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A visit to the Wise 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 Wise Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Wise Cemetery (FG ID #2279120)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Wise Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wise Cemetery

Lat:   40.0153°   (40° 0' 55")

Lon:   -80.0642°   (-80° 3' 51")

The Wise Cemetery is located in Washington County<2>.

The county seat for Washington County is located in Washington. Washington lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the northwest of the Wise Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Wise Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wise Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • St. Nicholas Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Horn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Buckingham Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buckingham Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buckingham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Buckingham Cemetery is located in Washington County
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Washington County
  • Franklin Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Franklin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Franklin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Franklin Cemetery is located in Washington County
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Greene County
  • Scenery Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Highland Brethren Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Johnson Cemetery is located in Greene County
  • Beallsville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Cumberland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cumberland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cumberland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Cumberland Cemetery is located in Greene County
  • Westland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Westland Cemetery is located in Washington County
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Miller Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miller Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Miller Cemetery is located in Washington County
    • Greene County Memorial Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greene County Memorial Park
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greene County Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Greene County Memorial Park is located in Greene County
    • Hewitts Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Zion Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Zion Cemetery is located in Washington County
    • St. Clements Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Clements Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Clements Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Clements Cemetery is located in Washington County
    • Letherman Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Smith Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Smith Cemetery is located in Greene County
    • St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • St. Lukes Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Lukes Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Lukes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Lukes Cemetery is located in Washington County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Wise Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wise Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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 Wise Cemetery. The following communities are located in Washington County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wise Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Wise Cemetery:

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 Wise Cemetery:

The official website for Washington County: www.co.washington.pa.us/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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 Washington, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Wise Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0153, Longitude: -80.0642    
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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