West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania

West Laurel Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 0.8 mi southwest of Bala Cynwyd. The grounds sit at about 197 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 248 notable people buried here, including Frederick Winslow Taylor, Cecilia Beaux and Joseph Leidy. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1191051. The nearest other listed cemetery is Westminister Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is West Laurel Hill Funeral Home in Bala Cynwyd, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 254 cemeteries we list in Montgomery County, and 217 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 254 listings in Montgomery County have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Bala Cynwyd. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 21 artists, 16 business leaders, 15 writers, 14 scientists, 12 physicians, 10 journalists, 9 musicians, 8 US representatives.

• Frederick Winslow Taylor1856-1915
  American mechanical engineer
• Cecilia Beaux1855-1942
  American artist
• Joseph Leidy1823-1891
  American anatomist and paleontologist
• Billy Paul1934-2016
  American singer-songwriter
• John Lawrence LeConte1825-1883
  American entomologist
• Anna Jarvis1864-1948
  Founder of Mother's Day
• Lawson Robertson1883-1951
  American athlete and coach
• Alexander Stirling Calder1870-1945
  American artist
• Charles Emory Smith1842-1908
  American diplomat
• Constantine Hering1800-1880
  Homeopathic physician and naturalist
• Eldridge R. Johnson1867-1945
  American businessman and inventor
• Horace Disston1906-1982
  Field hockey player

People whose Wikidata entry gives West Laurel Hill 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.

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.

• Westminister Cemetery

  701 Belmont Avenue, Bala Cynwyd, PA
  Cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Saint John the Baptist Church Cemetery

  Bala Cynwyd, PA
  Catholic cemetery

  0.7 mi
• Saint Asaph's Cemetery

  Bala Cynwyd, PA
  Christian cemetery

  0.9 mi
• First Presbyterian Church of Manayunk Churchyard

  Bala Cynwyd, PA
  Presbyterian cemetery

  1.0 mi
• Saint David's Episcopal Church Cemetery

  Bala Cynwyd, PA
  Episcopal cemetery

  1.0 mi
• Bethany German Lutheran Cemetery

  378 Martin Street, Philadelphia, PA
  Lutheran cemetery

  1.1 mi
• Saint Timothy's Episcopal Church Cemetery

  Bala Cynwyd, PA
  Episcopal cemetery

  1.1 mi
• Merion Memorial Park

  Bala Cynwyd, PA
  Memorial park

  1.1 mi
• Roxborough Baptist Burial Ground

  Bala Cynwyd, PA
  Baptist cemetery

  1.4 mi
• Leverington Cemetery

  6075 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
  Cemetery

  1.4 mi

• West Laurel Hill Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Bala Cynwyd
  0.2 mi
• Bringhurst Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Bala Cynwyd · (610) 668-9900
  0.4 mi
• Karcsh Funeral Home, Inc

  Funeral home · Philadelphia · (215) 482-0674
  0.8 mi
• Fitzpatrick Funeral Home Inc

  Funeral home · Philadelphia · (215) 483-1702
  1.2 mi
• McIlvaine Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Philadelphia · (215) 844-0211
  1.6 mi
• Koller Funeral Home Inc

  Funeral home · Philadelphia · (215) 482-5200
  2.0 mi

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