A visit to the Altonah 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 Altonah Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Altonah Cemetery:
40.6573, -75.3605
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Altonah Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Altonah Cemetery is located in Northampton County<2>.
The county seat for Northampton County is located in Easton. Easton lies just to the east northeast of the Altonah Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Altonah Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Altonah Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Altonah Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Washington Ave. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1596921 <5>
- Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Memorial Park is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park
- Moravian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Moravian Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravian Cemetery
- Nisky Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Nisky Hill Cemetery is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nisky Hill Cemetery
- Nisky Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Nisky Hill Cemetery is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nisky Hill Cemetery
- Freemansburg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Freemansburg Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemansburg Cemetery
- Trinity Reformed Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Trinity Reformed Church Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Reformed Church Cemetery
- The Trinity Reformed Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Trinity UCC Cemetery
- Holy Ghost Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Holy Ghost Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Ghost Cemetery
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The St. Michaels Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michaels Cemetery
- Slovak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Slovak Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slovak Cemetery
- Dryland Reformed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Dryland Reformed Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryland Reformed Cemetery
- The Dryland Reformed Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dryland Old Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2183710 <5>
- Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Hope Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Cedar Hill Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rittersville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brith Sholom Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Brith Sholom Cemetery is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brith Sholom Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brith Sholom Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Fountain Hill.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1980845 <5>
- Agudath Achim Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Agudath Achim Cemetery is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agudath Achim Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Agudath Achim Cemetery is located in Fountain Hill.
- The Agudath Achim Cemetery has also been known as:
- Congregation Agudath Achim Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1980847 <5>
- Emil Zola Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Fountain Hill Cemetery is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fountain Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Fountain Hill.
- Holy Ghost Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Josaphats Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs 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 Altonah Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Altonah Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Middletown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Middletown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- William Penn Manor
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- William Penn Manor is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for William Penn Manor
- Bethlehem
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Freemansburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Steel City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Steel City is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel City
- Wagnerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wagnerville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagnerville
- Hanover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hanover is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Rittersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rittersville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rittersville
- Fountain Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain Hill is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,713 people
- Seidersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Seidersville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seidersville
- Star Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Star Village is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Village
- Franks Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Franks Corner is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks Corner
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Bath
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bath is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,756 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <6>
- Hellertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lower Saucon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Saucon is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Saucon
- Chain Bridge ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Chain Bridge is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain Bridge
- Chain Bridge has also been known as:
- Chain Dam
- Old Orchard
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Old Orchard is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Orchard
- Palmer Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Palmer Heights is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Heights
- Tadmor
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tadmor is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Weaversville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Weaversville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaversville
- Catasauqua
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fullerton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fullerton is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullerton
- Allentown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wassergass
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wassergass is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassergass
- Glendon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Glendon is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 357 people
- West Easton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Easton is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,247 people
- Wilson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wilson is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,784 people
- Nazareth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Howertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Howertown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howertown
- Howertown has also been known as:
- Hauertown
- Howardtown
- Howartown
- Howeton
- North Catasauqua
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- North Catasauqua is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Catasauqua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
- Hokendauqua
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hokendauqua is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hokendauqua
- West Catasauqua
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Catasauqua is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Catasauqua
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 Altonah Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Northampton County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Altonah Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bath
- Bath lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Altonah Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bath.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Bethlehem
- Catasauqua
- Fountain Hill
- Hellertown
- Nazareth
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Altonah Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Northampton 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 Altonah Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1168234 (Altonah Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1168234 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: Northampton
- Est. Elev: 114 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Nazareth
- Location given for Altonah Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.6573202 Lon: -75.3604578
- 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 Pennsylvania's counties, including Northampton, 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- Altonah 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |