A visit to the Lateer 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 Lateer Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Lateer Cemetery:
41.3106, -76.2010
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Lateer Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Lateer Cemetery is located in Luzerne County<2>.
The county seat for Luzerne County is located in Wilkes-Barre. Wilkes-Barre lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Lateer Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Lateer Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Lateer Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Lateer Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Moore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Moore Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- Bronson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Bronson Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronson Cemetery
- Broadway Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Broadway Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadway Cemetery
- Benscoter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Benscoter Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benscoter Cemetery
- The Benscoter Cemetery has also been known as:
- Arnold - Benscote Cemeetery
- Oaklawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Oaklawn Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn Cemetery
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Marvin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Marvin Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Thompson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Goss Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Goss Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Goss Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Huntington Mills.
- The Goss Cemetery has also been known as:
- Harveyville Cemetery
- Trescott Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2186549 <5>
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- Benscoter Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- St. Casimirs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Casimirs Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Casimirs Cemetery
- Good Shepherd Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kocher Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Kocher Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kocher Cemetery
- Boston Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Boston Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Cemetery
- Sorberton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Sorberton Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorberton Cemetery
- Fincke Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Fincke Cemetery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincke Cemetery
- St. Gabriel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Gabriel Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Gabriel Cemetery
- The St. Gabriel Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Garbiel's Episcopal Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #369311 <5>
- Scott Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Scott Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Cemetery
- Sorber Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Sorber Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorber Cemetery
- Ceasetown Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Ceasetown Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceasetown Cemetery
- St. Anns Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The St. Anns Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anns 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 Lateer Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Lateer Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Mossville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mossville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossville
- Rittenhouse
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rittenhouse is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rittenhouse
- Bloomingdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bloomingdale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Red Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Red Rock is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Pleasant Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Prichard
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Prichard is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prichard
- Pikes Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pikes Creek is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Creek
- Loyalville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Loyalville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalville
- Ricketts ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ricketts is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts
- Fairmount Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmount Springs is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Springs
- Clarks View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks View is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks View
- Harveyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Harveyville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveyville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Meeker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Meeker is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Register
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Register is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Register
- Huntington Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Harveys Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jamison City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jamison City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
- Cease Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cease Mills is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cease Mills
- Lehman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lake is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- New Columbus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Columbus is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Waterton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Waterton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterton
- Hunlock Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Back Mountain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Back Mountain is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back Mountain
- Noxen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
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 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 Lateer Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Luzerne 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 Lateer Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1178903 (Lateer Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1178903 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: Luzerne
- Est. Elev: 416 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Sweet Valley
- Location given for Lateer Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.3106364 Lon: -76.2010427
- 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 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lateer 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. |