A visit to the Highland 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 Highland Memorial Park ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Highland Memorial Park:
40.2615, -75.6485
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Highland Memorial Park can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Highland Memorial Park is located in Montgomery County<2>.
The county seat for Montgomery County is located in Norristown. Norristown lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Highland Memorial Park .
Open a Google Map centered on the Highland Memorial Park.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Highland Memorial Park.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Highland Memorial Park, with the nearest first.
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Holy Trinity Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Trinity Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Edgewood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Old St. Aloysius Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Aloysius Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The St. Aloysius Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Aloysius Cemetery
- St. Aloysius Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The St. Aloysius Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Aloysius Cemetery
- Fritz Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Fritz Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritz Cemetery
- St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Second Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Shenkel UCC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Shenkel UCC Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenkel UCC Cemetery
- Ellis Woods Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Ellis Woods Cemetery is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Woods Cemetery
- Brower Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Brower Cemetery is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brower Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Falkner Swamp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Falkner Swamp Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkner Swamp Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Falkner Swamp Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of New Hanover
- The Falkner Swamp Cemetery has also been known as:
- Falker Swamp Cemetery
- Be careful, some people have confused the Falkner Swamp Cemetery with the Highland Memorial Park and the .
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44837 <5>
- Falkner Swamp Reformed Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Falkner Swamp Reformed Church Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkner Swamp Reformed Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Falkner Swamp Reformed Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of New Hanover
- The Falkner Swamp Reformed Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Falkner Swamp United Church of Christ Cemetery
- Hollowbush Cemetery
- Be careful, some people have confused the Falkner Swamp Reformed Church Cemetery with the Highland Memorial Park and the .
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2521127 <5>
- New Hanover Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The New Hanover Lutheran Church Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hanover Lutheran Church Cemetery
- The New Hanover Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Swamp Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- Parker Ford Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shalkop Burial Ground
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Shalkop Burial Ground is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shalkop Burial Ground
- The Shalkop Burial Ground has also been known as:
- Antes Cemetery
- Antes - Shalkop Burial Ground
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Highland Memorial Park.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Highland Memorial Park, with the nearest first:
- Pottstown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- West Pottsgrove
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove
- Stowe
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pottstown Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pottstown Landing is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown Landing
- South Pottstown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- South Pottstown is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pottstown
- Pottsgrove
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsgrove
- Halfway House
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Halfway House is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House
- Bramcote
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bramcote is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote
- Ironstone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ironstone is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironstone
- Kenilworth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kenilworth is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenilworth
- Fricks Lock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fricks Lock is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Lock
- Sanatoga
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Colebrookdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Colebrookdale is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrookdale
- Indian Springs Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fagleysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fagleysville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagleysville
- New Hanover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gilbertsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boyertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Amity Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Amity Gardens is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Gardens
- Bally
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Slonaker
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Slonaker is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slonaker
- Parker Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Parker Ford is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Ford
- Coventryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Coventryville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventryville
- Pughtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pughtown is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pughtown
- Bucktown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bucktown is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- Limerick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Neiffer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Neiffer is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neiffer
- Monocacy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Monocacy is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monocacy
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 Memorial Park. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Montgomery County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Highland Memorial Park.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 Highland Memorial Park:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Montgomery 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 Highland Memorial Park:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1177035 (Highland Memorial Park)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1177035 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: Montgomery
- Est. Elev: 72 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Boyertown
- Location given for Highland Memorial Park:
- Lat: 40.261485 Lon: -75.6485186
- 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 Montgomery, 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- Highland 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. |
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