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A visit to the Shellhammer - Beck 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 Shellhammer - Beck Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Shellhammer - Beck Cemetery (FG ID #2403601)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Shellhammer - Beck Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Shellhammer - Beck Cemetery has been estimated.<2>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Shellhammer - Beck Cemetery

Lat:   40.6395°   (40° 38' 22")

Lon:   -79.4800°   (-79° 28' 48")

The Shellhammer - Beck Cemetery is located in Armstrong County<3>.

The county seat for Armstrong County is located in Kittanning. Kittanning lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<4> to the north of the Shellhammer - Beck Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Shellhammer - Beck Cemetery.<5>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Shellhammer - Beck Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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]<4> of the Shellhammer - Beck Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Shellhammer - Beck Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Spring Church
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Cochrans Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • North Apollo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Apollo have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Apollo
    • North Apollo is located in Armstrong County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,191 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Apollo <7>
  • Orchard Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
    • Orchard Hills is located in Armstrong County
  • Vandergrift
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vandergrift have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandergrift
    • Vandergrift is located in Westmoreland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,832 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vandergrift <7>
  • East Vandergrift
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Vandergrift have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vandergrift
    • East Vandergrift is located in Westmoreland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
  • Apollo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Apollo have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apollo
    • Apollo is located in Armstrong County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,507 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apollo <7>
  • Olivet
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hyde Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hyde Park have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park
    • Hyde Park is located in Westmoreland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hyde Park <7>
  • Oklahoma
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oklahoma have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
    • Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
  • Neale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Leechburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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 Shellhammer - Beck Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Armstrong County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Shellhammer - Beck Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Shellhammer - Beck Cemetery:

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 Shellhammer - Beck Cemetery:

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Armstrong, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Shellhammer - Beck Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6395, Longitude: -79.4800    
<5>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<6>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.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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