A visit to the Yocum 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 Yocum Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Yocum Cemetery:
40.3979, -78.0419
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Yocum Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Yocum Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County<2>.
The county seat for Huntingdon County is located in Huntingdon. Huntingdon lies just to the north northeast of the Yocum Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Yocum Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Yocum Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Yocum Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Speck Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Speck Family Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speck Family Cemetery
- White Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The White Church Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church Cemetery
- Anderson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ridenour Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Ridenour Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridenour Cemetery
- Hawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Hawn Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawn Cemetery
- Upper Comer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Upper Comer Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Comer Cemetery
- Wright Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Wright Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Cemetery
- Sheridan School Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Huntingdon Memorial Garden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- McConnellstown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Grove Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Cemetery
- Trough Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Dell Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Dell Family Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell Family Cemetery
- Miller Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Miller Family Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Family Cemetery
- Mosser Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Mosser Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosser Cemetery
- Corbin Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Corbin Family Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin Family Cemetery
- Mark Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Mark Family Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark Family Cemetery
- Old Stone Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Valley View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Valley View Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley View Cemetery
- Frank Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Frank Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frank Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Frank Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Marklesburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44878 <5>
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Bowman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Bowman Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Cemetery
- Mapleton Brethren Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mapleton IOOF Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Mapleton IOOF Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton IOOF Cemetery
- Hampson Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Strong Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Strong Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Yocum Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Yocum Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Colfax
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Colfax is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Hesston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- McConnellstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- McConnellstown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellstown
- Mapleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mapleton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Birdville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Birdville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdville
- Mill Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Huntingdon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Marklesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Marklesburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Cassville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cassville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Mount Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shellytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shellytown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellytown
- Entriken
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Salter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Salter is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Todd
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Todd is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd
- Covedale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Covedale is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covedale
- Williamsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Aughwick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Aughwick is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aughwick
- 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
- Beavertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Beavertown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
- Alexandria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Coles ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Coles is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles
- Petersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Shirleysburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Springfield Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin Forge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Oreminea
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oreminea is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreminea
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 Yocum 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 Yocum Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alexandria
- Huntingdon
- Mount Union
- Newton Hamilton
- Shirleysburg
- Williamsburg
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 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 Yocum 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 Yocum Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1191891 (Yocum Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1191891 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: 245 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Huntingdon
- Location given for Yocum Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.3978533 Lon: -78.0419485
- 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Yocum 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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