A visit to the Greenwood 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 Greenwood Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Greenwood Cemetery:
41.4887, -75.7877
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Wyoming County<2>.
The county seat for Wyoming County is located in Tunkhannock. Tunkhannock lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Greenwood Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Greenwood Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 34 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Greenwood Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Greenwood Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Post Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Post Hill Cemetery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Hill Cemetery
- Cosner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Cosner Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosner Cemetery
- Lake Winola Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Abington Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Abington Hill Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington Hill Cemetery
- Dalton Shoemaker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Dalton Shoemaker Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton Shoemaker Cemetery
- The Dalton Shoemaker Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shoemaker Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46333 <5>
- Dalton / Scranton Jewish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Scranton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Scranton Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton Cemetery
- Mountain View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Lane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Shady Lane Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane Cemetery
- Leach Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Leach Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach Cemetery
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Hickory Grove Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hickory Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Waverly.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45070 <5>
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Lewis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Lewis Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Cemetery
- Evergreen Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fitch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Fitch Cemetery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitch Cemetery
- St. Georges Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The St. Georges Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Georges Cemetery
- St. Stanislaus Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Franklin Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Cemetery
- Wallsville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Wallsville Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallsville Cemetery
- Stark Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Stark Cemetery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark Cemetery
- East Lemon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The East Lemon Cemetery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lemon Cemetery
- Dixon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Dixon Cemetery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Cemetery
- Jackson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Jackson Cemetery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Cemetery
- Stratford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Stratford Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford Cemetery
- Washburn Street Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Washburn Street Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn Street Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Washburn Street Cemetery is located in Scranton.
- The Washburn Street Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hyde Park Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46584 <5>
- Cathedral Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Cathedral Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathedral Cemetery
- McDonnell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The McDonnell Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonnell Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the McDonnell Cemetery is located in Scranton.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Mt. Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Bethel Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Bethel Cemetery
- Russian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Russian Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russian Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Wetherby Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Wetherby Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetherby Cemetery
- The Wetherby Cemetery has also been known as:
- Weatherby Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46589 <5>
- Chase Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Chase Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Cemetery
- Pedrick - Thomas Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Pedrick - Thomas Cemetery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedrick - Thomas Cemetery
- The Pedrick - Thomas Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pedrick Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45743 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Greenwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Greenwood Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Schultzville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- Lake Winola
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Milwaukee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Clarks Summit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Waverly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glenburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glenburn is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
- Dalton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- La Plume
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- La Plume is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plume
- Clarks Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Clarks Green is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,383 people
- Factoryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Osterhout
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- Edella
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Edella is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edella
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Carpenter Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carpenter Town is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Town
- South Eaton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Taylor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Justus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Justus is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Craig
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Craig is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Dixon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Orange
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Orange is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Old Forge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Scranton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Green Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Green Ridge is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Dickson City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- East Benton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Benton is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Benton
- Marcy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Marcy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
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 Wyoming 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 begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Wyoming 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 Greenwood Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1198839 (Greenwood Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1198839 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: Wyoming
- Est. Elev: 333 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Ransom
- Location given for Greenwood Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.4886883 Lon: -75.7876942
- 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 Wyoming, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Greenwood 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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