A visit to the Laird 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 Laird Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Laird Cemetery:
40.4770, -79.7353
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Laird Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Laird Cemetery is located in Allegheny County<2>.
The county seat for Allegheny County is located in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the west of the Laird Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Laird Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 31 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Laird Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Laird Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Plum Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Plum Creek Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Creek Cemetery
- Temple Sinai Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. John The Baptist Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Crossroads Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Crossroads Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads Cemetery
- Richey Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Richey Family Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richey Family Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Dugan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Dugan Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugan Cemetery
- Springdale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Mark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Mark Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mark Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mark Cemetery is located in Springdale.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2173579 <5>
- Oakmont - Verona Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- Hebron Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Hebron Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Cemetery
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- Churchill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Churchill Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill Cemetery
- Restland Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Restland Memorial Park is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Restland Memorial Park
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Deer Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Deer Creek Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Cemetery
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The St. Nicholas Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Nicholas Cemetery
- Beulah Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Beulah Presbyterian Church Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beulah Presbyterian Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Pittsburgh.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #710318 <5>
- William Penn Gardens of Remembrance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sunset View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Sunset View Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset View Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sons of Israel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- All Saints Braddock Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The All Saints Braddock Catholic Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Braddock Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the All Saints Braddock Catholic Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Braddock.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #299354 <5>
- Braddock Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Braddock Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braddock Cemetery
- Grandview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Grandview Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview Cemetery
- The Grandview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grand View Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44949 <5>
- New St. Joseph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The New St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New St. Joseph Cemetery
- The New St. Joseph Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46108 <5>
- Grandview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Grandview Cemetery is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Laird Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Laird Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Plum
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Plum is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,993 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plum <6>
- New Texas
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- New Texas is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Texas
- Leechburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leechburg is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechburg
- Unity
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Unity is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Garden City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garden City is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Murrysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Universal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Universal is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universal
- Monroeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Franklin is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Parnassus
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Parnassus is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
- Pitcairn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Springdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cheswick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Verona
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Penn Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Churchill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Churchill is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,902 people
- Chalfant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chalfant is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
- Turtle Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Kensington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wilmerding
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wall is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Export
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harwick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harwick is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwick
- Oakmont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blawnox
(6 miles [9.7 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 Laird Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Allegheny County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Laird Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Monroeville
- Murrysville
- New Kensington
- Oakmont
- Turtle Creek
- Verona
- Wilmerding
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 professional and volunteer 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 Laird Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Allegheny 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 Laird Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1178766 (Laird Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1178766 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: Allegheny
- Est. Elev: 370 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Murrysville
- Location given for Laird Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.4770124 Lon: -79.735324
- 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 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Laird 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |