A visit to the Hill Church Union 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 Hill Church Union Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Hill Church Union Cemetery:
40.3843, -75.6725
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Hill Church Union Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Hill Church Union Cemetery is located in Berks County<2>.
The county seat for Berks County is located in Reading. Reading lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Hill Church Union Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Hill Church Union Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Hill Church Union Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mountain Marys Grave
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Mountain Marys Grave is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Marys Grave
- Weller Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Weller Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weller Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lesher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Lesher Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesher Cemetery
- Oley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Oley Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oley Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Hereford Mennonite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Francis Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Hoch - DeTurk - Schenkel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Hoch - DeTurk - Schenkel Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoch - DeTurk - Schenkel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hoch - DeTurk - Schenkel Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Oley.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2355996 <5>
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- Christ Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Christ Union Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christ Union Cemetery
- Rauch Hertzog Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Huff Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Huff Union Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Huff Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of Huffs Church
- The Huff Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Huff Union Church Cemetery
- Huff's Evangelical Church Cemetery
- Huff's Union Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45157 <5>
- Friedens Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Friedens Church Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Friedens Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Oley.
- The Friedens Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Friedens Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2211517 <5>
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- Fritz Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Fritz Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritz Cemetery
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- Bethesda Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Bethesda Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Hill Church Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Hill Church Union Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Bechtelsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Eshbach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Eshbach is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshbach
- Landis Store
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Landis Store is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landis Store
- Pikeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pikeville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Lyons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lyons is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
- Dale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dale is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Lobachsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lobachsville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobachsville
- Manatawny
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Manatawny is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatawny
- Griesemersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Griesemersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griesemersville
- Indian Springs Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Boyertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ironstone
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ironstone is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironstone
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Colebrookdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Colebrookdale is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrookdale
- Gilbertsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Congo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Congo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Huffs Church
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Huffs Church is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffs Church
- Yellow House
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yellow House is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow House
- Sally Ann ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sally Ann is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sally Ann
- Rittenhouse Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rittenhouse Gap is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rittenhouse Gap
- Dryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dryville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryville
- Oley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Limekiln
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Limekiln is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limekiln
- Halfway House
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Halfway House is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House
- New Hanover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Run is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
- Fruitville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fruitville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitville
- Palm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Red Lion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Red Lion is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
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 Hill Church Union Cemetery. The following communities are located in Berks County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Hill Church Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Hill Church Union Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Berks 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 Hill Church Union Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2488819 (Hill Church Union Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2488819 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: Berks
- Est. Elev: 230 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Manatawny
- Location given for Hill Church Union Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.384279 Lon: -75.672468
- 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 Berks, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Hill Church Union 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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