Franklin Township near West Wyoming in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Forty Fort Cemetery Unknowns Reburial Site
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 29, 2025
1. Forty Fort Cemetery Unknowns Reburial Site Marker
In memory of
those at rest on this hillside
whose names are unknown, and
whose gravesites in the
Forty Fort Cemetery were
destroyed by flood waters
of the Susquehanna River
June 23, 1972
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Disasters. A significant historical date for this entry is June 23, 1972.
Location. 41° 21.582′ N, 75° 52.545′ W. Marker is near West Wyoming, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. It is in Franklin Township. It can be reached from West 8th Street. Monument is in Memorial Shrine Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1831 West 8th Street, Wyoming PA 18644, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region, in the Wyoming Valley, and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: For This We Fought (approx. 3.2 miles away); World War II Memorial (approx. 3.2 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 3.2 miles away); World War II and Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.6 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.7 miles away); Battlefield of Wyoming (approx. 3.8 miles away); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. 3.8 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in West Wyoming.
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1. Forty Fort Cemetery Agnes Flood of 1972. (Submitted on September 29, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Forty Fort Cemetery Agnes Flood 1972 (Facebook 4 min video). (Submitted on September 29, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 29, 2025
2. Forty Fort Cemetery Unknowns Reburial Site and Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on September 29, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 29, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 67 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 29, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
