A visit to the Rittersville 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 Rittersville Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Rittersville Cemetery (FG ID #590846).
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 Rittersville Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rittersville Cemetery:
40.6209, -75.4247
The Rittersville Cemetery is located in Lehigh County<2>.
The county seat for Lehigh County is located in Allentown. Allentown lies just to the west southwest of the Rittersville Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Rittersville Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Rittersville Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rittersville Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Cedar Hill Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Woodlawn Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Brith Sholom Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Agudath Achim Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Emil Zola Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fountain Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Hillside Cemetery is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
- Congregation Sons of Israel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Marks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Marks Cemetery is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marks Cemetery
- Holy Ghost Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Nisky Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Nisky Hill Cemetery is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nisky Hill Cemetery
- Nisky Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Nisky Hill Cemetery is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nisky Hill Cemetery
- Moravian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Moravian Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravian Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Holy Trinity Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Trinity Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Highland Memorial Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- West End Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The West End Cemetery is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The St. Michaels Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michaels Cemetery
- Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Memorial Park is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park
- Holy Saviour Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Rittersville Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rittersville Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Rittersville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Allentown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Seidersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Star Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Star Village is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Village
- Fountain Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hanover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fullerton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fullerton is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullerton
- North Catasauqua
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Catasauqua is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Catasauqua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
- Catasauqua
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Catasauqua
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Weaversville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Friedensville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Freemansburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Coplay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hokendauqua
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Seiple
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Howertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hellertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Steel City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Steel City is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel City
- Middletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Middletown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- William Penn Manor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Franks Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Northampton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wellington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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 Rittersville Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lehigh County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rittersville Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bethlehem
- Catasauqua
- Fountain Hill
- Hellertown
- Northampton
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 professional and volunteer 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 Rittersville Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Lehigh 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 Rittersville Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #590846
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 Lehigh, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rittersville 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |