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A visit to the Homewood 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 Homewood Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Homewood Cemetery (FG ID #45139)

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 Homewood Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   40.4418°   (40° 26' 30")

Lon:   -79.9083°   (-79° 54' 29")

The Homewood Cemetery is located in Allegheny County<2>.

While not adjacent, the Smithfield East End Cemetery is directly southwest of the Homewood Cemetery.

The county seat for Allegheny County is located in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh lies just to the west of the Homewood Cemetery .

Establishment of the Homewood Cemetery ...

The Homewood Cemetery was:

Incorporated in 1878

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Homewood Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 29 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Homewood Cemetery.

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

  • Swissvale
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Edgewood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgewood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
    • Edgewood is located in Allegheny County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,983 people
  • Wilkinsburg
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilkinsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinsburg
    • Wilkinsburg is located in Allegheny County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,186 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilkinsburg <6>
  • Homestead
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Rankin
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rankin have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
    • Rankin is located in Allegheny County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,012 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rankin <6>
  • Braddock Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Braddock Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braddock Hills
    • Braddock Hills is located in Allegheny County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,772 people
  • Sharpsburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sharpsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
    • Sharpsburg is located in Allegheny County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,315 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sharpsburg <6>
  • West Homestead
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Homestead have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Homestead
    • West Homestead is located in Allegheny County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,854 people
  • Morningside
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Munhall
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Whitaker
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Braddock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Forest Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
      • Forest Hills is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,256 people
    • Churchill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Churchill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
      • Churchill is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,902 people
    • Nadine
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nadine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nadine
      • Nadine is located in Allegheny County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Nadine
      • From the Homewood Cemetery to Nadine
    • Aspinwall
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aspinwall have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspinwall
      • Aspinwall is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,653 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aspinwall <6>
    • Lawrenceville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Allentown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Kennywood Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Duquesne
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • East Pittsburgh
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Pittsburgh have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pittsburgh
      • East Pittsburgh is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,746 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Pittsburgh <6>
    • North Braddock
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Turtle Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Chalfant
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chalfant have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfant
      • Chalfant is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
    • Etna
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Etna have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
      • Etna is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,284 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Etna <6>
    • Blawnox
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blawnox have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blawnox
      • Blawnox is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,379 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blawnox <6>
    • Cherry City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry City
      • Cherry City is located in Allegheny County
    • Millvale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pittsburgh
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)

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 Homewood Cemetery. The following communities are located in Allegheny County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Homewood Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Homewood 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 Homewood Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1177333  (Homewood Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1177333 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: Pittsburgh East
    • County: Allegheny         Elev: 329
    • Location given for GNIS #1177333 (Homewood Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #45139

The official website for Allegheny County: www.county.allegheny.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 Allegheny, 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Homewood Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4418, Longitude: -79.9083    
<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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