A visit to the Bowers 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 Bowers Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bowers Cemetery:
40.9473, -78.8714
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bowers Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bowers Cemetery is located in Jefferson County<2>.
The county seat for Jefferson County is located in Brookville. Brookville lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the northwest of the Bowers Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bowers Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Bowers Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bowers Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- McClure Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The McClure Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClure Cemetery
- Ridgemont Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Ridgemont Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgemont Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Oak Lawn Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Lawn Cemetery
- Circle Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Circle Hill Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle Hill Cemetery
- Pearce Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Pearce Cemetery is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce Cemetery
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Anita Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Anita Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita Cemetery
- St. Adrian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Adrian Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Adrian Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Punxsutawney.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1966411 <5>
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Urey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Urey Cemetery is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Rock Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Rock Springs Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Shaffer Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Holy Trinity Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Trinity Cemetery
- Soldier Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Soldier Hill Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier Hill Cemetery
- Frye Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Frye Cemetery is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frye Cemetery
- Sunderland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Sunderland Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunderland Cemetery
- Reynoldsville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Reynoldsville Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville Cemetery
- Lakelawn Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Lakelawn Memorial Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakelawn Memorial Park
- The Lakelawn Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Lakelawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45244 <5>
- Marchand Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Marchand Cemetery is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Marchand Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Marchand.
- The Marchand Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mahoning Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1969616 <5>
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The St. Michaels Cemetery is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michaels Cemetery
- Mahaffey Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Mahaffey Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahaffey Cemetery
- Prospect Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Prospect Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Bowers Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bowers Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Winslow
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Big Run
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- Rossiter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsonburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Albion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Punxsutawney
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wishaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wishaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishaw
- Troutville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Troutville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Urey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Urey is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey
- Panic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Sykesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Helvetia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Helvetia is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helvetia
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Stanley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stanley is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Oliveburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Valier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Hooverhurst
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hooverhurst is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverhurst
- Glen Campbell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mahaffey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Prescottville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Prescottville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescottville
- Marchand
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marchand is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand
- Savan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Savan is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savan
- Rochester Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rochester Mills is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester Mills
- Burnside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Bower
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bower is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
- Curry Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Curry Run is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Run
- Luthersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Reynoldsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
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 Bowers Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Jefferson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bowers Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Glen Campbell
- Mahaffey
- Punxsutawney
- Reynoldsville
- Rossiter
- Sykesville
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 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 Bowers Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Jefferson 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 Bowers Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1170049 (Bowers Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1170049 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: Jefferson
- Est. Elev: 492 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: McGees Mills
- Location given for Bowers Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.9472857 Lon: -78.8714211
- 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 Jefferson, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bowers 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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