About Saint Mary's Cemetery
Saint Mary's Cemetery is a cemetery near Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 0.7 mi southwest of Lancaster. The grounds sit at about 344 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Frank B. McClain, Hugh Boyle Ewing and Lydia Hamilton Smith. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1186365. The nearest other listed cemetery is Lancaster Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the southwest. 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 275 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.
Notable people buried at Saint Mary's Cemetery
Among them: 1 business leader, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 musician, 1 physician, 1 writer.
- Frank B. McClain1864-1925American politician
- Hugh Boyle Ewing1826-1905Union Army General
- Lydia Hamilton Smith1813-1884American businesswoman
- P. J. Higgins1851-1928American physician
- Blasius Yecker1834-1903American theater manager and saddler
- Frank McGrann1880-1962Band conductor and civil servant
People whose Wikidata entry gives Saint Mary's 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 Saint Mary's 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
- Lancaster CemeteryLancaster, PACemetery0.1 mi
- Shaurai Shomayim CemeteryLancaster, PACemetery0.5 mi
- Saint James CemeteryLancaster, PACemetery0.5 mi
- First Presbyterian Church Memorial GardensLancaster, PAMemorial park0.5 mi
- English Presbyterian CemeteryLancaster, PAPresbyterian cemetery0.5 mi
- First Reformed Church Memorial GardenLancaster, PAMemorial park0.6 mi
- Trinity Lutheran ChurchyardLancaster, PALutheran cemetery0.7 mi
- Shreiner's CemeteryLancaster, PACemetery0.7 mi
- Saint Johns Episcopal Church ColumbariumLancaster, PAEpiscopal cemetery0.8 mi
- Saint Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Memorial GardenLancaster, PAMemorial park0.8 mi
Funeral homes near Saint Mary's Cemetery
- Melanie B Scheid Funeral Director & Cremation Services0.4 miCremation provider · Lancaster · (717) 393-1776
- Young Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Lancaster · (717) 299-7371
- DeBord Snyder Funeral Home & Crematory0.5 miCremation provider · Lancaster · (717) 394-4097
- Charles F Snyder Funeral Home & Crematory - King Street Location0.6 miCremation provider · Lancaster · (717) 393-9661
- Andrew T Scheid Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Lancaster · (717) 397-8298
- The Groffs Family Funeral and Cremation Services Inc1.1 miCremation provider · Lancaster · (717) 394-5300
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