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A visit to the Slavic Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

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 Slavic Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Slavic Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Slavic Cemetery

Lat:   41.3729°   (41° 22' 22")

Lon:   -75.7280°   (-75° 43' 40")

The Slavic Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County<2>.

The county seat for Lackawanna County is located in Scranton. Scranton lies just to the northeast of the Slavic Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Slavic Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Marcy Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marcy Cemetery
    • The Marcy Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
    • The Marcy Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Brick UMC Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #526623 <5>
  • St. Georges Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Georges Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Georges Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Georges Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
    • The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Duryea.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2272689 <5>
  • St. Johns the Baptist Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Cemetery
    • The Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Scranton.
    • The Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Minooka Polish Cemetery
    • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #412152 <5>
  • St. Josephs RC Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs RC Cemetery
    • The St. Josephs RC Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Josephs RC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Scranton.
    • The St. Josephs RC Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Josephs Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1964856 <5>
  • St. Mary's Greek Catholic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • St. Stanislaus Polish National Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Stanislaus Polish National Cemetery
    • The St. Stanislaus Polish National Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Stanislaus Polish National Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Scranton.
    • The St. Stanislaus Polish National Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Stanislaus Cathedral PNCC Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641328 <5>
  • Italian American Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Italian American Cemetery
    • The Italian American Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Italian American Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Scranton.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2139888 <5>
  • St. Vladimirs Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Vladimirs Cemetery
    • The St. Vladimirs Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Vladimirs Cemetery is located in Scranton.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #189418 <5>
  • Stratford Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stratford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stratford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Stratford Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
  • Brick Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • St. Michaels Byzantine Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sacred Heart Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
    • Polish National Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Polish National Cemetery
      • The Polish National Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
    • Washburn Street Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Washburn Street Cemetery
      • The Washburn Street Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Washburn Street Cemetery is located in Scranton.
      • The Washburn Street Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Hyde Park Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46584 <5>
    • Dreisbach - Morse Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Huff Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huff Cemetery
      • The Huff Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
    • Jenkins-Harding Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • St. John the Evangelist Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John the Evangelist Cemetery
      • The St. John the Evangelist Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
      • The St. John the Evangelist Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Market Street Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2159726 <5>
    • Cathedral Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cathedral Cemetery
      • The Cathedral Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Slavic Cemetery.

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

  • Old Forge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Forge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Forge
    • Old Forge is located in Lackawanna County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,838 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Old Forge <6>
  • Moosic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moosic have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosic
    • Moosic is located in Lackawanna County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,813 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moosic <6>
  • Lawrenceville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
    • Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
  • Taylor
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
    • Taylor is located in Lackawanna County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,879 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <6>
  • Duryea
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duryea have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duryea
    • Duryea is located in Luzerne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,910 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duryea <6>
  • Avoca
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
    • Avoca is located in Luzerne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,603 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avoca <6>
  • Houston City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Houston City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston City
    • Houston City is located in Luzerne County
  • Belian Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
    • Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
  • Hughestown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hughestown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughestown
    • Hughestown is located in Luzerne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
  • Dupont
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dupont have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
    • Dupont is located in Luzerne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,693 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dupont <6>
  • Langdon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Langdon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
    • Langdon is located in Luzerne County
  • West Pittston
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Pittston
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Scranton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Milwaukee
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Milwaukee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
      • Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
    • Exeter
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Exeter have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
      • Exeter is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,519 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Exeter <6>
    • Yatesville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yatesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
      • Yatesville is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
    • Dunmore
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmore
      • Dunmore is located in Lackawanna County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,836 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunmore <6>
    • Green Ridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Green Ridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
      • Green Ridge is located in Lackawanna County
    • Laflin
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
      • Laflin is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,435 people
    • Carverton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Carverton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carverton
      • Carverton is located in Luzerne County
    • West Wyoming
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Wyoming have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wyoming
      • West Wyoming is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,671 people
    • Wyoming
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyoming have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
      • Wyoming is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,004 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wyoming <6>
    • Port Blanchard
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Port Blanchard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Blanchard
      • Port Blanchard is located in Luzerne County
    • Hilldale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
      • Hilldale is located in Luzerne County
    • Schultzville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Schultzville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
      • Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County

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 Slavic Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lackawanna County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Slavic 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 Slavic 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 Slavic Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1187799  (Slavic Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1187799 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Avoca
    • County: Lackawanna         Elev: 231
    • Location given for GNIS #1187799 (Slavic Cemetery)

The official website for Lackawanna County: www.lackawannacounty.org/

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

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 Lackawanna, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Slavic Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3729, Longitude: -75.7280       In this case, the coordinates for the Slavic Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.




 

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