About United Cemetery
United Cemetery is a cemetery near West View, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 1.3 mi northwest of West View. The grounds sit at about 1,257 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Charles Taze Russell. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1193584. The nearest other listed cemetery is Christ Our Redeemer Catholic Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Schellhaas Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc. in Pittsburgh, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 342 cemeteries we list in Allegheny County, and 190 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, West View. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at United Cemetery
Among them: 1 writer.
- Charles Taze Russell1852-1916Founder of the Bible Student movement
People whose Wikidata entry gives United 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
40.50933, -80.01547
What United 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
- Christ Our Redeemer Catholic CemeteryWest View, PACatholic cemetery0.2 mi
- Sisters of the Holy Spirit CemeteryWest View, PACemetery0.5 mi
- West View CemeteryWest View, PACemetery0.5 mi
- Lithuanian Cemetery AssociationWest View, PACemetery1.1 mi
- Saint Alexander CemeteryBellevue, PACemetery1.1 mi
- Saint Josephs CemeteryWest View, PACemetery1.1 mi
- Saint Mary's CemeteryMillvale, PACemetery1.4 mi
- Saint Nicholas Croatian Roman Catholic CemeteryGlenshaw, PAChristian cemetery1.4 mi
- Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth CemeteryWest View, PACemetery1.5 mi
- Beth Shalom CemeteryGlenshaw, PAJewish cemetery1.7 mi
Funeral homes near United Cemetery
- The Monument Mall0.0 miMonument dealer · Pittsburgh · (412) 931-1017
- Schellhaas Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc.0.7 miFuneral home · Pittsburgh · (412) 931-5497
- Heard Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Pittsburgh · (412) 931-0200
- Devlin Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · Pittsburgh · (412) 364-0510
- O'Brien's Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Pittsburgh · (412) 766-1680
- Lawrence T. Miller Funeral Home, Inc.2.3 miFuneral home · Pittsburgh · (412) 761-2441
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