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A visit to the Woodlands 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 Woodlands Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Woodlands Cemetery (FG ID #46665)

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 Woodlands Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   39.9471°   (39° 56' 49")

Lon:   -75.2022°   (-75° 12' 7")

The cemetery is located in Philadelphia County<2>.

As an estimate, the Woodlands Cemetery is located in Philadelphia.

The county seat for Philadelphia County is located in Philadelphia. Philadelphia lies just to the east of the Woodlands Cemetery .

Establishment of the Woodlands Cemetery ...

The Woodlands Cemetery was founded in 1840.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Woodlands Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 35 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Woodlands Cemetery.

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

  • University City
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
    • University City is located in Philadelphia County
  • Bartram Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bartram Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartram Village
    • Bartram Village is located in Philadelphia County
  • Southwest Center City
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Southwest Center City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest Center City
    • Southwest Center City is located in Philadelphia County
  • Yeadon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Queen Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queen Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen Village
    • Queen Village is located in Philadelphia County
  • Old City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
    • Old City is located in Philadelphia County
  • Philadelphia
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Millbourne
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millbourne have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbourne
    • Millbourne is located in Delaware County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,160 people
  • Darby
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Colwyn
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Colwyn. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colwyn
    • Colwyn is located in Delaware County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,551 people
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Colwyn
    • From the Woodlands Cemetery to Colwyn
  • Overbrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Overbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overbrook
    • Overbrook is located in Allegheny County
  • East Lansdowne
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Lansdowne have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansdowne
    • East Lansdowne is located in Delaware County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,668 people
  • Continue List   (23 more) ...
    • Lansdowne
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lansdowne have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansdowne
      • Lansdowne is located in Delaware County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,641 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansdowne <6>
    • Aldan
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aldan have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldan
      • Aldan is located in Delaware County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,149 people
    • Sharon Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bala - Cynwyd
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Camden
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Penn Wynne
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Drexel Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Burmont
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Burmont. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmont
      • Burmont is located in Delaware County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Burmont
      • From the Woodlands Cemetery to Burmont
    • Clifton Heights
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifton Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Heights
      • Clifton Heights is located in Delaware County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,695 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clifton Heights <6>
    • Manayunk
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Glenolden
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenolden have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenolden
      • Glenolden is located in Delaware County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,098 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glenolden <6>
    • Folcroft
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Folcroft have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folcroft
      • Folcroft is located in Delaware County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,635 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folcroft <6>
    • Red Bank
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • West Manayunk
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Manayunk have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Manayunk
      • West Manayunk is located in Montgomery County
    • Gloucester City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Morgan Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morgan Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Village
      • Morgan Village is located in Camden County (NJ)
    • Ablett Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ablett Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ablett Village
      • Ablett Village is located in Camden County (NJ)
    • Port Richmond
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Wayne Junction
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Germantown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Narberth
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Narberth have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narberth
      • Narberth is located in Montgomery County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,293 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Narberth <6>
    • Llanerch
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Addingham
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)

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 Woodlands Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Philadelphia County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Woodlands 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 Woodlands Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1191739  (Woodlands Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1191739 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Philadelphia
    • County: Philadelphia         Elev: 25
    • Location given for GNIS #1191739 (Woodlands Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #46665

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 Philadelphia, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Woodlands Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9471, Longitude: -75.2022    
<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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