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Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Laurel Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Laurel Cemetery (FG ID #1936188)

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 Laurel Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   41.0580°   (41° 3' 28")

Lon:   -75.7775°   (-75° 46' 39")

The Laurel Cemetery is located in Luzerne County<2>.

The county seat for Luzerne County is located in Wilkes-Barre. Wilkes-Barre lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Laurel Cemetery .

Establishment of the Laurel Cemetery ...

The Laurel Cemetery was established in 1790.

Established in 1790

Incorporated in 1862

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Laurel Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
  • Pages specific to Luzerne County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Laurel Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Laurel Cemetery.

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

    • East Side
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Side have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
      • East Side is located in Carbon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
    • Penn Lake Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Penn Lake Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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
    • White Haven
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Haven
      • White Haven is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,095 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Haven <5>
    • Freeland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Highlands
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlands
      • Highlands is located in Luzerne County
    • Eckley ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley
      • Eckley is located in Luzerne County
      • Eckley has also been known as:
      • Eckley Miners Village
    • Jeddo
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jeddo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
      • Jeddo is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
    • Unionville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
      • Unionville is located in Carbon County
    • Glen Summit
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Summit
      • Glen Summit is located in Luzerne County
    • Weatherly
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Bear Creek Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Ebervale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebervale
      • Ebervale is located in Luzerne County
    • Continue List   (16 more) ...
      • Albrightsville
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Stoddartsville
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoddartsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddartsville
        • Stoddartsville is located in Luzerne County
      • Mountain Top
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Top have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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 <5>
      • Albert
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert
        • Albert is located in Luzerne County
      • Hudsondale
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hudsondale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
        • Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
      • Harleigh
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Coxes Village
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxes Village
        • Coxes Village is located in Carbon County
        • Coxes Village has also been known as:
        • Cross Village
      • Beaver Meadows
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadows
        • Beaver Meadows is located in Carbon County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver Meadows <5>
      • Laurel Run
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Hazleton
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jim Thorpe
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Thorpe
        • Jim Thorpe is located in Carbon County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,650 people
        • Former names for Jim Thorpe:
        • East Mauch Chunk
        • Mauch Chunk
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jim Thorpe <5>
      • Meckesville
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckesville
        • Meckesville is located in Carbon County
      • Ashley
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Sugar Notch
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Notch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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
      • Warrior Run
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warrior Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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
      • Dorrance
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorrance
        • Dorrance is located in Luzerne County

    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 Laurel Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Luzerne County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km] of the Laurel Cemetery.<6>

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

    • St. Patrick Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Patrick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Patrick Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patrick Cemetery
    • St. Joseph's RC Church Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • St. Ann's Parish Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • The St. Ann's Parish Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
      • The St. Ann's Parish Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Ann Cemetery
      • Woodside Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Ann's Parish Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #535352 <1>
    • Union Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • The Union Cemetery is located in Carbon County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Weatherly.
      • The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Weatherly Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1961621 <1>
    • Albert Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • The Albert Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Albert Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Albert.
      • The Albert Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Rippletown Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Albert Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1988179 <1>
    • Holy Trinity Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Holy Trinity Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Trinity Cemetery
    • St. John's Byzantine Catholic Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Most Precious Blood Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • St. Stanislaus Polish RC Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • St. Johns Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
      • The St. Johns Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2129847 <1>
    • Hazleton Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • The Hazleton Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
      • The Hazleton Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Vine Street Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hazleton Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45052 <1>
    • St. Gabriel's RC Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Continue List   (8 more) ...
      • St. John the Baptist Polish National Church Cemetery
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Immaculate Conception Cemetery
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Immaculate Conception Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Immaculate Conception Cemetery is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immaculate Conception Cemetery
      • Evergreen Cemetery
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
      • German Cemetery
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the German Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The German Cemetery is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the German Cemetery
      • Jim Thorpe Tomb
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jim Thorpe Tomb have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Jim Thorpe Tomb is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jim Thorpe Tomb
      • Locust Ridge Cemetery
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Locust Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Locust Ridge Cemetery is located in Monroe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Locust Ridge Cemetery
      • Methodist Cemetery
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • The Methodist Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
        • The Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Thornhurst Methodist Church Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Methodist Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2177695 <1>

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

    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 Laurel Cemetery:

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

    The official website for State 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 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 '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 Laurel Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0580, Longitude: -75.7775    
    <4>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.
    <5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <6>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.




 

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