A visit to the Dauphin County Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Dauphin County Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Dauphin County Cemetery (FG ID #2310242).
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 Dauphin County Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Dauphin County Cemetery:
40.2493, -76.8432
The Dauphin County Cemetery is located in Dauphin County<2>.
The county seat for Dauphin County is located in Harrisburg. Harrisburg lies just to the northwest of the Dauphin County Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Dauphin County Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Dauphin County Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Dauphin County Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Midland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Midland Cemetery is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland Cemetery
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Beth El Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Paxtang Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- East Harrisburg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Harrisburg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rolling Green Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shoops Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Shoops Cemetery is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoops Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Moriah Cemetery is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Moriah Cemetery
- Shoops Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Shoops Cemetery is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoops Cemetery
- Poplar Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Roof Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Roof Memorial Park is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roof Memorial Park
- Crossroads Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Enola Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Salem UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fisher 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 28 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Dauphin County Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Dauphin County Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Paxtang
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- New Market
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Steelton
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Edgemont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- New Cumberland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lawnton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lawnton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnton
- Progress
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Progress is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Hillside Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hillside Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Village
- Penbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Penbrook is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Lemoyne
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lower Allen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
- Marsh Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Colonial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Colonial Park is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Park
- Bloomburg Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomburg Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomburg Village
- Harrisburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wormleysburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rudytown ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Highspire
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rutherford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Springford Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Springford Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springford Village
- Marene Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Marene Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marene Village
- Old Colonial Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Old Colonial Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Colonial Village
- West Fairview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Redland Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Redland Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland Village
- Lucknow
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lucknow is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucknow
- Paxtonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Paxtonia is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtonia
- Enola
(5 miles [8 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 Dauphin County Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Dauphin County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Dauphin County Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Harrisburg
- Lemoyne
- New Cumberland
- Penbrook
- Steelton
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 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 Dauphin County Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Dauphin 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 Dauphin County Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2310242
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Dauphin, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dauphin County 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |