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A visit to the Greenwood 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 Greenwood Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Greenwood Cemetery (FG ID #2135961)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Greenwood Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Greenwood Cemetery

Lat:   40.6931°   (40° 41' 35")

Lon:   -75.4619°   (-75° 27' 42")

The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Northampton County<2>.

The county seat for Northampton County is located in Easton. Easton lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the east of the Greenwood Cemetery .

Name Variations for Greenwood Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Greenwood Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Howertown Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Greenwood Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Greenwood Cemetery, 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 Greenwood Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Greenwood Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Weaversville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Howertown
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Northampton
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Wellington
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Coplay
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coplay have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coplay
    • Coplay is located in Lehigh County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,217 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coplay <7>
  • Hokendauqua
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • North Catasauqua
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Catasauqua have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Catasauqua
    • North Catasauqua is located in Northampton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
  • Catasauqua
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catasauqua have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catasauqua
    • Catasauqua is located in Lehigh County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,606 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Catasauqua <7>
  • Franks Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Kreidersville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • West Catasauqua
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Hanover
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Seiple
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Seiple. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seiple
      • Seiple is located in Lehigh County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Seiple
      • From the Greenwood Cemetery to Seiple
    • Fullerton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fullerton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullerton
      • Fullerton is located in Lehigh County
    • Bath
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bath have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
      • Bath is located in Northampton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,756 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <7>
    • Ironton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Ruchsville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rittersville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Chapman
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapman have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
      • Chapman is located in Northampton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
    • Cherryville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockdale
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Balliettsville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Allentown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bethlehem
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Walnutport
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnutport have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnutport
      • Walnutport is located in Northampton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walnutport <7>
    • Lockport
      (6 miles [9.7 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 Greenwood Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Northampton County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Greenwood Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 Greenwood Cemetery:

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 Greenwood Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1176193  (Greenwood Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1176193 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Nazareth
    • County: Northampton         Elev: 201
    • Location given for GNIS #1176193 (Greenwood Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2135961

The official website for Northampton County: www.northamptoncounty.org/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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 Northampton, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Greenwood Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6931, Longitude: -75.4619    
<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>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.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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