Cemeteries in Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Private Cemeteries in Johnstown, Pennsylvania often have specific restrictions, such as religious affiliation or family connections. Military Cemeteries in Johnstown, Pennsylvania are primarily for veterans and individuals who have served in the armed forces, and in some cases, their family members. Public Cemeteries in Johnstown, Pennsylvania are open to the general public without any particular restrictions.

We offer detailed information for cemeteries in Johnstown, Pennsylvania , including the names of deceased individuals, their birth and death dates, data about relatives, and cemetery locations. Additionally, you can obtain historical records and conduct searches for ancestors interred in Johnstown, Pennsylvania .

Our database contains records of burials from 31 cemeteries.

Grandview Cemetery 1885 - Historic. Grandview Cemetery is operated by the Citizens' Cemetery Association, founded in 1885, by prominent citizens in an effort to establish a cemetery for Johnstown's rapidly growing population. The first interment was that of Lucretia Hammond of Kernville on April 30, 1887.

Mount Moriah Cemetery was established by an act of the Pennsylvania Legislature and incorporated on March 27, 1855. The cemetery was expanded to approximately 380 acres, spanning Cobbs Creek into the Borough of Yeadon in adjacent Delaware County, making it the largest cemetery in Pennsylvania.

Grandview was created in 1885 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania when the land was purchased from the Cambria Iron Company. It was needed to keep up the rapid increase in population in the city. After the Johnstown Flood, which occurred on May 31, 1889, many who died in in the flood were buried at Grandview.