Perkiomen Valley Cemetery

Perkiomen Valley Cemetery is a cemetery in Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Perkiomen Valley Cemetery is situated nearby to the hamlet Graterford, as well as near the village Rahns.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Speaker’s House and Augustus Lutheran Church.

The Speaker’s House

Museum

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The Speaker's House is a museum located in Trappe, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania that preserves the home of Frederick Muhlenberg, the First and Third Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. The Speaker’s House is situated 1½ miles south of Perkiomen Valley Cemetery.

Augustus Lutheran Church

Church

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Augustus Lutheran Church is a historic church and Lutheran congregation at 717 West Main Street in Trappe, Pennsylvania. Consecrated in 1745, it is the oldest extant Lutheran church building in the United States, and was founded primarily by Pennsylvania Germans. Augustus Lutheran Church is situated 1½ miles southwest of Perkiomen Valley Cemetery.

State Correctional Institution – Phoenix

Prison

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The State Correctional Institution – Phoenix is a state prison in Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, with a Collegeville postal address, in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. State Correctional Institution – Phoenix is situated 2 miles northeast of Perkiomen Valley Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Graterford and Rahns.

Graterford

Hamlet

Graterford is an unincorporated community in Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1756 by Jacob Kreator, a textile weaver, Graterford was originally named Grater's Ford until abbreviated to Graterford by the postal service in the mid-1950s.

Rahns

Village

Rahns is an unincorporated community along the Perkiomen Creek in Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Rahns was founded in 1865 and named for an early settler, George Rahn.

Trappe

Town

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Trappe is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, Trappe had a population of 4,002. Augustus Lutheran Church, built in 1743, is the oldest unchanged Lutheran church building in the United States in continuous use by the same congregation. Trappe is situated 1½ miles southwest of Perkiomen Valley Cemetery.

Perkiomen Valley Cemetery

Type: Cemetery
Category: burial
Location: Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.2176° or 40° 13′ 3″ north

Longitude

-75.4568° or 75° 27′ 25″ west

Elevation

161 feet (49 metres)

Open location code

87G66G9V+27

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1279560225

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=grave_yard

GeoNames ID

5205654

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