About Cedar Hill Cemetery
Cedar Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Cheltenham, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 2.7 mi northwest of Cheltenham. The grounds sit at about 95 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Hannah Battersby, William Walker Foulkrod and William A. Williams. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1171383. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Carmel Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Gilbert H Schobert Funeral Home in Philadelphia, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 94 cemeteries we list in Philadelphia County, and 174 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 4 of the 94 listings in Philadelphia County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Cheltenham. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 US representative.
- Hannah Battersbydied 1889Sideshow performer
- William Walker Foulkrod1846-1910American politician
- William A. Williams1854-1938American Presbyterian clergyman and creationist writer
- Alexander Crawford1842-1886United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
People whose Wikidata entry gives Cedar 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.
Map
40.02439, -75.07419
What Cedar Hill 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
- Mount Carmel CemeteryCheltenham, PAJewish cemetery0.1 mi
- Frankford Friends New Burial GroundCheltenham, PAQuaker cemetery0.3 mi
- North Cedar Hills CemeteryCheltenham, PACemetery0.3 mi
- Chevra Bikur Cholim CemeteryCheltenham, PAJewish cemetery0.3 mi
- Adath Jeshurun CemeteryCheltenham, PAJewish cemetery0.4 mi
- Mount Sinai CemeteryCheltenham, PAJewish cemetery0.5 mi
- Magnolia CemeteryCheltenham, PACemetery1.1 mi
- St Joachim Roman Catholic Church CemeteryPhiladelphia, PACatholic cemetery1.2 mi
- The Presbyterian Church of Frankford CemeteryPhiladelphia, PAPresbyterian cemetery1.2 mi
- Greenwood CemeteryCheltenham, PACemetery1.2 mi
Funeral homes near Cedar Hill Cemetery
- Gilbert H Schobert Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 743-2727
- Walton B. Brown Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 535-6301
- Joseph A. Quinn Funeral Home Inc0.8 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 535-1821
- Edward J. Petner Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 338-1466
- McCafferty-Sweeney Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 333-0500
- Amadorez Funeral Home LLC1.2 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 904-7697
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