Monaca in Beaver County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Baker-Baldwin Cemetery
Photographed by Nicole Swager, September 10, 2024
1. Baker Baldwin Cemetery Marker
Monaca's oldest cemetery founded 1808 by Anthony Baker, Monaca's first settler. First burial 1810[.] Last 1868. Burial site for Revolutionary and Civil War vets. Purchased 1901 by Baldwin Family for railroad spur. Saved by court injunction in 1901.
Erected 2024 by Beaver County Historical Research and Landmarks Foundation.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1808.
Location. 40° 41.042′ N, 80° 15.946′ W. Marker is in Monaca, Pennsylvania, in Beaver County. It is on Industrial Park Road 0.1 miles south of Pennsylvania Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 51), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 300 Main St, Monaca PA 15061, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater Pittsburgh. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, and in the Ohio River Valley. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Freedom Boat Yards (approx. 0.7 miles away); Trinity Evangelical Lutheran (approx. 0.7 miles away); Vicary House (approx. 0.8 miles away); Saint Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church (approx. 1.1 miles away); Water Cure Sanitorium (approx. 1.2 miles away); Site of Thiel College
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Photographed by Nicole Swager, September 10, 2024
2. Baker-Baldwin Cemetery Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on September 17, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 11, 2024, by Nicole Swager of Beaver, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 378 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on September 11, 2024, by Nicole Swager of Beaver, Pennsylvania. 2. submitted on September 17, 2024, by Nicole Swager of Beaver, Pennsylvania. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
