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A visit to the Mount Peace 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. Peace Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Mt. Peace Cemetery (FG ID #1988826)

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. Peace Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   40.6872°   (40° 41' 13")

Lon:   -76.2683°   (-76° 16' 5")

The Mt. Peace Cemetery is located in Schuylkill County<2>.

The county seat for Schuylkill County is located in Pottsville. Pottsville lies just to the east of the Mt. Peace Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the Mt. Peace Cemetery.<4>

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

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 29 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Mt. Peace Cemetery.

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

  • Minersville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minersville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
    • Minersville is located in Schuylkill County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,133 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minersville <6>
  • Llewellyn
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Marlin
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marlin have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlin
    • Marlin is located in Schuylkill County
  • Seltzer
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Forestville
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forestville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
    • Forestville is located in Schuylkill County
  • Forrestville
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrestville
    • Forrestville is located in Schuylkill County
  • Heckscherville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heckscherville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heckscherville
    • Heckscherville is located in Schuylkill County
  • Branchdale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Branchdale have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchdale
    • Branchdale is located in Schuylkill County
  • Pottsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Glendower
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Buck Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buck Run have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run
    • Buck Run is located in Schuylkill County
  • Zerbe
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zerbe have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zerbe
    • Zerbe is located in Schuylkill County
  • Continue List   (17 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. Peace Cemetery. The following communities are located in Schuylkill County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Mt. Peace 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. Peace Cemetery:

The official website for Schuylkill County: www.co.schuylkill.pa.us/

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 Schuylkill, 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 things 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. Peace Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6872, Longitude: -76.2683    
<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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