A visit to the Highland Hills Memorial Gardens ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Highland Hills Memorial Gardens. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Highland Hills Memorial Gardens (FG ID #78680).
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 Highland Hills Memorial Gardens ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Highland Hills Memorial Gardens:
40.3567, -80.6047
The Highland Hills Memorial Gardens is located in Brooke County<2>.
The county seat for Brooke County is located in Wellsburg. Wellsburg lies just to the south of the Highland Hills Memorial Gardens .
Open a Google Map centered on the Highland Hills Memorial Gardens.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Highland Hills Memorial Gardens.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Highland Hills Memorial Gardens, with the nearest first.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hill Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Andrews Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The St. Andrews Cemetery is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Andrews Cemetery
- Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Grove Cemetery is located in Brooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Cemetery
- St. John Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Holy Resurrection Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- B'nai Israel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The B'nai Israel Cemetery is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for B'nai Israel Cemetery
- Georges Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Georges Run Cemetery is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Run Cemetery
- Cross Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Cross Creek Cemetery is located in Brooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek Cemetery
- Cross Creek Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Brooke Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Nicholas Orthodox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Three Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Paul Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- Coulter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Coulter Cemetery is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulter Cemetery
- Wintersville UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Alexandria Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Highland Hills Memorial Gardens.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Highland Hills Memorial Gardens, with the nearest first:
- Middle Ferry ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lower Ferry ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Follansbee
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Steubenville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mingo Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hooverson Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hooverson Heights is located in Brooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverson Heights
- Alikanna
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gould
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Deandale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Weirton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Georges Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fernwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Valley Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Alexandria
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Alexandria is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexandria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Shank Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shank Town is located in Brooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shank Town
- Wellsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Paris
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wintersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brilliant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brilliant is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brilliant
- Dutch Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dutch Town is located in Brooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
- Toronto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jefferson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hanlin Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Island Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Zalia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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 Highland Hills Memorial Gardens. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Brooke County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Highland Hills Memorial Gardens.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Follansbee
- Mingo Junction
- Steubenville
- Toronto
- Weirton
- Weirton lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Highland Hills Memorial Gardens.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Weirton.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weirton
- Wellsburg
- Wintersville
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 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 Highland Hills Memorial Gardens:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Brooke 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 Highland Hills Memorial Gardens:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #78680
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1540263 (Highland Hills Memorial Gardens)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1540263 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: Brooke
- Est. Elev: 302 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Steubenville East
- Location given for Highland Hills Memorial Gardens:
- Lat: 40.3545131 Lon: -80.6053513
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 West Virginia's counties, including Brooke, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Highland Hills Memorial Gardens) 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |