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A visit to the Friends Burying Ground ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Friends Burying Ground. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Friends Burying Ground (FG ID #2440760)

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 Friends Burying Ground ...

Note: While we are using the above GPS location for the Friends Burying Ground, it has not been verified and we are uncertain about its accuracy - use with caution.

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Friends Burying Ground

Lat:   40.6800°   (40° 40' 47")

Lon:   -76.2006°   (-76° 12' 2")

The cemetery is located in Schuylkill County<2>.

As an estimate, the Friends Burying Ground is located in Pottsville.

The county seat for Schuylkill County is located in Pottsville. Pottsville lies just to the north northeast of the Friends Burying Ground .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the Friends Burying Ground.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Friends Burying Ground, with the nearest first.

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Friends Burying Ground.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Friends Burying Ground, with the nearest first.

  • Mount Carbon
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Carbon have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carbon
    • Mount Carbon is located in Schuylkill County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
  • Pottsville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Palo Alto
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palo Alto have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palo Alto
    • Palo Alto is located in Schuylkill County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 975 people
  • Mechanicsville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Seltzer
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Port Carbon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Carbon have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Carbon
    • Port Carbon is located in Schuylkill County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,769 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Carbon <6>
  • Saint Clair
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Marlin
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marlin have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlin
    • Marlin is located in Schuylkill County
  • New Castle ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Cressona
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Schuylkill Haven
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Renningers
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Renningers have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renningers
    • Renningers is located in Schuylkill County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Minersville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minersville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
      • Minersville is located in Schuylkill County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,133 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minersville <6>
    • Heckscherville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heckscherville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heckscherville
      • Heckscherville is located in Schuylkill County
    • Llewellyn
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Friedensburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Landingville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Landingville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landingville
      • Landingville is located in Schuylkill County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
    • Orwigsburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • New Philadelphia
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Forestville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forestville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
      • Forestville is located in Schuylkill County
    • Forrestville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrestville
      • Forrestville is located in Schuylkill County
    • Lake Wynonah
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Middleport
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Glendower
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Buck Run
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buck Run have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run
      • Buck Run is located in Schuylkill County
    • Branchdale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Branchdale have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchdale
      • Branchdale is located in Schuylkill 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 Friends Burying Ground. The following communities are located in Schuylkill County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Friends Burying Ground.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Friends Burying Ground:

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 Friends Burying Ground:

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 Schuylkill, 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Friends Burying Ground. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6800, Longitude: -76.2006    
<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 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.
<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.