About Chestnut Hill Cemetery
Chestnut Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 1.9 mi north of Mechanicsburg. The grounds sit at about 594 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Mary Reeser and Theodore Frelinghuysen Singiser. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1171729. The nearest other listed cemetery is Gate of Heaven Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Malpezzi Funeral Home in Mechanicsburg, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 131 cemeteries we list in Cumberland County, and 72 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Mechanicsburg. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Chestnut Hill Cemetery
- Mary Reeser1884-1951Suspected victim of spontaneous human combustion
- Theodore Frelinghuysen Singiser1845-1907American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Chestnut Hill 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
40.18787, -77.00128
What Chestnut Hill 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
- Gate of Heaven CemeteryMechanicsburg, PACemetery0.3 mi
- Lincoln Colored CemeteryMechanicsburg, PACemetery0.3 mi
- Lincoln CemeteryMechanicsburg, PACemetery0.3 mi
- Winding Hill Mennonite CemeteryMechanicsburg, PAMennonite and Amish cemetery1.2 mi
- Mechanicsburg CemeteryMechanicsburg, PACemetery1.3 mi
- Grantham Memorial Park550 Grantham Road, Mechanicsburg, PAMemorial park2.0 mi
- Cocklins Church GraveyardMechanicsburg, PAChurch cemetery2.0 mi
- Mohler Dunker CemeteryShiremanstown, PACemetery2.0 mi
- Trindle Springs Lutheran CemeteryMechanicsburg, PALutheran cemetery2.2 mi
- Coover Farm CemeteryMechanicsburg, PACemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Chestnut Hill Cemetery
- Malpezzi Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Mechanicsburg · (717) 697-4696
- Buhrig Funeral & Cremation, Ltd.1.8 miCremation provider · Mechanicsburg · (717) 766-3421
- Myer's Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · Mechanicsburg · (717) 766-3421
- Gingrich Memorials2.2 miMonument dealer · Mechanicsburg · (717) 766-5622
- Neill Funeral Home, Inc.4.9 miFuneral home · Camp Hill · (717) 737-8726
- Cocklin Funeral Home, Inc.5.5 miFuneral home · Dillsburg · (717) 432-5312
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