. Zion UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Zion UMC Cemetery is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion UMC Cemetery
- The Mt. Zion UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Mt. Zion United Methodist Cemetery
- St. Jacob's Lodge Cemetery
- Jump to the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties: MIHP ID #AA-894 <5>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81477 <6>
- St. Jacobs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Jacobs Cemetery is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Jacobs Cemetery
- Bonifant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Bonifant Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonifant Cemetery
- Lanham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Lanham Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanham Cemetery
- St. Georges Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- First Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The First Lutheran Cemetery is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Lutheran Cemetery
- Warfield Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- 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
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the St. Joseph Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Joseph Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Beltsville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Greenbelt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Boxwood Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Boxwood Village is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxwood Village
- Blackburn Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Blackburn Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn Village
- South Laurel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Laurel is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Laurel
- West Laurel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Laurel is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Laurel
- Fairland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairland is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
- Hillandale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hillandale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
- College Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Berwyn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Berwyn is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
- Berwyn Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- 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
- Burtonsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Laurel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- White Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- White Oak is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Burnt Mills Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Burnt Mills Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Mills Village
- Burnt Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Burnt Mills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Mills
- Indian Spring Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Spring Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Spring Village
- Clifton Park Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton Park Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Park Village
- Adelphi
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- University Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- University Park is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,628 people
- Goddard
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Goddard is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goddard
- Maryland City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Maryland City is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland City
- Spencerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Spencerville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencerville
- Paint Branch Farms
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Paint Branch Farms is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Branch Farms
- Colesville
(5 miles [8 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. Joseph Cemetery. The following communities are located in Prince George's County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Joseph Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- College Park
- Greenbelt
- Laurel
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 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 St. Joseph 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 St. Joseph Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1714292 (Saint Joseph Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1714292 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: 49 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Beltsville
- Location given for Saint Joseph Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.0520536 Lon: -76.9030294
- 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 from Point A (ie- St. Joseph 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. |
| <7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |