A visit to the Brown 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 Brown Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Brown Cemetery:
40.4659, -77.8797
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Brown Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Brown Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County<2>.
The county seat for Huntingdon County is located in Huntingdon. Huntingdon lies just to the west northwest of the Brown Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Brown Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Brown Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Brown Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Old White Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Campbell Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Goodman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Goodman Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodman Cemetery
- Mountainview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Mountainview Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainview Cemetery
- Old Mill Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Detweiler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Detweiler Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detweiler Cemetery
- Evans Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Evans Family Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Family Cemetery
- Steel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Steel Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel Cemetery
- Agudath Achim Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Strong Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Strong Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong Cemetery
- Mosser Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Mosser Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosser Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Corbin Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Corbin Family Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin Family Cemetery
- Hampson Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mapleton IOOF Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Mapleton IOOF Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton IOOF Cemetery
- Mapleton Brethren Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fields Farm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Fields Farm Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Farm Cemetery
- Shaver Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Shaver Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver Cemetery
- Newton Hamilton Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Newton Hamilton Memorial Cemetery is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton Memorial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Newton Hamilton Memorial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Newton Hamilton.
- The Newton Hamilton Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1325370 <5>
- Newton Hamilton United Methodist 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 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Brown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Brown Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Mill Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Atkinson Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Birdville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Birdville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdville
- Mount Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Newton Hamilton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Allensville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mapleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mapleton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Donation
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- McVeytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Huntingdon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Aughwick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Aughwick is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aughwick
- Mattawana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Colfax
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Colfax is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Menno
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- McConnellstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- McConnellstown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellstown
- Shirleysburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Peru Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Ennisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ennisville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennisville
- Petersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hesston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Neffs Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Neffs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs Mills
- Belleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Alexandria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
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 Brown Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Huntingdon County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Brown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alexandria
- Belleville
- Huntingdon
- McVeytown
- Mount Union
- Newton Hamilton
- Shirleysburg
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Brown Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Huntingdon 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 Brown Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1958416 (Brown Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1958416 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: Huntingdon
- Est. Elev: 261 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Mount Union
- Location given for Brown Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.4659084 Lon: -77.8797203
- 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 Huntingdon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Brown 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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