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A visit to the Mount Royal 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. Royal Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Mt. Royal Cemetery (FG ID #45539)

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. Royal Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   40.5399°   (40° 32' 23")

Lon:   -79.9700°   (-79° 58' 11")

The Mt. Royal Cemetery is located in Allegheny County<2>.

The county seat for Allegheny County is located in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh lies just to the south of the Mt. Royal Cemetery .

Name Variations for Mt. Royal Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Mt. Royal Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Mt. Royal Memorial Park
  • Oakland Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Mt. Royal Cemetery.<4>

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

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

  • Elfinwild
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Allison Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Etna
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Etna have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
    • Etna is located in Allegheny County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,284 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Etna <7>
  • Wildwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • West View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Cherry City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry City
    • Cherry City is located in Allegheny County
  • Sharpsburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sharpsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
    • Sharpsburg is located in Allegheny County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,315 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sharpsburg <7>
  • Millvale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Lawrenceville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Morningside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Aspinwall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aspinwall have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspinwall
    • Aspinwall is located in Allegheny County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,653 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aspinwall <7>
  • Fox Chapel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox Chapel have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chapel
    • Fox Chapel is located in Allegheny County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,056 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fox Chapel <7>
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Ben Avon Heights
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ben Avon Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Avon Heights
      • Ben Avon Heights is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
    • Avalon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avalon have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
      • Avalon is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,506 people
    • Bellevue
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellevue have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
      • Bellevue is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,980 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellevue <7>
    • Indianola
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Ingomar
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gibsonia
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Emsworth
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emsworth have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emsworth
      • Emsworth is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,333 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emsworth <7>
    • Ben Avon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ben Avon have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Avon
      • Ben Avon is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,716 people
    • Pittsburgh
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Blawnox
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blawnox have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blawnox
      • Blawnox is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,379 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blawnox <7>
    • Oakmont
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • McKees Rocks
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Nadine
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nadine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nadine
      • Nadine is located in Allegheny County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Nadine
      • From the Mt. Royal Cemetery to Nadine
    • Penn Hills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Verona
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Wexford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Franklin Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklin Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Park
      • Franklin Park is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,883 people

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. Royal Cemetery. The following communities are located in Allegheny County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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. Royal 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. Royal Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1181843  (Mount Royal Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1181843 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: Glenshaw
    • County: Allegheny         Elev: 316
    • Location given for GNIS #1181843 (Mount Royal Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #45539

The official website for Allegheny County: www.county.allegheny.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 Allegheny, 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. Royal Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5399, Longitude: -79.9700    
<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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