A visit to the German 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 German Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the German Cemetery:
40.8809, -75.7382
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the German Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The German Cemetery is located in Carbon County<2>.
The county seat for Carbon County is located in Jim Thorpe. Jim Thorpe lies just to the southeast of the German Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the German Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> of the German Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from German Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mauch Chunk Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Mauch Chunk Cemetery is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauch Chunk Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mauch Chunk Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Jim Thorpe.
- The Mauch Chunk Cemetery has also been known as:
- Upper Mauch Chunk Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #942823 <5>
- Packerton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Packerton Cemetery is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packerton Cemetery
- Long Run Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Long Run Cemetery is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Long Run Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Lehighton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2131616 <5>
- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gnaden Huetten Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Gnaden Huetten Cemetery is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gnaden Huetten Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gnaden Huetten Cemetery is located in Lehighton.
- The Gnaden Huetten Cemetery has also been known as:
- Huetten Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45156 <5>
- Lehighton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Paulus Lutheran And Reformed Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Paulus Lutheran And Reformed Church Cemetery is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paulus Lutheran And Reformed Church Cemetery
- The St. Paulus Lutheran And Reformed Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Pauls Union Church Cemetery
- St. Joseph's RC Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Weatherly.
- The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Weatherly Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1961621 <5>
- Dinkey Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Dinkey Memorial Cemetery is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinkey Memorial Cemetery
- The Dinkey Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ashfield Cemetery
- Dinkey Memorial Lutheran Church Cemetery
- New Dinkey Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- St. Joseph's RC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Joseph's RC Cemetery is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph's RC Cemetery
- The St. Joseph's RC Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Joseph's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1264468 <5>
- St. Johns Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Towamensing Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Towamensing Cemetery is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towamensing Cemetery
- Slatedale Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Old Union Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Old Union Cemetery is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Union Cemetery
- Assumption Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Assumption Cemetery is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption Cemetery
- Friedens Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Jerusalem Union Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dotters Corners Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the German Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from German Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Jim Thorpe
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jim Thorpe is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Thorpe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,650 people
- Former names for Jim Thorpe:
- East Mauch Chunk
- Mauch Chunk
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jim Thorpe <6>
- Nesquehoning
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lehighton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Summit Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mertz Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mertz Town is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mertz Town
- Weissport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Penn Haven Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Parryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Mahoning
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Mahoning is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mahoning
- Ashfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ashfield is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashfield
- Unionville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Weatherly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Hudsondale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Leslie Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Germans
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Germans is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germans
- Kittatinny
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kittatinny is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittatinny
- Hazard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hazard is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard
- Bowmanstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Lansford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Palmerton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Palmerton is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,321 people
- Coaldale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Andreas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Beaver Meadows
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Slatedale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Slatedale is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatedale
- Custer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Custer is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Emerald
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Emerald is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Jonesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jonesville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Eckley ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eckley is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley
- Eckley has also been known as:
- Eckley Miners Village
- Coxes Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Coxes Village is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxes Village
- Coxes Village has also been known as:
- Cross Village
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 German Cemetery. The following communities are located in Carbon County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The German Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Lansford
- Lehighton
- Summit Hill
- Weatherly
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 German Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Carbon 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 German Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1175551 (German Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1175551 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: Carbon
- Est. Elev: 248 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Christmans
- Location given for German Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.8809232 Lon: -75.7382462
- 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 Carbon, 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- German 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |