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A visit to the Riverview 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 Riverview Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Riverview Cemetery (FG ID #45891)

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 Riverview Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   40.8985°   (40° 53' 54")

Lon:   -76.8020°   (-76° 48' 7")

The Riverview Cemetery is located in Northumberland County<2>.

The county seat for Northumberland County is located in Sunbury. Sunbury lies just to the south southeast of the Riverview Cemetery .

Establishment of the Riverview Cemetery ...

The Riverview Cemetery was established in 1853.

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 Riverview Cemetery.<4>

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

  • West Side Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Side Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Side Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The West Side Cemetery is located in Snyder County
  • Orchard Hills Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Pomfret Manor Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Sunbury Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Lantz Emmanuel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Lukes Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Lukes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Lukes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Lukes Cemetery is located in Northumberland County
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ebenezer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ebenezer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Union County
  • Guier Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Guier Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Guier Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Guier Cemetery is located in Snyder County
  • Center Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Center Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Center Cemetery is located in Montour County
  • Lewisburg Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Northumberland County
  • Salem Lutheran Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Sharon Lutheran Church Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Northumberland Memorial Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • St. Josephs Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Northumberland County
    • Grandview Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grandview Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grandview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Grandview Cemetery is located in Northumberland County
    • Harmony Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harmony Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harmony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Harmony Cemetery is located in Northumberland County
    • Luntz Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Luntz Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Luntz Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Luntz Cemetery is located in Union County
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Chillisquaque Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chillisquaque Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chillisquaque Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Chillisquaque Cemetery is located in Montour County

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 Riverview Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Riverview 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 Riverview Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Northumberland County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Riverview Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Riverview 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 Riverview Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1209255  (Riverview Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1209255 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: Northumberland
    • County: Northumberland         Elev: 184
    • Location given for GNIS #1209255 (Riverview Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #45891

The official website for Northumberland County: www.northumberlandco.org/

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 Northumberland, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Riverview Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8985, Longitude: -76.8020    
<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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