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A visit to the Mount Carmel 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 Mt. Carmel Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Mt. Carmel Cemetery (FG ID #45479)

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 Mt. Carmel Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery

Lat:   39.7406°   (39° 44' 26")

Lon:   -77.0891°   (-77° 5' 20")

The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Adams County<2>.

The county seat for Adams County is located in Gettysburg. Gettysburg lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the northwest of the Mt. Carmel Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Mt. Carmel Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Carmel 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 Mt. Carmel Cemetery.

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

  • Littlestown
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Kingsdale
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Whitehall
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Bonneauville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pennville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pennville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
    • Pennville is located in York County
  • Harney
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harney. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
    • Harney is located in Carroll County (MD)
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Harney
    • From the Mt. Carmel Cemetery to Harney
  • Hanover
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Midway
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midway have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Midway is located in Adams County
  • McSherrystown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McSherrystown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McSherrystown
    • McSherrystown is located in Adams County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,080 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McSherrystown <6>
  • Edgegrove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lake Heritage
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Heritage have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Heritage
    • Lake Heritage is located in Adams County
  • Taneytown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...

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 Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Adams County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Mt. Carmel 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 Mt. Carmel Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1181658  (Mount Carmel Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1181658 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: Littlestown
    • County: Adams         Elev: 194
    • Location given for GNIS #1181658 (Mount Carmel Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #45479

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 Adams, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Mt. Carmel Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7406, Longitude: -77.0891    
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.




 

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