Altona Cemetery
Altona Cemetery is a cemetery in Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania. Altona Cemetery is situated nearby to Saint Thomas United Church, as well as near the hamlet Butztown.- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “Altonah Cemetery” and “Macada Cemetery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Thomas United Church and First Presbyterian Church.
Saint Thomas United Church
Church
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Saint Thomas United Church is situated 470 feet south of Altona Cemetery.
First Presbyterian Church
Church
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The First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania was established in 1875, and the present building on Center Street was completed in 1957. The Church had 2,609 members as of June 2015 but the Presbyterian Church, like every mainline Protestant denomination, has suffered a decline in national membership, especially over the past decade. First Presbyterian Church is situated 1 mile southwest of Altona Cemetery.
Freedom High School
School
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Freedom High School is a large urban, public high school located in Bethlehem Township in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. Freedom High School is one of the two public high schools operated by the Bethlehem Area School District. Freedom High School is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Altona Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Butztown and Pembroke Village.
Butztown
Hamlet
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Butztown is an unincorporated community in Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania. It is located northeast of Bethlehem. The village is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
Pembroke Village
Neighborhood
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Pembroke is a public housing community in northeast Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The area was listed as a national historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. Pembroke Village is situated 2 miles south of Altona Cemetery.
Freemansburg
Village
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Freemansburg is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,875 as of the 2020 census. The Lehigh River, a 109-mile-long tributary of the Delaware River, flows through Freemansburg. Freemansburg is situated 2½ miles south of Altona Cemetery.
Altona Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.65735° or 40° 39′ 27″ northLongitude
-75.36061° or 75° 21′ 38″ westElevation
374 feet (114 metres)Open location code
87G6MJ4Q+WQOpenStreetMap ID
way 560352818OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryGeoNames ID
5178194Wikidata ID
Q117554484
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