A visit to the Snyders 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 Snyders Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Snyders Cemetery (FG ID #1978059).
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 Snyders Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Snyders Cemetery:
40.3936, -77.1297
The Snyders Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Mecks Corner.
The cemetery is located in Perry County<2>.
. New Bloomfield lies just to the west northwest of the Snyders Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Snyders Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> of the Snyders Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Snyders Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Newport Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Newport Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Duncannon Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Highland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Highland Cemetery is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Deardorff Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Deardorff Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deardorff Cemetery
- Mitchell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Eshcol Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Landisburg Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Landisburg Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landisburg Cemetery
- Sitterley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Riverview Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bull Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Bull Hill Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Hill Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mt. Zion UMC Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Perry Heights Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Chestnut Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Zion Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- St. Matthew Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Reward UMC Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Thompson Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Thompson's Lock Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Restland Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- The Restland Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Restland Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Cumberland County Home Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Letort Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Longsdorf Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- War of 1812 Memorial Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Enola Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Snyders Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Snyders Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Mecks Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rose Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Blain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
- Falling Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Newport
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Duncannon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bailey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alinda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Elliottsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Landisburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Perdix
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- New Buffalo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Buffalo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Schlusser
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Schlusser is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlusser
- Middlesex
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dauphin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Eshcol
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Millerstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Caprivi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Kingstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Good Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westwood Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westwood Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
- Marysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fort Hunter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Halifax
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Reward
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
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 Snyders Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Perry County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Snyders Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Duncannon
- Halifax
- Landisburg
- Marysville
- Middlesex
- Newport
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 Snyders Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Perry 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 Snyders Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1978059
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 Perry, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Snyders 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. |