About Arlington Cemetery
Arlington Cemetery is a christian cemetery near Drexel Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The grounds sit at about 213 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 39 notable people buried here, including Alan MacDiarmid, Lloyd Alexander and Ruth Malcomson. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1168388. The nearest other listed cemetery is Har Jehuda Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Toppitzer Funeral Home in Drexel Hill, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 110 cemeteries we list in Delaware County, and 185 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 110 listings in Delaware County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Drexel Hill. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Arlington Cemetery
Among them: 5 scientists, 4 baseball players, 4 writers, 3 Medal of Honor recipients, 2 football players, 2 artists, 2 Civil War veterans, 2 inventors and engineers.
- Alan MacDiarmid1927-2007New Zealand chemist
- Lloyd Alexander1924-2007American children's writer
- Ruth Malcomson1906-1988American model
- Sherry Magee1884-1929American baseball player
- Benjamin F. James1885-1961Politician and United States Army officer
- John F. Mackie1835-1910Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
- Albert C. Baugh1891-1981American linguist and medievalist
- Bernard Samuel1880-1954American politician
- David M. Buchanan1862-1936United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- Morrie Rath1886-1945American baseball player
- Sarkes Tarzian1900-1987Armenian-American engineer
- Seymour Eaton1859-1916American author and educator
Show all 39 notable burials
- William H. Milliken, Jr.1897-1969American politician
- David Clarence Gibboney1868-1920American lawyer and politician
- Frank E. Sagendorph, 2nd1883-1972American industrailist
- Horace G. Knowles1863-1937American diplomat
- James Montgomery Boice1938-2000American theologian
- Joe Munson1899-1991American baseball player
- John Wiegand Eckfeldt1851-1933American physician, botanist and photographer
- Marguerite Primrose Gerrard1922-1993American artist, painter and botanical illustrator
- Woody Wheaton1914-1995American baseball player
- David M. Bullowa1912-1953American numismatist
- Father John D’Amico1939-2013American musician and pianist
- Isaac Joachim Schwatt1867-1934Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1893
- Jacob K. Shell1862-1940American football player
- John H. White1835-1912American Union soldier during Civil War
- Jonathan K. Miller1899-1971American football player and coach
- Nadiashda Galli-Shohat1879-1948Russian physicist
- William Dodge Lewis1870-1960
- Dewey Austin Cobb1841-1915American writer
- Edward Sherwood Mead1874-195625 Jan 1874 - 21 Aug 1956
- Emily Fogg1871-1950
- Felix Carol Blancha1899-1987Maternal grandfather of Steven Tyler
- Frank Albert Bonasi1904-1967Instructor in modern languages
- Frank W. Lamping1851-1927American businessman and insurance salesman
- George Bringhurst Cresson1859-1919American entomologist
- Irwin Pounds McCurdy1856-1916American clergyman and educator
- James Wesley Smith1904-1983Husband of Grace Evelyn Smith
- Perry Aquila Caris1890-1966Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1925
People whose Wikidata entry gives Arlington 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.
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What Arlington 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
- Har Jehuda CemeteryDrexel Hill, PAJewish cemetery0.6 mi
- Drexel Hill Church of the Brethren CemeteryDrexel Hill, PAChurch cemetery0.7 mi
- Montrose CemeteryDrexel Hill, PACemetery0.8 mi
- Saint Charles Borromeo CemeteryClifton Heights, PACemetery1.3 mi
- Bethesda CemeteryHavertown, PAMethodist cemetery1.9 mi
- Friends Southwestern Burial GroundMillbourne, PAQuaker cemetery2.0 mi
- Fernwood CemeteryYeadon, PACemetery2.3 mi
- Mount Sharon CemeterySpringfield, PAJewish cemetery2.3 mi
- Holy Cross CemeteryYeadon, PACatholic cemetery2.5 mi
- Old Haverford Friends Burial GroundHavertown, PAQuaker cemetery2.5 mi
Funeral homes near Arlington Cemetery
- Toppitzer Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Drexel Hill · (610) 259-1111
- Arlington Funeral Home, Inc0.3 miFuneral home · Drexel Hill · (610) 638-5000
- Wertheimer Monuments0.6 miMonument dealer · Upper Darby · (215) 396-7470
- Batchelor Brothers Funeral Services0.6 miFuneral home · Upper Darby Twp · (610) 713-5560
- Montrose Memorials0.8 miMonument dealer · Upper Darby · (610) 789-2988
- 1843 Memorials0.8 miMonument dealer · Upper Darby · (844) 355-1843
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
Is Arlington Cemetery a Christian cemetery?
Our records list a Christian affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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