Benshoff Hill Cemetery

Benshoff Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in Middle Taylor Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Benshoff Hill Cemetery is situated nearby to the village Brownstown, as well as near East Conemaugh.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Columba Church (Johnstown, Pennsylvania) and Laurel Run Dam.

St. Columba Church (Johnstown, Pennsylvania)

Church

Photo: Ron Shawley, CC BY 3.0.

St. Columba Church (Johnstown, Pennsylvania) is situated 1½ miles south of Benshoff Hill Cemetery.

Laurel Run Dam

Dam

Photo: Ron Shawley, CC BY 3.0.

The Laurel Run Dam, also known as Laurel Run Dam No. 2, was an earthen embankment dam that failed during the Johnstown Flood of 1977. It had the largest reservoir of seven dams to fail between July 19 and 20, 1977 and caused the most fatalities of the two that did. Laurel Run Dam is situated 1½ miles northeast of Benshoff Hill Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brownstown and East Conemaugh.

Brownstown

Village

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Brownstown is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 744 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area and also part of Johnstown's urban area. Brownstown is situated 2½ miles south of Benshoff Hill Cemetery.

East Conemaugh

Village

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

East Conemaugh is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, East Conemaugh had a population of 1,082. East Conemaugh is situated 2½ miles southeast of Benshoff Hill Cemetery.

Johnstown

Photo: Greg5030, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, 41 miles west-southwest of Altoona, and 70 miles east of Pittsburgh. The Conemaugh River forms at Johnstown from its tributaries, the Stonycreek River and the Little Conemaugh.

Benshoff Hill Cemetery

Type: Cemetery
Category: burial
Location: Middle Taylor Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.36591° or 40° 21′ 57″ north

Longitude

-78.92419° or 78° 55′ 27″ west

Elevation

1,749 feet (533 metres)

Open location code

87G3938G+98

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357276691

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=grave_yard

GeoNames ID

5179990

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