A visit to the Paradise Furnace 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 Paradise Furnace Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Paradise Furnace Cemetery:
40.3140, -78.1239
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Paradise Furnace Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Paradise Furnace Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County<2>.
The county seat for Huntingdon County is located in Huntingdon. Huntingdon lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Paradise Furnace Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Paradise Furnace Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Paradise Furnace Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Newburg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Newburg Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg Cemetery
- Plummer Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Beavertown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Beavertown Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown Cemetery
- Trough Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Trough Creek Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trough Creek Cemetery
- The Trough Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Trough Creek Baptist Cemetery
- Trough Creek Valley Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2222850 <5>
- Shultz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Shultz Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shultz Cemetery
- Entriken Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Entriken Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Entriken Cemetery
- Brumbaugh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Brumbaugh Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brumbaugh Cemetery
- Little Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Little Valley Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Valley Cemetery
- Todd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Todd Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Upper Comer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Upper Comer Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Comer Cemetery
- Valley View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Valley View Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley View Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Old Stone Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Frank Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Frank Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frank Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Frank Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Marklesburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44878 <5>
- Marklesburg Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Marklesburg Reformed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville Reformed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Taylor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Cassville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Cassville Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville Cemetery
- Wright Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Wright Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Cemetery
- Anderson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Paradise Furnace Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Paradise Furnace Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Salter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Salter is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Todd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Todd is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd
- Entriken
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cassville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cassville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Marklesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Marklesburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Colfax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Colfax is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Middletown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Middletown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Broad Top City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Broad Top City is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Top City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Cooks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cooks is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
- Rocky Ridge ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Coles ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coles is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles
- Shellytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shellytown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellytown
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hesston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Beavertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beavertown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
- Coalmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Coalmont is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Dudley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dudley is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Robertsdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Robertsdale is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsdale
- Joller ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Joller is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joller
- Kimmel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kimmel is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmel
- Clover Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Clover Creek is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- Saltillo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saltillo is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- McConnellstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- McConnellstown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellstown
- Oreminea
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oreminea is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreminea
- Royer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Royer is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royer
- Martinsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
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 Paradise Furnace Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Huntingdon County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Paradise Furnace 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 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 Paradise Furnace Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Huntingdon 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 Paradise Furnace Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2026380 (Paradise Furnace Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2026380 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: Huntingdon
- Est. Elev: 318 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Cassville
- Location given for Paradise Furnace Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.3139661 Lon: -78.1238958
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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 Huntingdon, 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' (or 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- Paradise Furnace 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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