A visit to the Shade Valley Union 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 Shade Valley Union Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Shade Valley Union Cemetery:
40.2717, -77.7900
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Shade Valley Union Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Shade Valley Union Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County<2>.
The county seat for Huntingdon County is located in Huntingdon. Huntingdon lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the northwest of the Shade Valley Union Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Shade Valley Union Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Shade Valley Union Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Shade Valley Union Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Nossville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Nossville Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nossville Cemetery
- Jeffries Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Jeffries Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffries Cemetery
- Elf Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Elf Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elf Cemetery
- Shope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Shope Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shope Cemetery
- Germany Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bolinger Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Crow Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Cemetery
- Jones / Chapman / Parson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- St. Catherine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Catherine Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Catherine Cemetery
- McGarvey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The McGarvey Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGarvey Cemetery
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- Old Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Old Baptist Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Baptist Cemetery
- Shirley Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Shirley Home Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley Home Cemetery
- Walker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Walker Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Cemetery
- Gilliland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Gilliland Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliland Cemetery
- McMullen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The McMullen Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullen Cemetery
- Salem Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bell's Furnace Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Haven Rest Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gilboa Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Gilboa Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa Cemetery
- Orbisonia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Orbisonia Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orbisonia Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Orbisonia Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Orbisonia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1977868 <5>
- United Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The United Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for United Cemetery
- Barkley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Barkley Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkley 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 Shade Valley Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Shade Valley Union Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Blairs Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Blairs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairs Mills
- Concord
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Shirleysburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Orbisonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Waterloo
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Rockhill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rockhill is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Rockhill has also been known as:
- Rockhill Furnace
- Doylestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Doylestown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Aughwick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aughwick is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aughwick
- Shade Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Neelyton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Neelyton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelyton
- Dry Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dry Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Pogue
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pogue is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pogue
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- Newton Hamilton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Newbridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Newbridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge
- Perulack
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack
- Mount Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peru Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Three Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Germantown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- East Rutherford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Rutherford is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford
- Mapleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mapleton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Saltillo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Saltillo is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Birdville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Birdville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdville
- Atkinson Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Cassville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cassville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
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 Shade Valley Union Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Huntingdon County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Shade Valley Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Mount Union
- Newton Hamilton
- Orbisonia
- Shirleysburg
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Shade Valley Union Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Huntingdon 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 Shade Valley Union Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1169987 (Shade Valley Union Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1169987 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: Huntingdon
- Est. Elev: 293 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Aughwick
- Location given for Shade Valley Union Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.2717485 Lon: -77.7899935
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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 Huntingdon, 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- Shade Valley Union 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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