A visit to the Birch Hill 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 Birch Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Birch Hill Cemetery:
40.4745, -75.9649
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Birch Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Birch Hill Cemetery is located in Berks County<2>.
The county seat for Berks County is located in Reading. Reading lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south of the Birch Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Birch Hill Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Birch Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Birch Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Viewpoint Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Viewpoint Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viewpoint Cemetery
- Leesport Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Johns Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The St. Lukes Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Lukes Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Laureldale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Laureldale Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laureldale Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Laureldale Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Tuckerton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #205776 <5>
- Maidencreek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Maidencreek Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidencreek Cemetery
- Beckers St. Peters Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
- The St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #217527 <5>
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Michaels Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bern Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Bern Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bern Cemetery
- Eplers Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Eplers Church Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eplers Church Cemetery
- The Eplers Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Epler's Reformed Church Cemetery
- Epler's United Church of Christ (UCC) Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #258552 <5>
- Good Shepherd Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Peters Reformed Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Gethsemane Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Gethsemane Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gethsemane Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Laureldale.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #308217 <5>
- Salem Shalters Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Friedens Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Friedens Union Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Friedens Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Shartlesville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #342341 <5>
- Alsace Lutheran Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- Fleetwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Zion Moselem Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Jerusalem Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Birch Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Birch Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Dauberville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dauberville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dauberville
- Leesport
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Shoemakersville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Centerport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rickenbach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rickenbach is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rickenbach
- Ontelaunee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ontelaunee is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontelaunee
- Berne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Berne is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
- Garfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Garfield is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Georgetown Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Georgetown Village is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown Village
- Moselem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moselem is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselem
- Windsor Castle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Windsor Castle is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Castle
- Tuckerton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tuckerton is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckerton
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Kirbyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kirbyville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyville
- Hamburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Laureldale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Temple
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Temple is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Temple
- Ededburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ededburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ededburg
- Fleetwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lenhartsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shartlesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bernville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Spring Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Spring Ridge is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Ridge
- Port Clinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Whitfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Whitfield is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Wyomissing Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wyomissing Hills is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyomissing Hills
- Wyomissing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- West Reading
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Reading
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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 Birch Hill Cemetery. The following communities are located in Berks County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Birch Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 either 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 Birch Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Berks 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 Birch Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1169635 (Birch Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1169635 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: Berks
- Est. Elev: 119 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Temple
- Location given for Birch Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.4745379 Lon: -75.964933
- 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 Berks, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Birch 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. |
| <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. |
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