A visit to the Calvary Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Calvary Cemetery ...
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Calvary Cemetery
Lat: 41.4287° (41° 25' 43")
Lon: -79.6789° (-79° 40' 44")
The Calvary Cemetery is located in Venango County<2>.
The county seat for Venango County is located in Franklin. Franklin lies just to the west southwest of the Calvary Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Calvary Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Calvary Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Shaw Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shaw Farm Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shaw Farm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Shaw Farm Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Lamey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lamey Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lamey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Lamey Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Sunset Hill Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- McCrea Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCrea Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCrea Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The McCrea Cemetery is located in Venango County
- St. Catherines Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Catherines Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Catherines Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The St. Catherines Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Craig Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Craig Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Craig Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Craig Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Franklin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Franklin Cemetery
- The Franklin Cemetery is located in Venango County
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Franklin Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Franklin.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44879 <5>
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hickman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hickman Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hickman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Hickman Cemetery is located in Venango County
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patrick Cemetery
- The St. Patrick Cemetery is located in Venango County
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- St. Patricks Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patricks Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Patricks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Pioneer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Graham Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Graham Cemetery
- The Graham Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Pine Hill Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Melat Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Melat Cemetery
- The Melat Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Georgeville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Georgeville Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Georgeville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Georgeville Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Schreffler Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schreffler Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Schreffler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Schreffler Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Holeman Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holeman Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holeman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Holeman Cemetery is located in Forest County
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Calvary Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Calvary Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Siverly
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siverly
- Siverly is located in Venango County
- Colonial Village
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonial Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Colonial Village is located in Venango County
- Hasson Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hasson Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
- Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
- Oil City
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Woodland Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Heights
- Woodland Heights is located in Venango County
- McClintock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McClintock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Rynd Farm
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rynd Farm. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
- Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
- Seneca
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seneca have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Seneca is located in Venango County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seneca <6>
- Rouseville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rouseville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rouseville
- Rouseville is located in Venango County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rouseville <6>
- Cranberry
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Hill City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Coal Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Coal Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
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- Plumer
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer
- Plumer is located in Venango County
- Petroleum Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Petroleum Center. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum Center
- Petroleum Center is located in Venango County
- President
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
- President is located in Venango County
- Fertigs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fertigs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Pithole City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pithole City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pithole City
- Pithole City is located in Venango County
- Franklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Uniontown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uniontown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Uniontown is located in Venango County
- Nicklin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicklin
- Nicklin is located in Venango County
- Coal City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Coal City is located in Venango County
- Nickleville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nickleville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Sugarcreek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sugarcreek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
- Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 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 Calvary Cemetery. The following communities are located in Venango County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Calvary Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Franklin
- Oil City
- Petroleum Center
- Pithole City
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 Calvary Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Venango County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
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 Calvary Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1198518 (Calvary Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #1198518 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
- Class: cemetery Map Name: Oil City
- County: Venango Elev: 449
- Location given for GNIS #1198518 (Calvary Cemetery)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Venango County: www.co.venango.pa.us/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 Venango, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Calvary Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4287, Longitude: -79.6789 In this case, the coordinates for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
<4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
<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. |
<7> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |