A visit to the Briar 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 Briar Hill Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Briar Hill Cemetery (FG ID #44443).
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 Briar Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Briar Hill Cemetery:
41.0492, -80.2983
The Briar Hill Cemetery is located in Lawrence County<2>.
The county seat for Lawrence County is located in New Castle. New Castle lies just to the southwest of the Briar Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Briar Hill Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Briar Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Briar Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- East Brook Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Castle View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Castle View Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle View Cemetery
- Oak Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Graceland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fayette Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- Tifereth Israel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fair Oaks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- St. Philip & James Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Volant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Harbor Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Harbor Church Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Church Cemetery
- Madonna Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Madonna Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonna Cemetery
- Parkside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Vitus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The St. Vitus Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Vitus Cemetery
- Hillview Manor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Nicholas Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Nicholas Cemetery
- Hermon - Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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] of the Briar Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Briar Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- McCaslin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- West New Castle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Castle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Volant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- South New Castle
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- South New Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South New Castle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- Altman
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Wilmington
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Nashua
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mahoningtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harlansburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Edinburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Grant City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grant City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Leesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Energy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rose Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Millburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Jackson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Moravia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Robinson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bessemer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wampum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Portersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- New Bedford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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 Briar Hill Cemetery. The following communities are located in Lawrence County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Briar Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- New Castle
- New Wilmington
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 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 Briar Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Lawrence 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 Briar Hill Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #44443
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1170222 (Briar Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1170222 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: Lawrence
- Est. Elev: 302 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: New Castle North
- Location given for Briar Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.049227 Lon: -80.2983969
- 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 Pennsylvania's counties, including Lawrence, 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- Briar 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |