A visit to the Laurel Hill 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 Laurel Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Laurel Hill Cemetery:
39.9009, -79.9742
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Laurel Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Laurel Hill Cemetery is located in Greene County<2>.
The county seat for Greene County is located in Waynesburg. Waynesburg lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the west of the Laurel Hill Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Laurel Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Laurel Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mundell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Mundell Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mundell Cemetery
- Hewitts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Hewitts Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewitts Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hewitts Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Rices Landing.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1349958 <5>
- St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hanna Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Hanna Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanna Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Cumberland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Cumberland Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Cemetery
- St. Agnes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Agnes Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Agnes Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Lackey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Lackey Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Cemetery
- Greene County Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pollock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Pollock Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock Cemetery
- Ache Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Ache Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ache Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Green Dale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Green Dale Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Dale Cemetery
- Moore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Moore Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- Buckingham Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Buckingham Cemetery is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Keener Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Keener Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener Cemetery
- South Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The South Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cemetery
- Monongahela Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Monongahela Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monongahela Cemetery
- St. Mary Assumption Byzantine Catholic Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The St. Mary Assumption Byzantine Catholic Church Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary Assumption Byzantine Catholic Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary Assumption Byzantine Catholic Church Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of New Salem.
- The St. Mary Assumption Byzantine Catholic Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2431011 <5>
- St. Procopius RC Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The St. Procopius RC Church Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Procopius RC Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Procopius RC Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of New Salem.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1984576 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Laurel Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Laurel Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Carmichaels
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cumberland Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cumberland Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
- Fairdale
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fairdale is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Ceylon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ceylon is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
- Adah
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Adah is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adah
- Stringtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stringtown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Khedive
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Khedive is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Khedive
- Rices Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Nemacolin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nemacolin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemacolin
- Isabella
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Isabella is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
- Arensburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Arensburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arensburg
- Heistersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Heistersburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heistersburg
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Jefferson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- East Millsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East Millsboro is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Millsboro
- Masontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- McClellandtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Chartiers
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chartiers is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartiers
- Fredericktown - Millsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Millsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fordyce
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fordyce is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyce
- Fayette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
- Puritan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Puritan is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
- Hoover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hoover is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Republic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Republic is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
- Luzerne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Luzerne is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzerne
- Clarksville
(6 miles [9.7 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 Laurel Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Greene County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Laurel Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 Laurel Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Greene 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 Laurel Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1178944 (Laurel Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1178944 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: Greene
- Est. Elev: 307 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Carmichaels
- Location given for Laurel Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.9009091 Lon: -79.9742212
- 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 Greene, 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- Laurel Hill 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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