Washington Crossing National Cemetery in Newtown Grant, Pennsylvania
About Washington Crossing National Cemetery
Washington Crossing National Cemetery is a national cemetery near Newtown Grant, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 2.9 mi west of Newtown Grant. The grounds sit at about 217 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 7 notable people buried here, including Tom Gola, Ezra Stone and Harold Johnson. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2701923. The nearest other listed cemetery is Makefield Friends Burial Grounds, about 0.8 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Swartz-Givnish Funeral Home in Newtown, about 3.3 mi away. It is one of 187 cemeteries we list in Bucks County, and 75 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 3 of the 187 listings in Bucks County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Newtown Grant. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Washington Crossing National Cemetery
Among them: 2 actors, 2 basketball players, 2 boxers, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 World War II veteran.
- Tom Gola1933-2014American basketball player and politician
- Ezra Stone1917-1994Actor, television and film director
- Harold Johnson1928-2015American boxer
- Sara Seegar1914-1990American record actor
- George Benton1933-2011American boxer
- Howard Wallace Andrews1923-2022Ph.D. Harvard University 1953
- James Sottile1930-2019Basketball player
People whose Wikidata entry gives Washington Crossing National 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 Washington Crossing National 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
- Makefield Friends Burial GroundsYardley, PACemetery0.8 mi
- Quarry Road CemeteryWoodside, PACemetery1.9 mi
- Washington Crossing United Methodist Church CemeteryYardley, PAMethodist cemetery2.2 mi
- Saint Mark's AME Zion CemeteryNewtown, PAChristian cemetery3.0 mi
- Lighthouse Hill CemeteryNewtown, PACemetery3.0 mi
- Newtown CemeteryNewtown, PACemetery3.2 mi
- All Saints CemeteryNewtown Grant, PACemetery3.3 mi
- Historic Newtown Presbyterian Church CemeteryNewtown, PAPresbyterian cemetery3.3 mi
- Newtown Methodist Church CemeteryNewtown, PAMethodist cemetery3.3 mi
- Saint Luke's cemeteryNewtown, PACemetery3.4 mi
Funeral homes near Washington Crossing National Cemetery
- Swartz-Givnish Funeral Home3.3 miFuneral home · Newtown · (215) 968-3891
- FitzGerald Sommer Funeral Home4.0 miFuneral home · Yardley · (215) 493-2228
- Ewing Memorials5.4 miMonument dealer · Ewing Twp · (609) 882-1107
- Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home Inc.5.4 miFuneral home · Richboro · (215) 968-8585
- Fleur Funeral Home5.5 miFuneral home · Village Shires
- Simple Cremation Of Nj5.8 miCremation provider · Ewing · (973) 949-0448
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