A visit to the Saint Lukes 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 St. Lukes Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Lukes Cemetery:
40.4969, -75.9638
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Lukes Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. Lukes Cemetery is located in Berks County<2>.
The county seat for Berks County is located in Reading. Reading lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the south of the St. Lukes Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Lukes Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the St. Lukes Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Lukes Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Viewpoint Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Viewpoint Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viewpoint Cemetery
- Birch Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Birch Hill Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Hill Cemetery
- St. Johns Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Leesport Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
- The St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #217527 <5>
- Greenwood Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- St. Michaels Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Beckers St. Peters Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Peters Reformed Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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- Maidencreek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Maidencreek Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidencreek Cemetery
- Eplers Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Eplers Church Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eplers Church Cemetery
- The Eplers Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Epler's Reformed Church Cemetery
- Epler's United Church of Christ (UCC) Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #258552 <5>
- Good Shepherd Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Laureldale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Laureldale Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laureldale Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Laureldale Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Tuckerton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #205776 <5>
- Zion Moselem Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New Jerusalem Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Friedens Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Friedens Union Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Friedens Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Lenhartsville.
- The Friedens Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Friedens Cemetery
- Friedens Church Cemetery
- Friedens Reformed UCC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1976374 <5>
- Friedens Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Friedens Union Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Friedens Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Shartlesville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #342341 <5>
- Bern Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Bern Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bern Cemetery
- Salem Shalters Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Lukes Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Lukes Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Shoemakersville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Centerport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dauberville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dauberville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dauberville
- Berne
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Berne is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
- Leesport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Windsor Castle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Windsor Castle is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Castle
- Hamburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rickenbach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rickenbach is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rickenbach
- Moselem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Moselem is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselem
- Ededburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ededburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ededburg
- Ontelaunee
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ontelaunee is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontelaunee
- Georgetown Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Georgetown Village is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown Village
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Kirbyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kirbyville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyville
- Garfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Garfield is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Tuckerton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tuckerton is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckerton
- Port Clinton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lenhartsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Laureldale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Temple
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Temple is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Temple
- Shartlesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bernville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fleetwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kutztown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Deer Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Lake is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Auburn
(9 miles [14.5 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. Lukes Cemetery. The following communities are located in Berks County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Lukes Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 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 St. Lukes Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Berks 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. Lukes Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2488562 (Saint Lukes Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2488562 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: Berks
- Est. Elev: 111 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Temple
- Location given for Saint Lukes Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.496864 Lon: -75.963761
- 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 Berks, 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 from Point A (ie- St. Lukes 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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