A visit to the Mount Chestnut 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 Mt. Chestnut Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Chestnut Cemetery:
40.8978, -79.9784
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mt. Chestnut Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mt. Chestnut Cemetery is located in Butler County<2>.
The county seat for Butler County is located in Butler. Butler lies just to the east southeast of the Mt. Chestnut Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Mt. Chestnut Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Mt. Chestnut Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Chestnut Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- McCandless Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The McCandless Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCandless Cemetery
- Zions Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery
- The Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Butler County Memorial Park
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Crown Hill Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Hill Cemetery
- Mt. Nebb Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Nebb Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Nebb Cemetery
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Butler.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45919 <5>
- Butler Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Butler Memorial Park is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Memorial Park
- North Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The North Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cemetery
- North Side Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The North Side Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Side Cemetery
- The North Side Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvary Cemetery
- Northside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44515 <5>
- St. Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Cemetery
- The St. Peters Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Peter's Parish Family RC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46247 <5>
- Snyder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Snyder Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder Cemetery
- South Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The South Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Butler County Poor Farm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Michael Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- B'nai Abraham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whitmire Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Whitmire Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitmire Cemetery
- West Liberty Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The West Liberty Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty Cemetery
- Presbyterian Church of Portersville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Presbyterian Church of Portersville Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presbyterian Church of Portersville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Presbyterian Church of Portersville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Portersville.
- Be careful, some people have confused the Presbyterian Church of Portersville Cemetery with the Mt. Chestnut Cemetery and the .
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1988996 <5>
- Portersville Bible Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Portersville Bible Church Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville Bible Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Portersville Bible Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Portersville.
- Be careful, some people have confused the Portersville Bible Church Cemetery with the Mt. Chestnut Cemetery and the .
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1976916 <5>
- Gruenwalt Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Gruenwalt Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruenwalt Cemetery
- West Sunbury Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The West Sunbury Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sunbury Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Mt. Chestnut Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Chestnut Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Greenwood Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Greenwood Village is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Unionville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Unionville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Whitestown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whitestown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitestown
- Meridian
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Meridian is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Prospect
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Connoquenessing
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Connoquenessing is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connoquenessing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 709 people
- McCalmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McCalmont is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCalmont
- Meadowood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowood is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowood
- Butler
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ribold
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ribold is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ribold
- Oak Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Hills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills
- East Butler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Brownsdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Brownsdale is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsdale
- Nixon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Nixon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- West Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Liberty is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Greece City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Greece City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greece City
- Hallston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hallston is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallston
- West Sunbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Portersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Evans City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Herman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Oakland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- North Oakland is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oakland
- Harmony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Watters
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Watters is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watters
- Saint Joe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Saint Joe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
- Hooker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hooker is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
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. Chestnut Cemetery. The following communities are located in Butler County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Chestnut Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Butler
- Evans City
- Prospect
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 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 Mt. Chestnut Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Butler 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 Mt. Chestnut Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1181680 (Mount Chestnut Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1181680 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: Butler
- Est. Elev: 403 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Mount Chestnut
- Location given for Mount Chestnut Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.897842 Lon: -79.9783904
- 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 Butler, 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- Mt. Chestnut 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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