About North Cedar Hills Cemetery
North Cedar Hills Cemetery is a cemetery near Cheltenham, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 2.6 mi northwest of Cheltenham. The grounds sit at about 102 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 7 notable people buried here, including Richard Conner, Alfred M. Waldron and Joe Sugden. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1182563. The nearest other listed cemetery is Frankford Friends New Burial Ground, about 0.1 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Edward J. Petner Funeral Home in Philadelphia, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 94 cemeteries we list in Philadelphia County, and 176 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 North Cedar Hills Cemetery
Among them: 2 actors, 1 baseball player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 US representative.
- Richard Conner1843-1923United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Alfred M. Waldron1865-1952American politician
- Joe Sugden1870-1959Major League Baseball catcher
- Mary Florence Lathrop1865-1951American lawyer
- Harriet Emma Adalaide Vallée DeBar1828-1894Actress
- Jennie Parker1820-1898American actress (died 1898)
- Signor Perugini1815-1914American singer
People whose Wikidata entry gives North Cedar Hills 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 North Cedar Hills 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
- Frankford Friends New Burial GroundCheltenham, PAQuaker cemetery0.1 mi
- Mount Carmel CemeteryCheltenham, PAJewish cemetery0.3 mi
- Cedar Hill CemeteryCheltenham, PACemetery0.3 mi
- Chevra Bikur Cholim CemeteryCheltenham, PAJewish cemetery0.6 mi
- Adath Jeshurun CemeteryCheltenham, PAJewish cemetery0.6 mi
- Mount Sinai CemeteryCheltenham, PAJewish cemetery0.7 mi
- Magnolia CemeteryCheltenham, PACemetery1.0 mi
- Har NEBO CemeteryCheltenham, PACemetery1.1 mi
- Greenwood CemeteryCheltenham, PACemetery1.4 mi
- St Joachim Roman Catholic Church CemeteryPhiladelphia, PACatholic cemetery1.4 mi
Funeral homes near North Cedar Hills Cemetery
- Edward J. Petner Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 338-1466
- Gilbert H Schobert Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 743-2727
- Joseph A. Quinn Funeral Home Inc0.8 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 535-1821
- Walton B. Brown Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 535-6301
- McCafferty-Sweeney Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 333-0500
- McCafferty Funeral & Cremation Inc.1.0 miCremation provider · Philadelphia · (215) 352-5661
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