About Prospect Cemetery
Prospect Cemetery is a cemetery near Brackenridge, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The grounds sit at about 912 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Henry Marie Brackenridge and Samuel H. Gardner. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1184442. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Clement Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Krynicki Funeral Home in Natrona Heights, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 342 cemeteries we list in Allegheny County, and 77 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Allegheny County dates to 1824. 5 of the 342 listings in Allegheny County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Brackenridge. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Prospect Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative, 1 writer.
- Henry Marie Brackenridge1786-1871American politician
- Samuel H. Gardner1876-1942American lawyer and judge
People whose Wikidata entry gives Prospect 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
40.60959, -79.74660
What Prospect 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 Clement Cemetery1431 Bakerstown Road, Tarentum, PAChristian cemetery1.1 mi
- Sacred Heart - Saint Peter Cemetery1495 Bakerstown Road, Tarentum, PAChristian cemetery1.4 mi
- Ross Family CemeteryTarentum, PAFamily cemetery1.5 mi
- Burtner CemeteryNatrona Heights, PACemetery1.7 mi
- Bethel CemeteryBrackenridge, PACemetery1.7 mi
- Union CemeteryArnold, PACemetery2.0 mi
- Morrison (God's Acre) Cemetery - PrivateNatrona Heights, PACemetery2.4 mi
- Our Lady of Hope CemeteryTarentum, PACemetery2.6 mi
- Mount Airy CemeteryNatrona Heights, PACemetery2.7 mi
- Saint Marys Cemetery3300 Leechburg Road, Lower Burrell, PACatholic cemetery3.1 mi
Funeral homes near Prospect Cemetery
- Krynicki Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Natrona Heights · (724) 224-8778
- Duster Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Tarentum · (724) 224-1526
- Robert E Peters Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Natrona Heights · (724) 224-7730
- Cicholski-Zidek Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Natrona Heights · (724) 224-8688
- Frank F Gigler Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Lower Burrell · (724) 335-6500
- Rusiewicz Funeral Homes, Inc.2.4 miFuneral home · Lower Burrell · (724) 335-4118
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