A visit to the West Laurel Hill 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 West Laurel Hill Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The West Laurel Hill Cemetery (FG ID #46602)
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 West Laurel Hill Cemetery ...
The West Laurel Hill Cemetery is located in Montgomery County<2>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Chelten Hills Cemetery
- Church of the Redeemer Cemetery
- Fairhill Cemetery
- The Fairhill Cemetery is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhill Cemetery
- Friends Cemetery
- The Friends Cemetery is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Cemetery
- Hood Cemetery
- The Hood Cemetery is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood Cemetery
- Ivy Hill Cemetery
- Ivy Hill Cemetery
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
- Leverington Cemetery
- Montrose Cemetery
- Mt. Peace Cemetery
- Mt. Peace Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- Old Cathedral Cemetery
- The Old Cathedral Cemetery is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Cathedral Cemetery
- Philadelphia National Cemetery
- St. Denis Cemetery
- St. Mary of the Assumption Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- St. Mary's Episcopal Church Memorial Gardens
- St. Pauls Cemetery
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- St. Peters Cemetery
- The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Cemetery
- Woodlands Cemetery
- Yeakel Schwenkfelder
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the West Laurel Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Allen Lane
- Ardmore
- Bala - Cynwyd
- Branchtown ‑ Historic
- Bryn Mawr
- Chestnut Hill
- Cynwyd
- Cynwyd is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynwyd
- Fern Rock
- Fern Rock is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Rock
- Germantown
- Haverford Village
- Haverford Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverford Village
- Haverford
- Highland
- Highland is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Lindley Station ‑ Historic
- Logan Station ‑ Historic
- Manayunk
- Millbourne
- Millbourne is located in Delaware County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,160 people
- Narberth
- Overbrook
- Overbrook is located in Allegheny County
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- Penn Wynne
- Pittville
- Roxborough
- Somerville ‑ Historic
- Tabor Junction ‑ Historic
- Tabor Station ‑ Historic
- University City
- University City is located in Philadelphia County
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- Upsal
- Wayne Junction
- West Manayunk
- West Manayunk is located in Montgomery County
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- Wyndmoor
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 West Laurel Hill Cemetery. The following communities are located in Montgomery County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The West Laurel Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ardmore
- Bala - Cynwyd
- Bryn Mawr
- Narberth
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 West Laurel Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Montgomery 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 West Laurel Hill Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #46602
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1191051 (West Laurel Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1191051 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: Montgomery
- Est. Elev: 66 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Germantown
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 Montgomery, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- West Laurel Hill Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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