A visit to the Brights 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 Brights Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Brights Cemetery:
40.9876, -76.6422
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Brights Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Brights Cemetery is located in Montour County<2>.
The county seat for Montour County is located in Danville. Danville lies just to the southeast of the Brights Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Brights Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the Brights Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Brights Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Old St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- Kase Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wilson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Billmeyer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Billmeyer Cemetery is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billmeyer Cemetery
- Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Center Cemetery is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cemetery
- Sharp Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Sharp Ridge Cemetery is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Ridge Cemetery
- Chillisquaque Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- St. James Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The St. James Cemetery is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. James Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Northumberland Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Pine Hill Cemetery is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Rosemont Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Rosemont Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rosemont Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Bloomsburg.
- The Rosemont Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Rosemont Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641294 <5>
- Turbotville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Turbotville Cemetery is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turbotville Cemetery
- The Turbotville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Snydertown Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #667001 <5>
- Old Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Old Cemetery is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Cemetery
- Grandview Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Grandview Cemetery is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview Cemetery
- Harmony Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Harmony Cemetery is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Cemetery
- Riverview Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pomfret Manor Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Pomfret Manor Cemetery is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomfret Manor Cemetery
- The Pomfret Manor Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pompret Manor Cemetery
- Hillside Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Hillside Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Catawissa.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1047524 <5>
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 Brights Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Brights Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Chulasky
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chulasky is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulasky
- Riverside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Danville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mechanicsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Mooresburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mooresburg is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg
- Rushtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rushtown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushtown
- Washingtonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Washingtonville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Grovania
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Grovania is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovania
- Snydertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Snydertown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snydertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Buckhorn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Buckhorn is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Jerseytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jerseytown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerseytown
- Potts Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Exchange
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Exchange is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Keefers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Keefers is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefers
- Reed
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Reed is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Rupert
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rupert is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
- Marion Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marion Heights is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 573 people
- Elysburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Catawissa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bloomsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fernville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fernville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernville
- Mordansville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mordansville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mordansville
- Eyers Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eyers Grove is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eyers Grove
- Northumberland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Paper Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Paper Mill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill
- Millville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Turbotville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- McEwensville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Milton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Milton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,550 people
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 Brights Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Montour County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Brights Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bloomsburg
- Catawissa
- Danville
- Milton
- Northumberland
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Brights Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Montour 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 Brights Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1170253 (Brights Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1170253 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: Montour
- Est. Elev: 173 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Riverside
- Location given for Brights Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.9875868 Lon: -76.6421782
- 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 Montour, 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 from Point A (ie- Brights 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. |