A visit to the Rose Hill 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 Rose Hill Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Rose Hill Cemetery (FG ID #45918)
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 Rose Hill Cemetery ...
The Rose Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Altoona.
The cemetery is located in Blair County<2>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Agudath Achim Cemetery
- Antis Cemetery
- Blacks Cemetery
- The Blacks Cemetery is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacks Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Geeseytown Cemetery
- Grandview Cemetery
- Green Lawn Cemetery
- The Green Lawn Cemetery is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lawn Cemetery
- Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery
- Hutchinson Cemetery
- Logan Valley Cemetery
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
- The Oak Ridge Cemetery is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- St. Johns Cemetery
- St. Mary Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- St.s Peter & Paul RC Cemetery
- St.s Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Cemetery
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
- The Union Cemetery is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Rose Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Altoona
- Amsbry
- Ashville
- Bellwood
- Brooks Mill
- Buckhorn
- Canan
- Covedale
- Cross Keys
- Culp
- Dean
- Duncansville
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Dysart
- Eldorado
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Flowing Spring
- Franklin Forge
- Frankstown
- Gallitzin
- Grazierville
- Highland Fling
- Hollidaysburg
- Lloydville
- Lloydville is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydville
- Newry
- Oreminea
- Point View
- Royer
- Spindley City
- Spindley City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spindley City
- Springfield Junction
- Tipton
- Williamsburg
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 Rose Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Blair County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rose Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Altoona
- Bellwood
- Duncansville
- Gallitzin
- Hollidaysburg
- Williamsburg
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 Rose Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Blair 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 Rose Hill Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #45918
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1185445 (Rose Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1185445 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: Blair
- Est. Elev: 413 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bellwood
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 Blair, 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- Rose Hill Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |