A visit to the Memorial Shrine Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Memorial Shrine Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Memorial Shrine Cemetery (FG ID #45400).
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 Memorial Shrine Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Memorial Shrine Cemetery:
41.3583, -75.8766
The Memorial Shrine Cemetery is located in Luzerne County<2>.
The county seat for Luzerne County is located in Wilkes-Barre. Wilkes-Barre lies just to the south of the Memorial Shrine Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Memorial Shrine Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 31 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Memorial Shrine Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Memorial Shrine Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Eaton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Eaton Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Cemetery
- Fern Brook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Fern Brook Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Brook Cemetery
- St. John the Baptist RC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. John the Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Cecilias Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Huff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dreisbach - Morse Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fitch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Fitch Cemetery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitch Cemetery
- Fern Knoll Burial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Mt. Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Crest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cooper - Blanchard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jenkins-Harding Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brick Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. John the Baptist RC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Slovak of Luzerne Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Mary's Annunciation Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Ignatius Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. John's Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Forty Fort Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Forty Fort Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forty Fort Cemetery
- Holy Resurrection Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. John the Evangelist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Michaels Byzantine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Johns the Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Memorial Shrine Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Memorial Shrine Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Carverton
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Orange
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Wyoming
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Wyoming is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wyoming
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,671 people
- Wyoming
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Exeter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dallas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Trucksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Courtdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Courtdale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- Swoyersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Port Blanchard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Pittston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Luzerne
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Pringle
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Forty Fort
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Port Bowkley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Plains
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hilldale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pittston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hughestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hughestown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Kunkle
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Back Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Back Mountain is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back Mountain
- Edwardsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kingston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Miners Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Laflin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yatesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yatesville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Duryea
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Milwaukee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Memorial Shrine Cemetery. The following communities are located in Luzerne County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Memorial Shrine Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Dallas
- Dallas lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Memorial Shrine Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Dallas.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Kingston
- Pittston
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 either 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 Memorial Shrine 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 Memorial Shrine Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #45400
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1180918 (Memorial Shrine Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1180918 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: 405 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Pittston
- Location given for Memorial Shrine Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.3573018 Lon: -75.8738076
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Memorial Shrine 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |