A visit to the Saint John the Baptist 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 St. John the Baptist Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. John the Baptist Cemetery (FG ID #2098514).
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 St. John the Baptist Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. John the Baptist Cemetery:
41.3269, -75.8277
The St. John the Baptist Cemetery is located in Luzerne County<2>.
The county seat for Luzerne County is located in Wilkes-Barre. Wilkes-Barre lies just to the south southwest of the St. John the Baptist Cemetery .
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Name Variations for St. John the Baptist Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
St. John the Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John the Baptist Polish Cemetery
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the St. John the Baptist Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. John the Baptist Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Cooper - Blanchard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jenkins-Harding Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. John the Evangelist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Brick Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Michaels Byzantine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Memorial Shrine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Forty Fort Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Forty Fort Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forty Fort Cemetery
- Holy Resurrection Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Johns the Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dreisbach - Morse Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Huff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Eaton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Eaton Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
- Polish National Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Marcy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fern Brook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Fern Brook Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Brook Cemetery
- Mt. Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Crest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Slovak of Luzerne Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Mary's Annunciation Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Ignatius Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. John's Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hollenbeck Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Forge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Old Forge Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Forge Cemetery
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 St. John the Baptist Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. John the Baptist Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Exeter
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- West Wyoming
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- West Wyoming is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wyoming
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,671 people
- Wyoming
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Port Blanchard
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- West Pittston
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hilldale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Laflin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yatesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yatesville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Pittston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hughestown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hughestown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
- Carverton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Swoyersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Plains
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Duryea
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Courtdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Courtdale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- Luzerne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Forty Fort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Port Bowkley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Miners Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dupont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Houston City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Houston City is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston City
- Avoca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Trucksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pringle
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Edwardsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Langdon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Old Forge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Orange
(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 St. John the Baptist Cemetery. The following communities are located in Luzerne County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. John the Baptist Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Avoca
- Avoca lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the East (E) of the St. John the Baptist Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Avoca.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Kingston
- Pittston
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 St. John the Baptist 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 St. John the Baptist Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2098514
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 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 '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- St. John the Baptist 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. |