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A visit to the Prospect 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 Prospect Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Prospect Cemetery (FG ID #2146685)

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 Prospect Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Prospect Cemetery

Lat:   40.3799°   (40° 22' 47")

Lon:   -78.6737°   (-78° 40' 25")

The cemetery is located in Cambria County<2>.

As an estimate, the Prospect Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Portage.

The county seat for Cambria County is located in Ebensburg. Ebensburg lies just to the north northwest of the Prospect Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Prospect Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Mt. Union Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Union Cemetery is located in Cambria County
  • St. Bartholomew Catholic Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Sherbine Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sherbine Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sherbine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Sherbine Cemetery is located in Cambria County
  • Pringle Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pringle Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pringle Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pringle Hill Cemetery is located in Cambria County
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Cambria County
  • Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lillydale Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lillydale Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lillydale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lillydale Cemetery is located in Cambria County
  • St. Bridgids Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Bridgids Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Bridgids Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Bridgids Cemetery is located in Cambria County
  • South Fork Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Fork Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Fork Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The South Fork Cemetery is located in Cambria County
  • Sidman Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sidman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sidman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Sidman Cemetery is located in Cambria County
  • St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • St.s Peter & Paul Byzantine Catholic Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Lloyd Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Holy Name Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Name Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Name Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Holy Name Cemetery is located in Cambria County
    • St. Pauls Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Cambria County
    • Union Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Union Cemetery is located in Cambria County
    • Dunmyer Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dunmyer Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dunmyer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Dunmyer Cemetery is located in Cambria County
    • St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Francis Xavier Cemetery is located in Cambria County
    • St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Prospect Cemetery.

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

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 Prospect Cemetery. The following communities are located in Cambria County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Prospect 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 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 Prospect 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 Prospect Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1829099  (Prospect Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1829099 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: Ebensburg
    • County: Cambria         Elev: 538
    • Location given for GNIS #1829099 (Prospect Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2146685

The official website for Cambria County: www.co.cambria.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 Cambria, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Prospect Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3799, Longitude: -78.6737    
<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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