A visit to the Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania Furnace Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Pennsylvania Furnace Cemetery:
40.7042, -77.9975
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Pennsylvania Furnace Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Pennsylvania Furnace Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County<2>.
The county seat for Huntingdon County is located in Huntingdon. Huntingdon lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the south of the Pennsylvania Furnace Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Pennsylvania Furnace Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Pennsylvania Furnace Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Graysville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Graysville Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville Cemetery
- Ross Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Ross Cemetery is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ross Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the south of Port Matilda.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2166829 <5>
- Mooresville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Mooresville Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville Cemetery
- Massey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Massey Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey Cemetery
- Friends Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Friends Cemetery is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Cemetery
- Seven Stars Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Seven Stars Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Bennett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Bennett Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett Cemetery
- Rudy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Rudy Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudy Cemetery
- Spittler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Spittler Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spittler Cemetery
- Warriors Mark Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Funk Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Funk Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Burket Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Burket Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket Cemetery
- Franklinville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Franklinville Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinville Cemetery
- Carolus Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Carolus Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolus Cemetery
- Spring Mount Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Spring Mount Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mount Cemetery
- Nearhoff Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Nearhoff Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nearhoff Cemetery
- Rumberger Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Rumberger Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumberger Cemetery
- McGuire Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The McGuire Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuire Cemetery
- Ewing Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Ewing Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing Cemetery
- Manor Hill Presbyterian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Manor Hill Methodist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Stephens Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pine Hall Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Pine Hall Cemetery is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hall Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Hall Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in State College.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1074378 <5>
- Grays Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Grays Cemetery is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Pennsylvania Furnace Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Pennsylvania Furnace Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Musser
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Musser is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musser
- Ramblewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Marengo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Fairbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Dungarvin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dungarvin is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungarvin
- Seven Stars
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Neffs Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Neffs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs Mills
- Huntingdon Furnace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- Pine Grove Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bloomsdorf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomsdorf is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomsdorf
- Stormstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stormstown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stormstown
- Port Matilda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Scotia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Scotia is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia
- Park Forest Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Park Forest Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Forest Village
- Pennington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Petersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ennisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ennisville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennisville
- State College
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Krumrine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Krumrine is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumrine
- Waddle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Waddle is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddle
- Donation
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- Tyrone Forge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
- Birmingham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Alexandria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boalsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Panorama Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Panorama Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
- Lemont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Julian
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania Furnace Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania Furnace Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1183536 (Pennsylvania Furnace Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1183536 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: 356 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Pine Grove Mills
- Location given for Pennsylvania Furnace Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.7042298 Lon: -77.9975043
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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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pennsylvania 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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