A visit to the Friends 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 Friends Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Friends Cemetery:
40.7581, -78.0653
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Friends Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Friends Cemetery is located in Centre County<2>.
The county seat for Centre County is located in Bellefonte. Bellefonte lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the northeast of the Friends Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Friends Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Friends Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Friends Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Ross Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Ross Cemetery is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ross Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the south of Port Matilda.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2166829 <5>
- Spittler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Spittler Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spittler Cemetery
- Spring Mount Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Spring Mount Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mount Cemetery
- Rumberger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Rumberger Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumberger Cemetery
- Graysville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Graysville Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville Cemetery
- Nearhoff Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Nearhoff Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nearhoff Cemetery
- Warriors Mark Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Burket Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Burket Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket Cemetery
- Funk Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Funk Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk Cemetery
- Pennsylvania Furnace Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grays Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Grays Cemetery is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Cemetery
- Beck Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Beck Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beck Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Seven Stars Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Seven Stars Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Grazier Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Grazier Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazier Cemetery
- Franklinville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Franklinville Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinville Cemetery
- Baughman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Baughman Cemetery is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baughman Cemetery
- Branstetter Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Branstetter Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branstetter Cemetery
- Henderson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Henderson Cemetery is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 32 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Friends Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Friends Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Marengo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Dungarvin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dungarvin is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungarvin
- Stormstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stormstown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stormstown
- Port Matilda
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Musser
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Musser is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musser
- Pennington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Seven Stars
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Ramblewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Scotia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scotia is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia
- Huntingdon Furnace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- Fairbrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Park Forest Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Park Forest Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Forest Village
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Waddle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Waddle is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddle
- Neffs Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Neffs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs Mills
- Pine Grove Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bloomsdorf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bloomsdorf is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomsdorf
- Julian
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Tyrone Forge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
- Birmingham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Krumrine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Krumrine is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumrine
- Tyrone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- State College
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Glass City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glass City is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
- Grazierville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Petersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- North Philipsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Philipsburg
- Philipsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Philipsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Philipsburg
- Chester Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chester Hill is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
- New Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Osceola Mills
(12 miles [19.3 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 Friends Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Centre County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Friends Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Osceola Mills
- State College
- Tyrone
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Friends Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Centre 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 Friends Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1192493 (Friends Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1192493 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: Centre
- Est. Elev: 405 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Port Matilda
- Location given for Friends Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.7581157 Lon: -78.0652851
- 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 Centre, 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 from Point A (ie- Friends 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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