Northwood Cemetery in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania

Northwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Elkins Park, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 1.4 mi northeast of Elkins Park. The grounds sit at about 236 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 16 notable people buried here, including Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Eddie Griffin and Emilie Martin. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1182684. The nearest other listed cemetery is Korean United Church Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Batchelor Brothers Funeral Services in Philadelphia, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 94 cemeteries we list in Philadelphia County, and 200 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, Elkins Park. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 3 baseball players, 3 musicians, 1 football player, 1 basketball player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 scientist.

• Sister Rosetta Tharpe1915-1973
  American gospel musician
• Eddie Griffin1982-2007
  American basketball player
• Emilie Martin1869-1936
  American mathematician
• George Bradley1852-1931
  Major League Baseball player
• Charley Rossborn 1870
  American child kidnapping victim
• Kid Gleason1866-1933
  American baseball player and manager
• William Henry Carpenter1853-1936
  United States philologist
• Duke Esper1868-1910
  American baseball player
• Frank Sommers1886-1942
  American football player and coach
• John Miller1839-1882
  American recipient of the Medal of Honor
• August Buchse1872-1934
• Henry William Harms1883-1965
  German-American Lutheran clergyman and academic

People whose Wikidata entry gives Northwood 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.

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.

• Korean United Church Cemetery

  Elkins Park, PA
  Christian cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Philadelphia National Cemetery

  Elkins Park, PA
  National cemetery

  0.6 mi
• Shoemaker Cemetery

  Elkins Park, PA
  Quaker cemetery

  0.9 mi
• Saint Paul's Episcopal Churchyard

  Elkins Park, PA
  Episcopal cemetery

  1.0 mi
• Chelten Hills Cemetery

  Wyndmoor, PA
  Cemetery

  1.1 mi
• Ivy Hill Cemetery

  Wyndmoor, PA
  Cemetery

  2.2 mi
• Germantown Church of the Brethren Cemetery

  Wyndmoor, PA
  Christian cemetery

  2.2 mi
• St. Michael's Evanelical Lutheran Cemetery

  Wyndmoor, PA
  Lutheran cemetery

  2.2 mi
• Upper Burying Ground of Germantown

  Wyndmoor, PA
  Cemetery

  2.3 mi
• Germantown Mennonite Cemetery

  Wyndmoor, PA
  Mennonite and Amish cemetery

  2.3 mi

• Batchelor Brothers Funeral Services

  Funeral home · Philadelphia · (215) 549-4700
  0.2 mi
• Bruce R Hawkins Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Philadelphia · (215) 549-9910
  0.4 mi
• Williams Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Philadelphia · (215) 224-4359
  0.5 mi
• Walter E Sabbath Jr Funeral Service

  Funeral home · Philadelphia · (855) 443-8221
  0.6 mi
• Goldsteins' Rosenberg's Funeral Directors

  Funeral home · Philadelphia · (215) 927-5800
  0.7 mi
• Ervina White Beauford Funeral Service

  Funeral home · Philadelphia · (215) 927-4546
  0.8 mi

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