About Pittston Avenue Cemetery
Pittston Avenue Cemetery is a presbyterian cemetery near Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 1.1 mi north of Scranton. The grounds sit at about 751 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2799980. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Marys Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Nicholas Chomko Funeral Home in Scranton, about 0.1 mi away. It is one of 188 cemeteries we list in Lackawanna County, and 156 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Scranton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.39460, -75.67098
What Pittston Avenue 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
- Saint Marys CemeteryScranton, PAChristian cemetery0.7 mi
- Saint Ann's CemeteryTaylor, PAChristian cemetery1.1 mi
- Saint Anns CemeteryTaylor, PACemetery1.1 mi
- Saint Vladimir CemeteryTaylor, PAChristian cemetery1.3 mi
- Italian American CemeteryTaylor, PACemetery1.4 mi
- Saint Johns Byzantine Catholic CemeteryTaylor, PACatholic cemetery1.4 mi
- Saint Stanisluas Polish National CemeteryTaylor, PANational cemetery1.4 mi
- Saint Stanislaus Cathedral PNCC CemeteryTaylor, PACatholic cemetery1.4 mi
- Saint Michaels Orthodox CemeteryTaylor, PAOrthodox cemetery1.4 mi
- Saint Vladimir's Old CemeteryTaylor, PAChristian cemetery1.4 mi
Funeral homes near Pittston Avenue Cemetery
- Nicholas Chomko Funeral Home0.1 miFuneral home · Scranton · (570) 347-6120
- Pennsylvania Cremation Services0.3 miCremation provider · Scranton · (570) 344-7016
- Pennsylvania Cremation Society0.3 miCremation provider · Scranton · (570) 342-6180
- Corey Brian Strauch FH and PA Cremation Services0.3 miCremation provider · Scranton · (570) 343-0413
- Miller Bean Funeral Home, Inc. & On-Site Crematory0.5 miCremation provider · Scranton · (570) 343-2212
- Neil W Regan Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Scranton · (570) 343-6416
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Frequently asked questions
Is Pittston Avenue Cemetery a Presbyterian cemetery?
Our records list a Presbyterian affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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