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A visit to the Chapel Lawn 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 Chapel Lawn Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Chapel Lawn 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 Chapel Lawn Cemetery

Lat:   41.3440°   (41° 20' 38")

Lon:   -75.9969°   (-75° 59' 48")

The Chapel Lawn Cemetery is located in Luzerne County<2>.

The county seat for Luzerne County is located in Wilkes-Barre. Wilkes-Barre lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southeast of the Chapel Lawn Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Chapel Lawn Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Chapel Lawn Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • St. John the Baptist RC Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John the Baptist RC Cemetery
    • The St. John the Baptist RC Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
    • The St. John the Baptist RC Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Johns Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46067 <5>
  • Fern Knoll Burial Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fern Knoll Burial Park
    • The Fern Knoll Burial Park is located in Luzerne County
    • The Fern Knoll Burial Park has also been known as:
    • Fern Knoll Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44847 <5>
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
  • St. Anns Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Anns Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
  • Polish Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Polish Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Polish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Polish Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
  • St. Stephens Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Stephens Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Stephens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Stephens Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
    • The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodlawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Dallas.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2166457 <5>
  • Huntsville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huntsville Cemetery
    • The Huntsville Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
    • The Huntsville Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Valley View Cemetery
  • Mt. Greenwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Greenwood Cemetery
    • The Mt. Greenwood Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
    • The Mt. Greenwood Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Greenwood Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45493 <5>
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
  • St. Nicholas Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Nicholas Cemetery
    • The St. Nicholas Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
  • Fern Brook Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fern Brook Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fern Brook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Fern Brook Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Kocher Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kocher Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kocher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Kocher Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
    • Cedar Crest Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Crest Cemetery
      • The Cedar Crest Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
      • The Cedar Crest Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Trucksville Cemetery
      • Trucksville UMC Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #913512 <5>
    • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
    • Ceasetown Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ceasetown Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ceasetown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ceasetown Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
    • Eaton Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eaton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eaton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Eaton Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
    • Bronson Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bronson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bronson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bronson Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
    • Maple Grove Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Good Shepherd Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Good Shepherd Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Good Shepherd Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Good Shepherd Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
    • St. Vincent's RC Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Vincent's RC Cemetery
      • The St. Vincent's RC Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Vincent's RC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Plymouth.
      • The St. Vincent's RC Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Vincent DePaul Cemetery
      • St. Vincent's Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46268 <5>
    • St. Ignatius Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Ignatius Cemetery
      • The St. Ignatius Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Ignatius Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Pringle.
      • The St. Ignatius Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Ignatius Catholic Church Cemetery
      • St. Ignatius Parish Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1975437 <5>
    • St. John's Russian Orthodox Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • St. Mary's Annunciation Church Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • St. Johns Slovak of Luzerne Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Memorial Shrine Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Chapel Lawn Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Chapel Lawn Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Back Mountain
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Back Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back Mountain
    • Back Mountain is located in Luzerne County
  • Dallas
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Lehman
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Kunkle
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kunkle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
    • Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
  • Harveys Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harveys Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveys Lake
    • Harveys Lake is located in Luzerne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,812 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harveys Lake <6>
  • Mill City ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
    • Mill City is located in Wyoming County
  • Meeker
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
    • Meeker is located in Luzerne County
  • Trucksville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Trucksville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trucksville
    • Trucksville is located in Luzerne County
  • Beaumont
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
    • Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
  • Pikes Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pikes Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Creek
    • Pikes Creek is located in Luzerne County
  • Courtdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Courtdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtdale
    • Courtdale is located in Luzerne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
  • Loyalville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Loyalville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalville
    • Loyalville is located in Luzerne County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Larksville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Larksville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larksville
      • Larksville is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,395 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Larksville <6>
    • Edwardsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edwardsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
      • Edwardsville is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,738 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edwardsville <6>
    • Pringle
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pringle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
      • Pringle is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 913 people
    • Luzerne
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Carverton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Carverton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carverton
      • Carverton is located in Luzerne County
    • Orange
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
      • Orange is located in Luzerne County
    • Noxen
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Plymouth
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Kingston
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Forty Fort
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Forty Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forty Fort
      • Forty Fort is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,025 people
    • Swoyersville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • West Wyoming
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Wyoming have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wyoming
      • West Wyoming is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,671 people
    • Vernon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
      • Vernon is located in Wyoming County

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 Chapel Lawn Cemetery. The following communities are located in Luzerne County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Chapel Lawn Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Dallas
    • Dallas lies less than 2 miles<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Chapel Lawn Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Dallas.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
  • Kingston
  • Plymouth

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 Chapel Lawn Cemetery:

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 Chapel Lawn Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1171565  (Chapel Lawn Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1171565 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: Kingston
    • County: Luzerne         Elev: 387
    • Location given for GNIS #1171565 (Chapel Lawn Cemetery)

The official website for Luzerne County: www.luzernecounty.org/

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 Luzerne, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Chapel Lawn Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3440, Longitude: -75.9969       In this case, the coordinates for the Chapel Lawn 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.




 

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