A visit to the Salem United Methodist 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 Salem United Methodist Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Salem United Methodist Cemetery:
39.1782, -77.0575
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Salem United Methodist Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Salem United Methodist Cemetery is located in Montgomery County<2>.
The county seat for Montgomery County is located in Rockville. Rockville lies just to the southwest of the Salem United Methodist Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Salem United Methodist Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Salem United Methodist Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Salem United Methodist Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Johns Episcopal Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Lukes Episcopal Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Basil Griffith Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Norbeck Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Norbeck Memorial Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norbeck Memorial Park
- Dorsey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Dorsey Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey Cemetery
- Elton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Elton Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton Cemetery
- Hopkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Hopkins Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins Cemetery
- Howard Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Paul Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The St. Marks Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marks Cemetery
- St. Louis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The St. Louis Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Louis Cemetery
- Goshen Mennonite Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Goshen Mennonite Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Mennonite Cemetery
- The Goshen Mennonite Cemetery has also been known as:
- Goshen Cemetery
- Goshen Methodist Cemetery
- Goshen Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81009 <5>
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Gate of Heaven Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Beall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Beall Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beall Cemetery
- Jump to the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties: MIHP ID #M: 27-15 <6>
- Bonifant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Bonifant Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonifant Cemetery
- Haiti Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rockville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Rockville Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rockville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Rockville.
- The Rockville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rockville Union Cemetery
- Union Armory Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81716 <5>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Rockville.
- The St. Marys Cemetery has also been known as:
- New St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery
- New St. Mary's Cemetery
- St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery (New)
- St. Mary's Cemetery (New)
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81548 <5>
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <6>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81726 <5>
- Linthicum Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Linthicum Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linthicum Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 32 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Salem United Methodist Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Salem United Methodist Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Brookeville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Olney Town
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Olney Town is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney Town
- Olney
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Camelback Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Camelback Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelback Village
- Brighton
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Brighton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Williamsburg Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg Village
- Sandy Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brinklow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Brinklow is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinklow
- Unity
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Unity is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Norbrook Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Norbrook Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norbrook Village
- Norwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Norwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Ashton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Norbeck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Norbeck is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norbeck
- Norwood Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Norwood Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood Village
- Redland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Redland is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland
- Avery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Avery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Manor Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Manor Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Village
- Rossmoor
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rossmoor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossmoor
- Cloverly
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverly is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverly
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dayton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Roxbury Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Roxbury Mills is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Mills
- Laytonsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Washington Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Washington Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 551 people
- Derwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aspen Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Layhill Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Layhill Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layhill Village
- Layhill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Layhill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layhill
- Bonifant Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bonifant Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonifant Village
- Old Salem Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Salem Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Salem Village
- Spencerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spencerville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencerville
- Clarksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Salem United Methodist Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Maryland:
- Pages specific to Montgomery 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 Salem United Methodist Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #593080 (Salem United Methodist Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #593080 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: Montgomery
- Est. Elev: 133 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Sandy Spring
- Location given for Salem United Methodist Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.1781624 Lon: -77.0574786
- 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 Montgomery, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Salem United Methodist 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. |
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