A visit to the Hopewell 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 Hopewell Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Hopewell Cemetery:
39.8090, -76.5483
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Hopewell Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Hopewell Cemetery is located in York County<2>.
The county seat for York County is located in York. York lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the northwest of the Hopewell Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Hopewell Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Hopewell Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Hopewell Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Old Roundhill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
- Winterstown Evangelical Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stewartstown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fawn AME Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shaffer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Shaffer Cemetery is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaffer Cemetery
- Hopewell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Centre Presbyterian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Centre Presbyterian Cemetery is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Presbyterian Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Centre Presbyterian Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of New Park.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1795727 <5>
- Chanceford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Chanceford Cemetery is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanceford Cemetery
- Red Lion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Red Lion Cemetery is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Ness Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Ness Cemetery is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ness Cemetery
- Christ Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Christ Cemetery is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christ Cemetery
- Fawn Grove Methodist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Fawn Grove Methodist Cemetery is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn Grove Methodist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fawn Grove Methodist Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Fawn Grove.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2151558 <5>
- Fawn Grove Friends
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Airville United Presbyterian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Airville United Presbyterian Cemetery is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airville United Presbyterian Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Airville United Presbyterian Cemetery is located in Airville.
- Zion UMC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Freysville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Freysville Cemetery is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freysville Cemetery
- The Freysville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Emmanuel UCC Cemetery
- Freysville Evangelical Cemetery
- Freysville Reform and Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #208585 <5>
- Winter Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Winter Cemetery is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Cemetery
- Rock Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Rock Chapel Cemetery is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Chapel Cemetery
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- Heaps Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Heaps Cemetery is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaps Cemetery
- Fellowship Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Fellowship Cemetery is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Hopewell Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Hopewell Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Cross Roads
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cross Roads is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Rinely
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rinely is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinely
- Laurel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
- Fenmore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fenmore is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenmore
- Felton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Muddy Creek Forks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Muddy Creek Forks is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Creek Forks
- Draco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Draco is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draco
- Winterstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Winterstown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
- Orwig
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Orwig is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwig
- New Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bruce
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bruce is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Tolna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tolna is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolna
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Springvale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Springvale is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
- Wiley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wiley is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiley
- Stewartstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Potosi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Potosi is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Hametown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hametown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hametown
- Shrewsbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Windsor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gorsuch Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gorsuch Mills is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorsuch Mills
- Fawn Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Freedom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Red Lion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Airville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Bridgeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Bridgeville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridgeville
- Dallastown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Hopewell Cemetery. The following communities are located in York County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Hopewell Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- New Freedom
- Shrewsbury
- Stewartstown
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 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 Hopewell Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to York 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 Hopewell Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1177392 (Hopewell Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1177392 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: York
- Est. Elev: 233 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Stewartstown
- Location given for Hopewell Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.8089912 Lon: -76.5482997
- 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 York, 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- Hopewell 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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