A visit to the Moore 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 Moore Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Moore Cemetery:
41.3167, -76.1752
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Moore Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Moore Cemetery is located in Luzerne County<2>.
The county seat for Luzerne County is located in Wilkes-Barre. Wilkes-Barre lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Moore Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Moore Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Moore Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Moore Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Lateer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Lateer Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lateer Cemetery
- Bronson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Bronson Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronson Cemetery
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Broadway Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Broadway Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadway Cemetery
- Oaklawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Oaklawn Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Benscoter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Benscoter Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benscoter Cemetery
- The Benscoter Cemetery has also been known as:
- Arnold - Benscote Cemeetery
- Marvin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Marvin Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin Cemetery
- St. Casimirs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Casimirs Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Casimirs Cemetery
- Good Shepherd Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kocher Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Kocher Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kocher Cemetery
- Benscoter Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Thompson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Goss Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Goss Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Goss Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Huntington Mills.
- The Goss Cemetery has also been known as:
- Harveyville Cemetery
- Trescott Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2186549 <5>
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- Sorberton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Sorberton Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorberton Cemetery
- Ceasetown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Ceasetown Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceasetown Cemetery
- St. Anns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The St. Anns Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anns Cemetery
- Parks Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Parks Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Cemetery
- Fincke Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Fincke Cemetery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincke Cemetery
- Boston Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Boston Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Cemetery
- Sorber Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Sorber Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorber Cemetery
- Polish Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Polish Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polish Cemetery
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The St. Stephens Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Stephens Cemetery
- Chapel Lawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Chapel Lawn Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Lawn Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Moore Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Moore Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Prichard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Prichard is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prichard
- Pikes Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pikes Creek is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Creek
- Loyalville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Loyalville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalville
- Rittenhouse
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rittenhouse is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rittenhouse
- Bloomingdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bloomingdale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Meeker
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Meeker is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Red Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Red Rock is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Mossville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mossville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossville
- Pleasant Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Lehman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lake is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Harveys Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ricketts ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ricketts is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts
- Fairmount Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmount Springs is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Springs
- Clarks View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks View is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks View
- Harveyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harveyville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveyville
- Cease Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cease Mills is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cease Mills
- Register
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Register is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Register
- Huntington Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hunlock Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Back Mountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Back Mountain is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back Mountain
- Noxen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jamison City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jamison City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
- Waterton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Waterton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterton
- Kunkle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Moore 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 Moore Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1181505 (Moore Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1181505 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: 461 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Sweet Valley
- Location given for Moore Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.3167473 Lon: -76.1752083
- 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 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- Moore 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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