A visit to the Butler 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 Butler Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Butler Cemetery:
40.9028, -78.1270
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Butler Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Butler Cemetery is located in Centre County<2>.
The county seat for Centre County is located in Bellefonte. Bellefonte lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the east of the Butler Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Butler Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Butler Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Immanuel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Immanuel Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Cemetery
- Philipsburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Old Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Old Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Kylertown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Kylertown Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kylertown Cemetery
- Hunter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Hunter Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Cemetery
- New Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The New Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cemetery
- Emigh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Emigh Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emigh Cemetery
- St. Agnes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Agnes Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Agnes Cemetery
- Mokes Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Mokes Hill Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mokes Hill Cemetery
- Henderson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Henderson Cemetery is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Center Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Center Hill Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill Cemetery
- Centre UMC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Centre UMC Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre UMC Cemetery
- The Centre UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Centre Cemetery
- Centre United Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44557 <5>
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- Umbria Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Umbria Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umbria Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Umbria Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Osceola Mills.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #449527 <5>
- Williams Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- St. Severin Old Log Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The St. Severin Old Log Church Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Severin Old Log Church Cemetery
- The St. Severin Old Log Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Severin Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46254 <5>
- St. Severins Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The St. Severins Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Severins Cemetery
- Grays Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Grays Cemetery is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Cemetery
- Campbell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Butler Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Butler Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Casanova
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Casanova is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casanova
- North Philipsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- North Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Philipsburg
- Philipsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Philipsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- South Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Philipsburg
- Glass City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Glass City is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
- Chester Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chester Hill is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
- Kylertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Morrisdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Osceola Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Port Matilda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- West Decatur
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- West Decatur is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Decatur
- West Decatur has also been known as:
- Blue Ball
- Decatur
- Stormstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stormstown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stormstown
- Wallaceton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wallaceton is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Ashland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ashland is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Julian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Moshannon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Moshannon is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshannon
- Parsonsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Parsonsville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonsville
- Scotia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Scotia is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia
- Waddle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Waddle is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddle
- Brisbin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Brisbin is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Marengo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Park Forest Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Park Forest Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Forest Village
- Snow Shoe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
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 Butler Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Centre County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Butler Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Butler Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Centre 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 Butler Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1170790 (Butler Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1170790 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: Centre
- Est. Elev: 597 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Philipsburg
- Location given for Butler Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.9028356 Lon: -78.1269545
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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 Centre, 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- Butler 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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