A visit to the Stump 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 Stump Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Stump Cemetery:
40.4226, -76.1169
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Stump Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Stump Cemetery is located in Berks County<2>.
The county seat for Berks County is located in Reading. Reading lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Stump Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Stump Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Stump Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Stump Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Pauls Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Host Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Host Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Host Cemetery
- Heidelberg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Heidelberg Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidelberg Cemetery
- Bern Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Bern Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bern Cemetery
- Zion Blue Mtn. Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Womelsdorf Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- United Evangelical Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Conrad Weiser Gravesite
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Reeds Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Reeds Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Cemetery
- The Reeds Cemetery has also been known as:
- Zions Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45852 <5>
- Hains Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Hains Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hains Cemetery
- Friedens Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Friedens Union Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Friedens Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Shartlesville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #342341 <5>
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Zeiglers Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Zeiglers Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeiglers Cemetery
- Altalaha Lutheran Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eplers Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Eplers Church Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eplers Church Cemetery
- The Eplers Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Epler's Reformed Church Cemetery
- Epler's United Church of Christ (UCC) Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #258552 <5>
- Viewpoint Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Viewpoint Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viewpoint Cemetery
- St. Michaels Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Frantz Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Frantz Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frantz Cemetery
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sinking Spring Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Sinking Spring Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Spring Cemetery
- The Sinking Spring Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Johns Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #543710 <5>
- Weidman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Weidman Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weidman Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Weidman Cemetery is located in West Lawn.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2441666 <5>
- Leesport Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Birch Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Birch Hill Cemetery is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Hill 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 Stump Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Stump Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Bernville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- North Heidelberg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Heidelberg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Heidelberg
- New Schaefferstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Schaefferstown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Schaefferstown
- Robesonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brownsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brownsville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Garfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Garfield is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Womelsdorf
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Strausstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wernersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Phoebe Berks Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shartlesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sheridan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sheridan is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Newmanstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dauberville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dauberville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dauberville
- Centerport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Schubert
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Schubert is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schubert
- Rehrersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rehrersburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehrersburg
- Wintersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wintersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
- Richland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stricklerstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown
- Sinking Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Whitfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Whitfield is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Spring Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Ridge is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Ridge
- Rickenbach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rickenbach is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rickenbach
- Leesport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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 Stump Cemetery. The following communities are located in Berks County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Stump Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Stump Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Berks 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 Stump Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1188901 (Stump Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1188901 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: Berks
- Est. Elev: 100 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bernville
- Location given for Stump Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.4225927 Lon: -76.1168874
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Berks, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Stump 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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