A visit to the Sacred Heart 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 Sacred Heart Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sacred Heart Cemetery:
41.3223, -75.7391
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Sacred Heart Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Luzerne County<2>.
The county seat for Luzerne County is located in Wilkes-Barre. Wilkes-Barre lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southwest of the Sacred Heart Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Sacred Heart Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sacred Heart Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Marcy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Marcy Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy Cemetery
- The Marcy Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brick UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #526623 <5>
- St. Johns the Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Duryea.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2272689 <5>
- St. Michaels Byzantine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brick Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. John the Evangelist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The St. John the Evangelist Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John the Evangelist Cemetery
- The St. John the Evangelist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Market Street Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2159726 <5>
- Jenkins-Harding Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Jenkins-Harding Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins-Harding Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Jenkins-Harding Cemetery is located in Pittston.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2256239 <5>
- Old Forge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Old Forge Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Forge Cemetery
- Slavic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Slavic Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slavic Cemetery
- Dreisbach - Morse Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Huff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Huff Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff Cemetery
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- St. Cecilias Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The St. Cecilias Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Cecilias Cemetery
- St. John the Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The St. John the Baptist Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John the Baptist Cemetery
- The St. John the Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John the Baptist Polish Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2098514 <5>
- St. John the Baptist RC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Stanislaus Polish National Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Stanislaus Polish National Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Stanislaus Polish National Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Stanislaus Polish National Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Scranton.
- The St. Stanislaus Polish National Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Stanislaus Cathedral PNCC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641328 <5>
- Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Scranton.
- The Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Cemetery has also been known as:
- Minooka Polish Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #412152 <5>
- Italian American Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Italian American Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italian American Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Italian American Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Scranton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2139888 <5>
- St. Josephs RC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Josephs RC Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs RC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Josephs RC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Scranton.
- The St. Josephs RC Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Josephs Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1964856 <5>
- St. Mary's Greek Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Vladimirs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Vladimirs Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Vladimirs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Vladimirs Cemetery is located in Scranton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #189418 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Sacred Heart Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sacred Heart Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Langdon
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Langdon is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Dupont
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Houston City
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Houston City is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston City
- Avoca
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hughestown
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hughestown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
- Lawrenceville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Yatesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Duryea
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Belian Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
- Pittston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Laflin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Laflin is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,435 people
- Moosic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Old Forge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Pittston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Port Blanchard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Port Blanchard is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Blanchard
- Minooka
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
- Exeter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hilldale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hilldale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
- Taylor
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Wyoming
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- West Wyoming is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wyoming
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,671 people
- Wyoming
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Miners Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Miners Mills is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Mills
- Carverton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Carverton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carverton
- Swoyersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Forty Fort
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forty Fort is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forty Fort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,025 people
- Port Bowkley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Port Bowkley is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Bowkley
- Milwaukee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Spring Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
- Scranton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Sacred Heart Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Luzerne County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sacred Heart 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 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 Sacred Heart Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Luzerne 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 Sacred Heart Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1185689 (Sacred Heart Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1185689 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: Luzerne
- Est. Elev: 243 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Avoca
- Location given for Sacred Heart Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.3223024 Lon: -75.739081
- 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 Luzerne, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sacred Heart 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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