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A visit to the Holy Trinity Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

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 Holy Trinity Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Holy Trinity Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

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

Lat:   41.2040°   (41° 12' 14")

Lon:   -75.7882°   (-75° 47' 17")

The Holy Trinity Cemetery is located in Luzerne County<2>.

The county seat for Luzerne County is located in Wilkes-Barre. Wilkes-Barre lies just to the west northwest of the Holy Trinity Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Holy Trinity Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Holy Resurrection Russian Orthodox Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hollenbeck Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cooper - Blanchard Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cooper - Blanchard Cemetery
    • The Cooper - Blanchard Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
    • The Cooper - Blanchard Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Blanchard - Cooper Cemetery
    • Plainsville Cemetery
  • Temple B'nai B'rith Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Temple B'nai B'rith Cemetery
    • The Temple B'nai B'rith Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Temple B'nai B'rith Cemetery is located in Wilkes-Barre.
  • Oak Lawn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Lawn Cemetery
    • The Oak Lawn Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Lawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Wilkes-Barre.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2140050 <5>
  • Maple Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Hill Cemetery
    • The Maple Hill Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Maple Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Wilkes-Barre.
    • The Maple Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Ashley Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45352 <5>
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Wilkes-Barre.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #841537 <5>
  • Forty Fort Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forty Fort Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forty Fort Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Forty Fort Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
  • St. Ignatius Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Ignatius Cemetery
    • The St. Ignatius Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Ignatius Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Pringle.
    • The St. Ignatius Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Ignatius Catholic Church Cemetery
    • St. Ignatius Parish Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1975437 <5>
  • St. John's Russian Orthodox Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • St. John the Evangelist Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John the Evangelist Cemetery
    • The St. John the Evangelist Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
    • The St. John the Evangelist Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Market Street Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2159726 <5>
  • Jenkins-Harding Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • St. Cecilias Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Cecilias Cemetery
      • The St. Cecilias Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
    • St. John the Baptist RC Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • St. John the Baptist Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John the Baptist Cemetery
      • The St. John the Baptist Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
      • The St. John the Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. John the Baptist Polish Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2098514 <5>
    • St. Johns Slovak of Luzerne Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • St. Mary's Annunciation Church Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Ohav Zedek Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ohav Zedek Cemetery
      • The Ohav Zedek Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ohav Zedek Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Wilkes-Barre.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2193706 <5>
    • Hanover Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hanover Cemetery
      • The Hanover Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hanover Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Wilkes-Barre.
      • The Hanover Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Hanover Green Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45029 <5>
    • St. Patrick Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patrick Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Patrick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Patrick Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
    • Polish National Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Polish National Cemetery
      • The Polish National Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
    • Sacred Heart Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Luzerne County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 33 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Holy Trinity Cemetery.

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

  • Bear Creek Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Laurel Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Miners Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Mills
    • Miners Mills is located in Luzerne County
  • Mountain Top
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Top have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Top
    • Mountain Top is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Top <6>
  • Glen Summit
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Glen Summit. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Summit
    • Glen Summit is located in Luzerne County
  • Plains
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Port Bowkley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Port Bowkley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Bowkley
    • Port Bowkley is located in Luzerne County
  • Wilkes-Barre
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Ashley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Penn Lake Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Penn Lake Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Lake Park
    • Penn Lake Park is located in Luzerne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
  • Hilldale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
    • Hilldale is located in Luzerne County
  • Yatesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yatesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
    • Yatesville is located in Luzerne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Forty Fort
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Forty Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forty Fort
      • Forty Fort is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,025 people
    • Laflin
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
      • Laflin is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,435 people
    • Kingston
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Port Blanchard
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Port Blanchard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Blanchard
      • Port Blanchard is located in Luzerne County
    • Wyoming
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyoming have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
      • Wyoming is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,004 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wyoming <6>
    • Swoyersville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Luzerne
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pringle
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pringle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
      • Pringle is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 913 people
    • Edwardsville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edwardsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
      • Edwardsville is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,738 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edwardsville <6>
    • Sugar Notch
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Notch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Notch
      • Sugar Notch is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
    • Exeter
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Exeter have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
      • Exeter is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,519 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Exeter <6>
    • West Wyoming
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Wyoming have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wyoming
      • West Wyoming is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,671 people
    • Langdon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Langdon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
      • Langdon is located in Luzerne County
    • Dupont
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dupont have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
      • Dupont is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,693 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dupont <6>
    • Hughestown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hughestown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughestown
      • Hughestown is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
    • Pittston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • West Pittston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Courtdale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Courtdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtdale
      • Courtdale is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
    • Larksville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Larksville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larksville
      • Larksville is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,395 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Larksville <6>
    • Plymouth
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Warrior Run
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warrior Run have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Run
      • Warrior Run is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people

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 Holy Trinity Cemetery. The following communities are located in Luzerne County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Holy Trinity 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 Holy Trinity 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 Holy Trinity Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1177305  (Holy Trinity Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1177305 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Wilkes-Barre East
    • County: Luzerne         Elev: 594
    • Location given for GNIS #1177305 (Holy Trinity Cemetery)

The official website for Luzerne County: www.luzernecounty.org/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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 Luzerne, 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 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 Holy Trinity Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2040, Longitude: -75.7882       In this case, the coordinates for the Holy Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 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.
<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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