A visit to the Prospect Hill Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Prospect Hill Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Prospect Hill Cemetery (FG ID #100176).
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 Prospect Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Prospect Hill Cemetery:
40.5134, -74.8680
The Prospect Hill Cemetery is located in Hunterdon County<2>.
The county seat for Hunterdon County is located in Flemington. Flemington lies just to the east of the Prospect Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Establishment of the Prospect Hill Cemetery ...
The Prospect Hill Cemetery was established March 16, 1870.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Prospect Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Prospect Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Cherryville Mountainview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Three Bridges Dutch Reformed Churchyard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Amwell Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clover Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Clover Hill Cemetery is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill Cemetery
- Clover Hill Reformed Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Newell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Newell Cemetery is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell Cemetery
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Locust Grove Cemetery is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove Cemetery
- Wertsville Baptist Church Yard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery of Wertsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Allerton Methodist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- St. Thomas Episcopal Churchyard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Baptistown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Barber Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Barber Cemetery is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber Cemetery
- Readington Reformed Churchyard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Old Bethlehem Presbyterian Churchyard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Salem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Salem Cemetery is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Salem Cemetery
- Rosemont Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Winder Phillips Grave Yard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Zion Road Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Zion Road Cemetery is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Road Cemetery
- Neshanic Reformed Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Prospect Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Prospect Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Flemington
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Copper Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Reaville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cherryville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Locktown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Larisons Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wertsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodfern
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Quakertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sergeantsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Pittstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allerton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rileyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Baptistown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Barbertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rosemont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Linvale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Snydertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Whitehouse Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Whitehouse Station is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Station
- Whitehouse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Annandale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Annandale is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annandale
- Idell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prallsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mariannes Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jutland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Everittstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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 first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Prospect Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New Jersey:
- Pages specific to Hunterdon 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 Prospect Hill Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #100176
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #879503 (Prospect Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #879503 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: Hunterdon
- Est. Elev: 79 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Flemington
- Location given for Prospect Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.5137146 Lon: -74.8679432
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Hunterdon, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Prospect Hill 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. |