A visit to the Mount Vernon 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. Vernon Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery:
40.9481, -76.6275
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Northumberland County<2>.
The county seat for Northumberland County is located in Sunbury. Sunbury lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the southwest of the Mt. Vernon Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Mt. Vernon Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Vernon Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Old St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Brights Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Brights Cemetery is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brights Cemetery
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Sharp Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Sharp Ridge Cemetery is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Ridge Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Northumberland Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Pine Hill Cemetery is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill Cemetery
- Billmeyer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Billmeyer Cemetery is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billmeyer Cemetery
- Center Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Center Cemetery is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cemetery
- Chillisquaque Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- St. Peter's Reformed Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The St. Peter's Reformed Cemetery is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peter's Reformed Cemetery
- The St. Peter's Reformed Cemetery has also been known as:
- Blue Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #975040 <5>
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Riverview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pomfret Manor Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Pomfret Manor Cemetery is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomfret Manor Cemetery
- The Pomfret Manor Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pompret Manor Cemetery
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Lukes Cemetery is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Lukes Cemetery
- Summit Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Summit Cemetery is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Cemetery
- All Saints Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hillside Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Hillside Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Catawissa.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1047524 <5>
- Rosemont Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Rosemont Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rosemont Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Bloomsburg.
- The Rosemont Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Rosemont Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641294 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Vernon Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Riverside
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Danville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rushtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rushtown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushtown
- Mechanicsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Chulasky
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chulasky is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulasky
- Mooresburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mooresburg is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg
- Snydertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Snydertown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snydertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Reed
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Reed is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Grovania
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grovania is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovania
- Marion Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marion Heights is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 573 people
- Elysburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keefers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Keefers is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefers
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Washingtonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Washingtonville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Catawissa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rupert
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rupert is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
- Buckhorn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Buckhorn is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Northumberland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kulpmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fernville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fernville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernville
- Potts Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sunbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Farnsworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Farnsworth is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnsworth
- Bear Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Gap
- Queen City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Queen City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Mordansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mordansville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mordansville
- Jerseytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jerseytown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerseytown
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. Vernon Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Northumberland County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bloomsburg
- Catawissa
- Danville
- Kulpmont
- Northumberland
- Sunbury
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 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. Vernon Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Northumberland 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. Vernon Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1181877 (Mount Vernon Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1181877 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: Northumberland
- Est. Elev: 184 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Riverside
- Location given for Mount Vernon Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.9481421 Lon: -76.6274563
- 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 Northumberland, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mt. Vernon 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |