About Hanover Cemetery
Hanover Cemetery is a cemetery near Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 1.7 mi north of Plymouth. The grounds sit at about 679 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Arthur James. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1176475. The nearest other listed cemetery is Ohav Zedek Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Charles V. Sherbin Funeral Home in Hanover Township, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 280 cemeteries we list in Luzerne County, and 138 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Plymouth. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Hanover Cemetery
Among them: 1 governor.
- Arthur James1883-1973American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Hanover 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
41.21700, -75.95405
What Hanover 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
- Ohav Zedek CemeteryPlymouth, PACemetery0.1 mi
- Saint Mary's Nativity CemeteryPlymouth, PACatholic cemetery1.3 mi
- Davenport Burying GroundPlymouth, PACemetery1.6 mi
- Saint Marys Cemetery1594 South Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, PACemetery1.7 mi
- Holy Family CemeteryAshley, PAFamily cemetery1.7 mi
- St. Charles Borromeo CemeteryAshley, PACatholic cemetery1.7 mi
- Shawnee CemeteryPlymouth, PACemetery1.8 mi
- Saints Peter and Paul Ukrainian CemeteryPlymouth, PACatholic cemetery1.9 mi
- Maple Hill CemeteryAshley, PAOrthodox cemetery2.0 mi
- St. Peter & Paul CemeteryAshley, PACatholic cemetery2.0 mi
Funeral homes near Hanover Cemetery
- Charles V. Sherbin Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Hanover Township
- S.J. Grontkowski Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Plymouth · (570) 779-2014
- Williams Hagen Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Plymouth · (570) 779-3400
- Frank Grontkowski Monuments Inc1.9 miMonument dealer · Hanover Twp · (570) 822-5574
- Kielty-Moran Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral home · Plymouth · (570) 779-1901
- Daniel J Hughes Funeral2.3 miFuneral home · Wilkes-Barre · (570) 826-0600
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