A visit to the Harrisburg 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 Harrisburg Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Harrisburg Cemetery (FG ID #45041)
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 Harrisburg Cemetery ...
The Harrisburg Cemetery is located in Dauphin County<2>.
Name Variations for Harrisburg 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.
Harrisburg Cemetery has also been known as:
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 ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Baldwin Cemetery
- Beth El Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Dauphin County Cemetery
- East Harrisburg Cemetery
- Enola Cemetery
- Holy Cross Cemetery
- Midland Cemetery
- The Midland Cemetery is located in Dauphin County
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- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
- The Mt. Moriah Cemetery is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Moriah Cemetery
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- Mt. Zion UMC Cemetery
- Paxtang Cemetery
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- Perry Heights Cemetery
- Poplar Church Cemetery
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
- Rolling Green Memorial Gardens
- Roof Memorial Park
- The Roof Memorial Park is located in York County
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- St. Johns Cemetery
- Shoops Cemetery
- The Shoops Cemetery is located in Dauphin County
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- Shoops Cemetery
- The Shoops Cemetery is located in Dauphin County
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- William Howard Day Cemetery
- Woodlawn Memorial Gardens
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 32 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Harrisburg Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Bloomburg Village
- Bloomburg Village is located in Dauphin County
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- Camp Hill
- Colonial Park
- Colonial Park is located in Dauphin County
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- Edgemont
- Enola
- Fort Hunter
- Good Hope
- Harrisburg
- Hillside Village
- Hillside Village is located in Dauphin County
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- Lawnton
- Lawnton is located in Dauphin County
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- Lemoyne
- Lower Allen
- Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
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- Lucknow
- Lucknow is located in Dauphin County
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- Marene Village
- Marene Village is located in Dauphin County
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- Marsh Run
- Marysville
- New Cumberland
- New Market
- Old Colonial Village
- Old Colonial Village is located in Dauphin County
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- Paxtang
- Paxtonia
- Paxtonia is located in Dauphin County
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- Penbrook
- Penbrook is located in Dauphin County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Progress
- Progress is located in Dauphin County
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- Rudytown ‑ Historic
- Rutherford
- Shiremanstown
- Sporting Hill
- Springford Village
- Springford Village is located in Dauphin County
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- Steelton
- West Fairview
- Westwood Village
- Westwood Village is located in Cumberland County
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- Wormleysburg
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 Harrisburg Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Dauphin County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Harrisburg Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Harrisburg
- Lemoyne
- Marysville
- New Cumberland
- Penbrook
- Shiremanstown
- Steelton
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Harrisburg Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Dauphin 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 Harrisburg Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #45041
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1176581 (Harrisburg Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1176581 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: Dauphin
- Est. Elev: 122 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Harrisburg East
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 Dauphin, 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- Harrisburg Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |