Lancaster Cemetery in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Lancaster Cemetery is a cemetery near Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The grounds sit at about 358 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 13 notable people buried here, including John F. Reynolds, Isaac Ellmaker Hiester and Anthony Ellmaker Roberts. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1178843. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Mary's Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the northeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Melanie B Scheid Funeral Director & Cremation Services in Lancaster, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 608 cemeteries we list in Lancaster County, and 272 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Lancaster County dates to 1873. 3 of the 608 listings in Lancaster County have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Lancaster. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 3 Civil War veterans, 3 US representatives, 1 Mexican-American War veteran, 1 physician, 1 scientist, 1 War of 1812 veteran, 1 writer.

• John F. Reynolds1820-1863
  United States Army general
• Isaac Ellmaker Hiester1824-1871
  American politician
• Anthony Ellmaker Roberts1803-1885
  American politician
• Samuel Brubaker Hartman1830-1918
  1830-1918 , physician and proprietary medicine manufacturer
• William Hiester1790-1853
  American politician
• William Reynolds1815-1879
  Rear admiral in the United States Navy
• James P. Wickersham1825-1891
  American author and educator
• Jonathan M. Foltz1810-1877
  United States military surgeon
• Samuel Carpenter
  19th century American politician, mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1765-1824
• Amelia Flanery Eby1831-1908
  American botanist
• George Sanderson1804-1877
  American mayor and newspaper editor
• James Z. Appel1907-1981
  American surgeon

People whose Wikidata entry gives Lancaster 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.

• Saint Mary's Cemetery

  Lancaster, PA
  Cemetery

  0.1 mi
• Saint James Cemetery

  Lancaster, PA
  Cemetery

  0.4 mi
• English Presbyterian Cemetery

  Lancaster, PA
  Presbyterian cemetery

  0.4 mi
• First Presbyterian Church Memorial Gardens

  Lancaster, PA
  Memorial park

  0.4 mi
• First Reformed Church Memorial Garden

  Lancaster, PA
  Memorial park

  0.5 mi
• Shaurai Shomayim Cemetery

  Lancaster, PA
  Cemetery

  0.5 mi
• Trinity Lutheran Churchyard

  Lancaster, PA
  Lutheran cemetery

  0.6 mi
• Shreiner's Cemetery

  Lancaster, PA
  Cemetery

  0.6 mi
• Saint Johns Episcopal Church Columbarium

  Lancaster, PA
  Episcopal cemetery

  0.7 mi
• Saint Anthonys Roman Catholic Cemetery

  Lancaster, PA
  Catholic cemetery

  0.9 mi

• Melanie B Scheid Funeral Director & Cremation Services

  Cremation provider · Lancaster · (717) 393-1776
  0.4 mi
• Young Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Lancaster · (717) 299-7371
  0.4 mi
• DeBord Snyder Funeral Home & Crematory

  Cremation provider · Lancaster · (717) 394-4097
  0.4 mi
• Charles F Snyder Funeral Home & Crematory - King Street Location

  Cremation provider · Lancaster · (717) 393-9661
  0.5 mi
• Andrew T Scheid Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Lancaster · (717) 397-8298
  0.8 mi
• The Groffs Family Funeral and Cremation Services Inc

  Cremation provider · Lancaster · (717) 394-5300
  1.0 mi

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