About Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. The grounds sit at about 922 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Oscar Lawrence Jackson, Elliot S.N. Morgan and Edward M. McConnell. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1176195. The nearest other listed cemetery is Trinity Episcopal Church Columbarium, about 0.7 mi to the northeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is J. Bradley McGonigle Funeral Home and Crematory in New Castle, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 69 cemeteries we list in Lawrence County, and 60 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Lawrence County dates to 1800.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, New Castle. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Greenwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative.
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson1840-1920U.S. Congressman and Union Army officer
- Elliot S.N. Morgan1832-1894American politician
- Volunteer weather observer for meteorological project (1848-1873) of the Smithsonian Institution
People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenwood 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
40.99839, -80.35589
What Greenwood 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
- Trinity Episcopal Church ColumbariumNew Castle, PAEpiscopal cemetery0.7 mi
- Madonna CemeteryOakwood, PACemetery1.2 mi
- Tifereth Israel CemeteryNew Castle Northwest, PACemetery1.2 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryOakwood, PACemetery1.4 mi
- Saint Lucy CemeteryOakwood, PACatholic cemetery1.6 mi
- Valley View CemeteryNew Castle, PACemetery1.7 mi
- Saint Josephs Cemetery2305 Wilmington Road, New Castle, PACemetery1.8 mi
- Oak Park CemeteryNew Castle, PACemetery2.0 mi
- Graceland CemeteryNew Castle, PACemetery2.5 mi
- Normal Glenn CemeteryNew Castle, PACemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Greenwood Cemetery
- J. Bradley McGonigle Funeral Home and Crematory0.4 miCremation provider · New Castle · (724) 652-2341
- Ed & Don DeCarbo Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc.0.9 miCremation provider · New Castle · (724) 658-4711
- Noga Memorials1.0 miMonument dealer · New Castle · (724) 652-6700
- Charlotte A Sheffield Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · New Castle · (724) 654-0929
- William F & Roger M DeCarbo Funeral Home Inc.1.1 miFuneral home · New Castle · (724) 652-6634
- R Cunningham Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc.2.1 miCremation provider · New Castle · (724) 658-4511
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