About Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Cheltenham, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 2.7 mi north of Cheltenham. The grounds sit at about 75 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including George Creamer and Thomas Francis Prendergast. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1176187. The nearest other listed cemetery is Oakland Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Guckin Funeral Home Inc in Philadelphia, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 94 cemeteries we list in Philadelphia County, and 181 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 Greenwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player, 1 Medal of Honor recipient.
- George Creamer1855-1886Major League Baseball player, manager
- Thomas Francis Prendergast1871-1913Philippine-American War Medal of Honor recipient
People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenwood 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
40.02199, -75.09637
What Greenwood 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
- Oakland CemeteryCheltenham, PACemetery0.2 mi
- St Joachim Roman Catholic Church CemeteryPhiladelphia, PACatholic cemetery0.8 mi
- The Presbyterian Church of Frankford CemeteryPhiladelphia, PAPresbyterian cemetery0.9 mi
- Rehoboth Methodist Episcopal Church Burial GroundPhiladelphia, PAMethodist cemetery1.0 mi
- Cedar Hill CemeteryCheltenham, PACemetery1.2 mi
- Har NEBO CemeteryCheltenham, PACemetery1.3 mi
- Frankford Friends New Burial GroundCheltenham, PAQuaker cemetery1.3 mi
- Chevra Bikur Cholim CemeteryCheltenham, PAJewish cemetery1.3 mi
- Mount Carmel CemeteryCheltenham, PAJewish cemetery1.3 mi
- Adath Jeshurun CemeteryCheltenham, PAJewish cemetery1.4 mi
Funeral homes near Greenwood Cemetery
- Guckin Funeral Home Inc0.8 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 743-7256
- Joseph A. Quinn Funeral Home Inc0.8 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 535-1821
- Amadorez Funeral Home LLC0.9 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 904-7697
- Nulty Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 535-4461
- Escamillio D. Jones Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 743-4341
- Gilbert H Schobert Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 743-2727
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