A visit to the Wildwood 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 Wildwood Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wildwood Cemetery:
41.2420, -78.7992
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Wildwood Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Wildwood Cemetery is located in Jefferson County<2>.
The county seat for Jefferson County is located in Brookville. Brookville lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Wildwood Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Wildwood Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Wildwood Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wildwood Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Tobias Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The St. Tobias Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Tobias Cemetery
- Sugar Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Sugar Hill Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill Cemetery
- Brockport Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Brockport Cemetery is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockport Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brockport Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Brockport.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #200119 <5>
- Beechwoods Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Beechwoods Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwoods Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- Bundy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Bundy Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bundy Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bundy Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the northeast of DuBois.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44475 <5>
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Holy Cross Cemetery is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross Cemetery
- Munderf Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Munderf Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munderf Cemetery
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The St. Michaels Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michaels Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- St. Catherines Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rumbarger Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Rumbarger Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumbarger Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Morningside Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Conway Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Conway Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway Cemetery
- Riggs Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Riggs Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggs Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Reynoldsville.
- The St. Marys Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1111986 <5>
- Beulah Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Beulah Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Cemetery
- Bundy Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Bundy Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bundy Cemetery
- Moorhead Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Moorhead Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead Cemetery
- Reynoldsville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Reynoldsville Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville Cemetery
- Prospect Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Prospect Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Salem UMC Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Salem UMC Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem UMC Cemetery
- The Salem UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Salem Cemetery
- Salem Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46287 <5>
- Dressler Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Dressler Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dressler Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant 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 Wildwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wildwood Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Brockway
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Crenshaw
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Crenshaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crenshaw
- Brockport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shawmut
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shawmut is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Horton City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Horton City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton City
- Allens Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Allens Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Red Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Red Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mill
- Falls Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Treasure Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Treasure Lake is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Lake
- Challenge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Challenge is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenge
- Pancoast
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pancoast is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancoast
- Warsaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Warsaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Sandy Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Valley
- DuBois
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Schoffner Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Schoffner Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoffner Corner
- Munderf
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Munderf is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munderf
- Hazen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hazen is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
- Sandy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sandy is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Lake City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kylers Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kylers Corners is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kylers Corners
- Reynoldsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Prescottville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Prescottville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescottville
- Winterburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Winterburn is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterburn
- Stanley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Stanley is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Dagus Mines
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dagus Mines is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dagus Mines
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 Wildwood Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Jefferson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wildwood 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 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 Wildwood Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Jefferson 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 Wildwood Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1191428 (Wildwood Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1191428 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: Jefferson
- Est. Elev: 457 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Falls Creek
- Location given for Wildwood Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.2420056 Lon: -78.7991961
- 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 Jefferson, 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- Wildwood 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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