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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. 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 Memorial Shrine Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   41.3583°   (41° 21' 29")

Lon:   -75.8766°   (-75° 52' 35")

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 .

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.

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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Wyoming have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wyoming
    • West Wyoming is located in Luzerne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,671 people
  • Wyoming
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyoming have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
    • Wyoming is located in Luzerne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,004 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wyoming <7>
  • Exeter
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Exeter have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
    • Exeter is located in Luzerne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,519 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Exeter <7>
  • 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Courtdale have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtdale
    • Courtdale is located in Luzerne County
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pringle have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
      • Pringle is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 913 people
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hughestown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughestown
      • Hughestown is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
    • Mill City ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
      • Mill City is located in Wyoming County
    • Kunkle
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Back Mountain
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Back Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back Mountain
      • Back Mountain is located in Luzerne County
    • Edwardsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edwardsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
      • Edwardsville is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,738 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edwardsville <7>
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yatesville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
      • Yatesville is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
    • Duryea
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duryea have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duryea
      • Duryea is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,910 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duryea <7>
    • 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 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:

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 GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1180918  (Memorial Shrine Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1180918 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: Pittston
    • County: Luzerne         Elev: 405
    • Location given for GNIS #1180918 (Memorial Shrine Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #45400

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

The official website for Commonwealth 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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 Memorial Shrine Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3583, Longitude: -75.8766    
<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 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.
<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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