A visit to the Arlington 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 Arlington Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Arlington Cemetery (FG ID #44323)
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 Arlington Cemetery ...
The Arlington Cemetery is located in Delaware County<2>.
Establishment of the Arlington Cemetery ...
The Arlington Cemetery was established in 1895.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Bethesda Cemetery
- The Bethesda Cemetery is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda Cemetery
- Darby Friends Cemetery
- Darby Methodist Meeting Cemetery
- Eden Cemetery
- Fernwood Cemetery
- Friends Cemetery
- The Friends Cemetery is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Cemetery
- Glenwood Cemetery
- The Glenwood Cemetery is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Cemetery
- Har Zion Cemetery
- Holy Cross Cemetery
- Mt. Jacob Cemetery
- Mt. Lawn Cemetery
- Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
- Mt. Sharon Cemetery
- The Mt. Sharon Cemetery is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Sharon Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Memorial Cemetery
- Old Cathedral Cemetery
- The Old Cathedral Cemetery is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Cathedral Cemetery
- St. Denis Cemetery
- St. Mary's Episcopal Church Memorial Gardens
- St. Pauls Cemetery
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
- Springfield Cemetery
- The Springfield Cemetery is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 35 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Arlington Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Addingham
- Aldan
- Aldan is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,149 people
- Allgates
- Ardmore
- Bala - Cynwyd
- Bartram Village
- Bartram Village is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartram Village
- Broomall
- Bryn Mawr
- Burmont
- Clifton Heights
- Colwyn
- Darby
- Continue List (23 more) ...
- Drexel Hill
- East Lansdowne
- East Lansdowne is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansdowne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,668 people
- Folcroft
- Folsom
- Glenolden
- Haverford Village
- Haverford Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverford Village
- Haverford
- Lansdowne
- Llanerch
- Marple
- Millbourne
- Millbourne is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbourne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,160 people
- Morton
- Narberth
- Norwood
- Norwood is located in Delaware County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,956 people
- Overbrook
- Overbrook is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overbrook
- Penn Wynne
- Prospect Park
- Rutledge
- Sharon Hill
- Springfield
- Swarthmore
- Upper Darby
- Yeadon
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 Arlington Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Delaware County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Arlington Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Aldan
- Ardmore
- Bala - Cynwyd
- Broomall
- Bryn Mawr
- Darby
- Folsom
- Lansdowne
- Narberth
- Norwood
- Prospect Park
- Springfield
- Swarthmore
- Upper Darby
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 Arlington Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Delaware 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 Arlington Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #44323
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1168388 (Arlington Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1168388 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: Delaware
- Est. Elev: 65 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Lansdowne
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 Pennsylvania's counties, including Delaware, 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' (or 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- Arlington Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |