A visit to the Saint Michaels 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. Michaels Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. Michaels Cemetery (FG ID #46195).
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. Michaels Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Michaels Cemetery:
41.1672, -76.0898
The St. Michaels Cemetery is located in Luzerne County<2>.
The county seat for Luzerne County is located in Wilkes-Barre. Wilkes-Barre lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the east northeast of the St. Michaels Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Michaels 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. Michaels Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Michaels Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sorber Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Sorber Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorber Cemetery
- Newport Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sorberton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Sorberton Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorberton Cemetery
- St. Casimirs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Casimirs Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Casimirs Cemetery
- Marvin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Marvin Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin Cemetery
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Holy Trinity Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Trinity Cemetery
- Edgehill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Benscoter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Benscoter Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Joseph Slovak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nanticoke Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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- St. Francis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Stanislaus RC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oaklawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Oaklawn Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn Cemetery
- Groover Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Groover Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groover Cemetery
- Good Shepherd Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Scott Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Scott Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Cemetery
- Hanover Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ohav Zedek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ceasetown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Ceasetown Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceasetown Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Michaels Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Michaels Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Lee
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Glen Lyon
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wanamie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hunlock Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shickshinny
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Slocum Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nanticoke
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Prichard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dorrance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Concrete City ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cease Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cease Mills is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cease Mills
- Warrior Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Warrior Run is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bloomingdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Huntington Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Waterton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Beach Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Albert
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sugar Notch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sugar Notch is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Notch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Harveyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Foundryville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Pikes Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Plymouth Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Plymouth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rittenhouse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Register
(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. Michaels Cemetery. The following communities are located in Luzerne County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Michaels Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Nanticoke
- Plymouth
- Shickshinny
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 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. Michaels 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. Michaels Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #46195
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1186482 (Saint Michaels Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1186482 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: 283 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Nanticoke
- Location given for Saint Michaels Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.167305 Lon: -76.0896494
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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 'straight-line' (or 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. Michaels 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. |