A visit to the Thomas 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 Thomas Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Thomas Cemetery:
39.7870, -79.5920
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Thomas Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Thomas Cemetery is located in Fayette County<2>.
The county seat for Fayette County is located in Uniontown. Uniontown lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the northwest of the Thomas Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Thomas Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Thomas Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Thomas Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Washington Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Visitation Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Visitation Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Visitation Cemetery
- Hull Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Hull Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Sansom Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Sansom Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sansom Cemetery
- Sproul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Sproul Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sproul Cemetery
- Spear Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Spear Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spear Cemetery
- Sunsetview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Sunsetview Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunsetview Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Pleasant Grove Cemetery is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- Teets Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Teets Cemetery is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teets Cemetery
- Middle Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Middle Ridge Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ridge Cemetery
- East View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The East View Cemetery is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East View Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- The Shady Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2379879 <5>
- Holy Society Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Holy Society Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Society Cemetery
- Reformed Jewish Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Hopwood.
- The St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John Byzantine Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2170323 <5>
- St. Josephs Cemetery (Hopwood)
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery (Hopwood) is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery (Hopwood)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Josephs Cemetery (Hopwood) is a large cemetery that is located in Hopwood.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46089 <5>
- Mountain View Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Little White Rock Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Thomas Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Thomas Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Cemetery
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Sugar Grove Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sugar Grove Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Ohiopyle.
- The Sugar Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Maple Grove Cemetery
- Ohiopyle Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45346 <5>
- Greenbrier Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Greenbrier Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier Cemetery
- The Greenbrier Cemetery has also been known as:
- Thorpe Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2241178 <5>
- Tharp Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Tharp Cemetery is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tharp Cemetery
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 Thomas Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Thomas Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Farmington
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Elliottsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elliottsville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsville
- Mount Washington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Clifton Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Clifton Mills is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Mills
- Ohiopyle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brandonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Brandonville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Markleysburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hopwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hutchinson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hutchinson is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchinson
- Bruceton Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hazelton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lemont Furnace
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Evans
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Evans is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- East Uniontown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Uniontown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Uniontown
- Leith
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leith is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leith
- Haydentown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Haydentown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydentown
- Mount Independence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Independence is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Independence
- Uniontown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Little Sandy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Little Sandy is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sandy
- Oliver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oliver is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Rockville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rockville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Morgans Glade
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Morgans Glade is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Glade
- Confluence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Draketown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Draketown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draketown
- Uledi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Uledi is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uledi
- Highhouse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Highhouse is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highhouse
- Shoaf
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Shoaf is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoaf
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 Thomas Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Fayette County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Thomas Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brandonville
- Confluence
- Uniontown
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Thomas Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Fayette 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 Thomas Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1189475 (Thomas Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1189475 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: Fayette
- Est. Elev: 552 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Fort Necessity
- Location given for Thomas Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.7870206 Lon: -79.5919876
- 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 Fayette, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Thomas 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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