A visit to the Saint John's Lutheran 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's Lutheran Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. John's Lutheran Cemetery (FG ID #989273).
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's Lutheran Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery:
39.8884, -76.9842
Note: While we are using the above GPS location for the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, it has not been verified and we are uncertain about its accuracy - use with caution.
The St. John's Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Abbottstown.
The cemetery is located in Adams County<2>.
The county seat for Adams County is located in Gettysburg. Gettysburg lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the west southwest of the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Bucher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Bucher Cemetery is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucher Cemetery
- East Berlin Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Paradise Holtzschwamm Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Paradise Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns UCC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sacred Heart Basilica Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- York Road Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Altland's Meeting House Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rest Haven Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Rest Haven Cemetery is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Haven Cemetery
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mumma Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Mumma Cemetery is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mumma Cemetery
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- Porters Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Porters Cemetery is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Cemetery
- Markey Farm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Folkenroth Burial Grounds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hershey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Hershey Cemetery is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hershey Cemetery
- Hershey Mennonite Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Paul's Red Run Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Red Mount Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mt. Olivet United Church of Christ Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Bermudian Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Huntington Quaker Meeting House Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dubs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Dubs Cemetery is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubs Cemetery
- Codorus Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Codorus Cemetery is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codorus Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Abbottstown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- East Berlin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Oxford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hampton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Edgegrove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- McSherrystown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Midway
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- La Bott
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Newchester
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brush Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pennville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pennville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Hanover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Spring Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Grove is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,179 people
- Parkville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Parkville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
- Valley Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Meade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thomasville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Davidsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bonneauville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Whitehall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Strickhousers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Harmony Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Roler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Heidlersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Plainview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hunterstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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's Lutheran Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Adams County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. John's Lutheran Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 St. John's Lutheran Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Adams 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's Lutheran Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #989273
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 Adams, 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's Lutheran 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. |