A visit to the Prospect 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 Prospect Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Prospect Cemetery:
40.9886, -75.1752
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Prospect Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Prospect Cemetery is located in Monroe County<2>.
The county seat for Monroe County is located in Stroudsburg. Stroudsburg lies just to the west of the Prospect Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Prospect Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Prospect Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Prospect Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Laurelwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Laurelwood Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelwood Cemetery
- Delaware Water Gap Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kellers Cherry Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riverview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Riverview Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Cemetery
- St. Vincent Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Vincent Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Vincent Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Columbia (NJ).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2152976 <5>
- Wooddale United Methodist Church (UMC)Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Columbia Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hainesburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kellersville Methodist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Evangelical Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Evangelical Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evangelical Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Trinity Lutheran Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
- The Trinity Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Mennonite Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Knowlton Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Knowlton Presbyterian Church Cemetery is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowlton Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- The Knowlton Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Knowlton Frame Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100054 <5>
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Calvary Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Calvary Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Sand Hill Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill 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 Prospect Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Prospect Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Stroudsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- East Stroudsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Delaware Water Gap
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Arlington Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Arlington Heights is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Heights
- Slateford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Slateford is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slateford
- Portland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Portland is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 512 people
- Columbia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Hainesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hainesburg is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesburg
- Roseto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Coolbaugh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coolbaugh is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolbaugh
- Bangor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- New Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- New Village is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Village
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- East Bangor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Bangor is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bangor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,624 people
- Delaware
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Delaware is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Vail
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Vail is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
- Parkside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Parkside is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkside
- Reeders
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pen Argyl
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Richmond is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Ramseysburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ramseysburg is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramseysburg
- Shoemakers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shoemakers is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemakers
- Appenzell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Appenzell is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appenzell
- Mount Hermon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hermon is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon
- Paradise Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise Valley is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
- Wind Gap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blairstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Blairstown is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown
- Bushkill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- McMichael
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- McMichael is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMichael
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. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Monroe County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Prospect Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bangor
- Blairstown
- Delaware Water Gap
- East Stroudsburg
- Pen Argyl
- Stroudsburg
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 Prospect Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Monroe 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 Prospect Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1184443 (Prospect Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1184443 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: Monroe
- Est. Elev: 164 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Stroudsburg
- Location given for Prospect Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.9895389 Lon: -75.1735131
- 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 Monroe, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Prospect 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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