About Fairview Cemetery
Fairview Cemetery is a cemetery near Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 1.5 mi northwest of Allentown. The grounds sit at about 371 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 24 notable people buried here, including Constantine Jacob Erdman, James Soloman Biery and John Dodson Stiles. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1174486. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church Tower Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Boyko Funeral Home in Allentown, about 0.1 mi away. It is one of 126 cemeteries we list in Lehigh County, and 145 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 4 of the 126 listings in Lehigh County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Allentown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Fairview Cemetery
Among them: 5 physicians, 4 US representatives, 3 business leaders, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Mexican-American War veteran, 1 scientist, 1 writer.
- Constantine Jacob Erdman1846-1911American politician
- James Soloman Biery1839-1904American politician
- John Dodson Stiles1822-1896American politician
- Henry Clay Longnecker1820-1871Union Army officer, lawyer, judge and American politician
- Harry Clay Trexler1854-1933American businessman
- Alfred J. Martin1837-1896Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Alfred John Yost1870-1907Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Alfred Lorenz Reichenbach1860-1920Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Charles David Schaeffer1864-1923Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Charles Matcham1862-1911American based English businessman
- Charles Owen Hunsicker1878-1941Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Charles William Rinn1868-1920Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania
Show all 24 notable burials
- Edward Mark Young1866-1932American industrialist
- Edwin Goundie Martin1836-1893Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Francis Willard Harper1906-1981Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Harry Gibons Stiles1856-1908Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Henry Herbert Herbst1858-1911Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Henry Willard Allison1846-1913Mayor of Allentown Pennsylvania
- James Lawrence Schaadt1856-1924Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Louis F. Neuweiler1848-1929
- Malcolm Weikle Gross1872-1944Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Samuel Daniel Lehr1838-1915Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Harold W. Pretz1877-1973American banker, botanist and botanical collector
- William Wackernagel1838-1926Author, college faculty, professor of German
People whose Wikidata entry gives Fairview Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Fairview Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church Tower CemeteryAllentown, PALutheran cemetery0.6 mi
- Linden Street CemeteryAllentown, PACemetery0.8 mi
- Saint Marks CemeteryAllentown, PACemetery1.0 mi
- The Lehigh County Humane Society Pet CemeteryAllentown, PAPet cemetery1.0 mi
- Union - West End Cemetery332 North 10th Street, Allentown, PACemetery1.1 mi
- Immaculate Conception CemeteryAllentown, PAChristian cemetery1.6 mi
- Greenwood Cemetery2010 West Chew Street, Allentown, PACemetery1.7 mi
- Highland Memorial Park CemeteryAllentown, PAMemorial park1.8 mi
- Saint John the Baptist Slovak Catholic CemeteryAllentown, PACatholic cemetery1.9 mi
- Sacred Heart CemeteryFullerton, PACatholic cemetery2.2 mi
Funeral homes near Fairview Cemetery
- Boyko Funeral Home0.1 miFuneral home · Allentown · (484) 221-8143
- Sell-Herron Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Allentown · (610) 433-5630
- Nicos C. Elias Funeral Home, Inc.0.8 miFuneral home · Allentown · (610) 433-2200
- Judd-Beville Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Allentown · (610) 434-5555
- J.S. Burkholder Funeral Home, Inc1.0 miFuneral home · Allentown · (610) 433-5161
- Weber Funeral Homes, P.c.1.1 miFuneral home · Allentown · (610) 434-9349
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