About Highwood Cemetery
Highwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 2.7 mi southeast of Pittsburgh. The grounds sit at about 965 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 14 notable people buried here, including William Henry Conley, Stephen Geyer Porter and Charles E. Kelly. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1177060. The nearest other listed cemetery is Uniondale Cemetery 1, about 0.4 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Rex T. Smith Funeral Home in Pittsburgh, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 342 cemeteries we list in Allegheny County, and 204 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Allegheny County dates to 1824. 5 of the 342 listings in Allegheny County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Pittsburgh. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Highwood Cemetery
Among them: 4 US representatives, 2 business leaders, 2 Medal of Honor recipients, 1 football player, 1 architect, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 World War II veteran.
- William Henry Conley1840-1897American industrialist, and first president of Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society
- Stephen Geyer Porter1869-1930American politician
- Charles E. Kelly1920-1985United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- William Harrison Graham1844-1923Union Army soldier, politician
- Charles Morse Stotz1898-1985American architect
- Samuel Anderson Purviance1809-1882American politician
- William Allen Sipe1844-1935Union Army soldier, lawyer, politician
- Alexander Elliott1831-1905Medal of Honor recipient
- John Walker1843-1932American industrialist
- Skip Gougler1894-1962American football player and coach
- Gustave A. Mueller1863-1912American homeopath and surgeon
- Amelia Phipps Walker1846-1887
Show all 14 notable burials
- Hay Walker1875-1925Peerage person ID=662953
- Julia A. Shourek1883-1972American teacher, ornithologist and botanical collector
People whose Wikidata entry gives Highwood 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
40.47383, -80.02163
What Highwood 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
- Uniondale Cemetery 1Pittsburgh, PACemetery0.4 mi
- Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery1041 Buente Street, Pittsburgh, PALutheran cemetery1.5 mi
- Ridgelawn CemeteryMillvale, PACemetery1.6 mi
- Rosedale CemeteryBellevue, PACemetery1.6 mi
- Most Holy Name of Jesus CemeteryMillvale, PACemetery1.8 mi
- Saint Martin CemeteryPittsburgh, PACemetery2.0 mi
- Saint Mary's CemeteryMillvale, PACemetery2.0 mi
- Troy Hill Hebrew Cemetery2518 Mount Troy Road, Pittsburgh, PAJewish cemetery2.0 mi
- Law Enforcement Officers Memorial of Allegheny CountyPittsburgh, PACemetery2.0 mi
- West View CemeteryWest View, PACemetery2.1 mi
Funeral homes near Highwood Cemetery
- Rex T. Smith Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Pittsburgh
- Coston Funeral Home and Cremation Services0.6 miFuneral home · Pittsburgh · (412) 766-2930
- Robinson Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Pittsburgh · (412) 231-1191
- odells funeral home0.8 miFuneral home · Pgh · (412) 231-6226
- Kunsak Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Bellevue
- Thomas P Kunsak Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Pittsburgh · (412) 766-5080
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