A visit to the Congress Hill 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 Congress Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Congress Hill Cemetery:
41.0770, -78.2642
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Congress Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Congress Hill Cemetery is located in Clearfield County<2>.
The county seat for Clearfield County is located in Clearfield. Clearfield lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Congress Hill Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Congress Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Congress Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Shiloh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Stewart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Stewart Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Cemetery
- Keewaydin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fulton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Fulton Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton Cemetery
- Center Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Center Hill Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill Cemetery
- Hunter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Hunter Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Cemetery
- New Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The New Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cemetery
- Kylertown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Kylertown Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kylertown Cemetery
- Old Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Old Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Cemetery
- St. Severin Old Log Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- 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 east)
- The St. Severins Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Severins Cemetery
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Owens Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Owens Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Stoneville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Stoneville Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneville Cemetery
- Emigh Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Emigh Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emigh Cemetery
- St. Agnes Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The St. Agnes Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Agnes Cemetery
- Immanuel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Immanuel Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Cemetery
- Mokes Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Mokes Hill Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mokes Hill Cemetery
- Goss Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Goss Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Congress Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Congress Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Shiloh
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Shiloh is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Keewaydin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Keewaydin is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keewaydin
- Barrett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barrett is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Woodland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kylertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wallaceton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wallaceton is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Mount Joy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Joy is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
- Plymptonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Plymptonville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymptonville
- Clearfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Morrisdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Casanova
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Casanova is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casanova
- West Decatur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- 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
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Pine Glen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pine Glen is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Glen
- Hyde
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hyde is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Chester Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Chester Hill is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
- Philipsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- North Philipsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- North Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Philipsburg
- Pottersdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pottersdale is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottersdale
- Sanborn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sanborn is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn
- South Philipsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- South Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Philipsburg
- Moshannon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Moshannon is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshannon
- Glen Richey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Richey is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Richey
- Ashland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ashland is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Glass City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Glass City is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
- Curwensville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Osceola Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- New Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
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 Congress Hill Cemetery. The following communities are located in Clearfield County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Congress Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Clearfield
- Curwensville
- Osceola Mills
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 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 Congress Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Clearfield 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 Congress Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1172328 (Congress Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1172328 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: Clearfield
- Est. Elev: 437 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Lecontes Mills
- Location given for Congress Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.0770023 Lon: -78.2641801
- 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 Clearfield, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Congress Hill 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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