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A visit to the Leach Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

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 Leach Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Leach Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

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

Lat:   41.4812°   (41° 28' 52")

Lon:   -75.6846°   (-75° 41' 4")

The Leach Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County<2>.

The county seat for Lackawanna County is located in Scranton. Scranton lies just to the south southeast of the Leach Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Leach Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Abington Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Abington Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Abington Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Abington Hill Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
  • St. Stanislaus Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Stanislaus Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Stanislaus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Stanislaus Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
  • Cosner Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cosner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cosner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Cosner Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
  • St. Anthonys Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anthonys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anthonys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Anthonys Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
  • Russian Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Russian Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Russian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Russian Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
  • Mt. Bethel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Bethel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Bethel Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
  • Hickory Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hickory Grove Cemetery
    • The Hickory Grove Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hickory Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Waverly.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45070 <5>
  • Cathedral Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cathedral Cemetery
    • The Cathedral Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
  • McDonnell Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McDonnell Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the McDonnell Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • The McDonnell Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the McDonnell Cemetery is located in Scranton.
  • St. Adalbert Polish National Catholic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • St. Mary's Old Visitation Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary's Old Visitation Cemetery
    • The St. Mary's Old Visitation Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
    • The St. Mary's Old Visitation Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Mary's Visitation Cemetery
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Visitation of Blessed Virgin Mary Church Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Visitation of Blessed Virgin Mary Church Cemetery
      • The Visitation of Blessed Virgin Mary Church Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
      • The Visitation of Blessed Virgin Mary Church Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Marys Cemetery
    • St. Nicholas Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Nicholas Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Nicholas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Nicholas Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
    • Holy Ghost Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Ghost Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Ghost Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Holy Ghost Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
    • St. Michaels Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Michaels Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Michaels Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Michaels Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
    • Smith Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Smith Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • The Smith Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2617937 <5>
    • Miller Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miller Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Miller Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
    • Franklin Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Franklin Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Franklin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Franklin Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
    • Washburn Street Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Washburn Street Cemetery
      • The Washburn Street Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Washburn Street Cemetery is located in Scranton.
      • The Washburn Street Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Hyde Park Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46584 <5>
    • Forest Hill Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Dunmore Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
    • Wetherby Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wetherby Cemetery
      • The Wetherby Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
      • The Wetherby Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Weatherby Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46589 <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 Leach Cemetery.

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

  • Clarks Green
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarks Green have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Green
    • Clarks Green is located in Lackawanna County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,383 people
  • Clarks Summit
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarks Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Summit
    • Clarks Summit is located in Lackawanna County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,843 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarks Summit <7>
  • Justus
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
    • Justus is located in Lackawanna County
  • Edella
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Edella. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edella
    • Edella is located in Lackawanna County
  • Waverly
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Dickson City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dickson City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson City
    • Dickson City is located in Lackawanna County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,731 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dickson City <7>
  • Glenburn
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenburn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
    • Glenburn is located in Lackawanna County
  • Green Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Green Ridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
    • Green Ridge is located in Lackawanna County
  • Throop
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throop
    • Throop is located in Lackawanna County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,887 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Throop <7>
  • Olyphant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Blakely
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blakely have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakely
    • Blakely is located in Lackawanna County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,174 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blakely <7>
  • Green Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Green Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
    • Green Grove is located in Lackawanna County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Dalton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
      • Dalton is located in Lackawanna County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dalton <7>
    • Schultzville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Schultzville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
      • Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
    • Carpenter Town
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carpenter Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Town
      • Carpenter Town is located in Lackawanna County
    • Scranton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Dunmore
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmore
      • Dunmore is located in Lackawanna County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,836 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunmore <7>
    • Peckville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Craig
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
      • Craig is located in Lackawanna County
    • Milwaukee
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Milwaukee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
      • Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
    • Taylor
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
      • Taylor is located in Lackawanna County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,879 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <7>
    • Jessup
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jessup have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessup
      • Jessup is located in Lackawanna County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,372 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jessup <7>
    • Archbald
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Archbald have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archbald
      • Archbald is located in Lackawanna County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,055 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Archbald <7>
    • Scott
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
      • Scott is located in Lackawanna County
    • East Benton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Benton
      • East Benton is located in Lackawanna County
    • La Plume
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plume
      • La Plume is located in Lackawanna 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 Leach Cemetery. The following communities are located in Lackawanna County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 helpful 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 Leach Cemetery:

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 Leach Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1199012  (Leach Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1199012 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Scranton
    • County: Lackawanna         Elev: 348
    • Location given for GNIS #1199012 (Leach Cemetery)

The official website for Lackawanna County: www.lackawannacounty.org/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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 Lackawanna, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Leach Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4812, Longitude: -75.6846       In this case, the coordinates for the Leach Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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