A visit to the Wright 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 Wright Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wright Cemetery:
40.3437, -78.0278
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Wright Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Wright Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County<2>.
The county seat for Huntingdon County is located in Huntingdon. Huntingdon lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north of the Wright Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Wright Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 30 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Wright Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wright Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Trough Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Trough Creek Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trough Creek Cemetery
- The Trough Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Trough Creek Baptist Cemetery
- Trough Creek Valley Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2222850 <5>
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Bowman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Bowman Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Cemetery
- Yocum Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Yocum Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocum Cemetery
- Upper Comer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Upper Comer Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Comer Cemetery
- Cassville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Cassville Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville Cemetery
- Dell Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Dell Family Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell Family Cemetery
- Anderson Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Miller Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Miller Family Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Family Cemetery
- Hawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Hawn Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawn Cemetery
- Speck Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Speck Family Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speck Family Cemetery
- White Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The White Church Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church Cemetery
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Anderson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise Furnace Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Beavertown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Beavertown Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown Cemetery
- Mapleton Brethren Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mapleton IOOF Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Mapleton IOOF Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton IOOF Cemetery
- Ridenour Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Ridenour Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridenour Cemetery
- Valley View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Valley View Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley View Cemetery
- Newburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Newburg Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg Cemetery
- Plummer Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Todd Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Todd Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Cemetery
- Taylor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Cornelius Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Cornelius Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelius Cemetery
- Bare - Garver Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Bare - Garver Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bare - Garver Cemetery
- Sugar Run Brethren Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ricketts Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Ricketts Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ricketts Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Mount Union.
- The Ricketts Cemetery has also been known as:
- Harencame Cemetery
- Morgan Cemetery
- Shaffer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2481959 <5>
- Snyder Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Snyder Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- The Snyder Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Snyder Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the south of Mount Union.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #379960 <5>
- Hampson Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Corbin Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Corbin Family Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin Family 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 Wright Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wright Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Colfax
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Colfax is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Cassville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cassville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Mapleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mapleton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Todd
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Todd is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd
- Birdville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Birdville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdville
- Hesston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Salter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Salter is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Coles ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Coles is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles
- Rocky Ridge ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- McConnellstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- McConnellstown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellstown
- Shirleysburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Aughwick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Aughwick is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aughwick
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mount Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mill Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Marklesburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Marklesburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Cooks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cooks is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
- Joller ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Joller is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joller
- Kimmel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kimmel is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmel
- Saltillo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Saltillo is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Rockhill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rockhill is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Rockhill has also been known as:
- Rockhill Furnace
- Orbisonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Entriken
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Three Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pogue
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pogue is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pogue
- Newton Hamilton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Huntingdon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shellytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shellytown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellytown
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 Wright Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Huntingdon County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wright Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Huntingdon
- Mount Union
- Newton Hamilton
- Orbisonia
- Shirleysburg
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 websites either 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 Wright Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Huntingdon 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 Wright Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1191799 (Wright Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1191799 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: Huntingdon
- Est. Elev: 368 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Cassville
- Location given for Wright Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.3436879 Lon: -78.027781
- 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 Huntingdon, 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- Wright 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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