Highwood Cemetery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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.

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 Conley1840-1897
  American industrialist, and first president of Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society
• Stephen Geyer Porter1869-1930
  American politician
• Charles E. Kelly1920-1985
  United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
• William Harrison Graham1844-1923
  Union Army soldier, politician
• Charles Morse Stotz1898-1985
  American architect
• Samuel Anderson Purviance1809-1882
  American politician
• William Allen Sipe1844-1935
  Union Army soldier, lawyer, politician
• Alexander Elliott1831-1905
  Medal of Honor recipient
• John Walker1843-1932
  American industrialist
• Skip Gougler1894-1962
  American football player and coach
• Gustave A. Mueller1863-1912
  American homeopath and surgeon
• Amelia Phipps Walker1846-1887

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.

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.

• Uniondale Cemetery 1

  Pittsburgh, PA
  Cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery

  1041 Buente Street, Pittsburgh, PA
  Lutheran cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Ridgelawn Cemetery

  Millvale, PA
  Cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Rosedale Cemetery

  Bellevue, PA
  Cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Most Holy Name of Jesus Cemetery

  Millvale, PA
  Cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Saint Martin Cemetery

  Pittsburgh, PA
  Cemetery

  2.0 mi
• Saint Mary's Cemetery

  Millvale, PA
  Cemetery

  2.0 mi
• Troy Hill Hebrew Cemetery

  2518 Mount Troy Road, Pittsburgh, PA
  Jewish cemetery

  2.0 mi
• Law Enforcement Officers Memorial of Allegheny County

  Pittsburgh, PA
  Cemetery

  2.0 mi
• West View Cemetery

  West View, PA
  Cemetery

  2.1 mi

• Rex T. Smith Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Pittsburgh
  0.6 mi
• Coston Funeral Home and Cremation Services

  Funeral home · Pittsburgh · (412) 766-2930
  0.6 mi
• Robinson Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Pittsburgh · (412) 231-1191
  0.8 mi
• odells funeral home

  Funeral home · Pgh · (412) 231-6226
  0.8 mi
• Kunsak Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Bellevue
  1.1 mi
• Thomas P Kunsak Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Pittsburgh · (412) 766-5080
  1.1 mi

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