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A visit to the Highland 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 Highland Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Highland Cemetery (FG ID #2380679)

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 Highland Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   41.5592°   (41° 33' 33")

Lon:   -78.8470°   (-78° 50' 49")

The Highland Cemetery is located in Elk County<2>.

The county seat for Elk County is located in Ridgway. Ridgway lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Highland Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 16 miles [25.7 km] of the Highland Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Mt. Tabor Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Tabor Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Tabor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Tabor Cemetery is located in McKean County
  • St. Callistus Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Callistus Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Callistus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Callistus Cemetery is located in McKean County
  • Forest Lawn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Lawn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Forest Lawn Cemetery is located in McKean County
  • Brookston Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ott Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ott Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ott Cemetery is located in Elk County
  • Greendale Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greendale Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greendale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Greendale Cemetery is located in McKean County
  • Oakmont Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakmont Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakmont Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Oakmont Cemetery is located in Elk County
  • Wardvale United Methodist Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Holy Rosary Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Elk County
  • Thayer Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thayer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thayer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Thayer Cemetery is located in Elk County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • St. Leos Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Leos Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Leos Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Leos Cemetery is located in Elk County
    • Laurel Hill Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laurel Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Laurel Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Laurel Hill Cemetery is located in Elk County
    • Moriah Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moriah Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moriah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Moriah Cemetery is located in McKean County
    • Maxwell Run Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maxwell Run Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maxwell Run Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Maxwell Run Cemetery is located in Elk County
    • Holy Cross Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Cross Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Cross Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Holy Cross Cemetery is located in Elk County
    • Lone Pine Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • North Forest Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Forest Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Forest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The North Forest Cemetery is located in Forest County
    • Bridge View Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bridge View Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bridge View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bridge View Cemetery is located in McKean County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Highland Cemetery.

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

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 Highland Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Elk County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Highland 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 helpful 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 Highland 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 Highland Cemetery:

The official website for Elk County: www.co.elk.pa.us/

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 Elk, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Highland Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5592, Longitude: -78.8470    
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.




 

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