A visit to the Greenwood Memorial Park ...
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 Memorial Park ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Greenwood Memorial Park:
40.5959, -79.6848
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Greenwood Memorial Park can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Greenwood Memorial Park is located in Westmoreland County<2>.
The county seat for Westmoreland County is located in Greensburg. Greensburg lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Greenwood Memorial Park .
Open a Google Map centered on the Greenwood Memorial Park.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Greenwood Memorial Park.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Greenwood Memorial Park, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Bethesda Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Bethesda Cemetery is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Pine Run Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Pine Run Presbyterian Church Cemetery is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Run Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- The Pine Run Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Markle Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45357 <5>
- Mt. Airy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Airy Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Airy Cemetery
- Prospect Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Prospect Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Cemetery
- The Prospect Cemetery has also been known as:
- Tarentum Burying Ground
- Tarentum Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45831 <5>
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Brookland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Brookland Cemetery is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookland Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
- St. Clemens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The St. Clemens Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Clemens Cemetery
- Dugan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Dugan Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugan Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Leechburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Our Lady of Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Our Lady of Hope Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Our Lady of Hope Cemetery
- The Our Lady of Hope Cemetery has also been known as:
- Our Lady of Hope Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #190512 <5>
- St. Gertrude Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The St. Gertrude Cemetery is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Gertrude Cemetery
- Vandergrift Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Vandergrift Cemetery is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandergrift Cemetery
- Keppel Burial Ground
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Catherine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Catherine Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Catherine Cemetery
- St. Catherines Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Freeport Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Freeport Cemetery is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Freeport Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Freeport.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44888 <5>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Greenwood Memorial Park.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Greenwood Memorial Park, with the nearest first:
- Lower Burrell
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Karns
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Natrona
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Weinel Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Weinel Crossroads is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinel Crossroads
- Sligo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Brackenridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tarentum
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Arnold
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Kensington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Parnassus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Parnassus is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
- Leechburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Leechburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Leechburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leechburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Bagdad
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- Freeport
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oklahoma
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
- Vandergrift
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Vandergrift
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Vandergrift is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vandergrift
- Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
- Hyde Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Springdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Washington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Washington is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Apollo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Aladdin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Aladdin is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- Monroe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Monroe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Harwick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harwick is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwick
- Cheswick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leechburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leechburg is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechburg
- New Texas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Texas is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Texas
- Plum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Plum is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,993 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plum <6>
- North Apollo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rural Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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 Memorial Park. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Westmoreland County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Greenwood Memorial Park.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Freeport
- New Kensington
- Tarentum
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 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 Greenwood Memorial Park:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Westmoreland 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 Memorial Park:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1176205 (Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1176205 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: Westmoreland
- Est. Elev: 332 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: New Kensington East
- Location given for Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.5958996 Lon: -79.6847692
- 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 Westmoreland, 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 from Point A (ie- Greenwood Memorial Park) 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. |