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Southmont in Cambria County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Citizens' Cemetery Association Grand-View Cemetery

 
 
Citizens' Cemetery Association Grand-View Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 26, 2026
1. Citizens' Cemetery Association Grand-View Cemetery Marker
Inscription.
Organized January 27, 1885

Construction of new administration & service buildings - New entrance gate
- 1989 -

Board of Trustees
Walter J. Goller, President
John M. R. Ayres - Vice President
George P. Umbach, Secretary-Treasurer
Glenn Brougher, Jr. • Joseph R. Casale • Earl F. Glock • William R. McMullen

Contractors
K-B Building Co., Genera • Marc Services, HVAC • K & K Plumbing • Dave Alvares Electric
Architect
E. Pawlowski Assoc

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical date for this entry is January 27, 1885.
 
Location. 40° 18.977′ N, 78° 55.525′ W. Marker is in Southmont, Pennsylvania, in Cambria County. It can be reached from the intersection of Millcreek Road and Bucknell Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Marker is located in Grandview Cemetery at the left of the entrance to the cemetery office building. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 801 Millcreek Road, Johnstown PA 15905, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands. It is also
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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 walking distance of this marker: Johnstown Civil War Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); 1889 Johnstown Flood Unidentified Dead (about 600 feet away); First Cambria A.M.E. Zion Church (approx. 0.3 miles away); Samuel Cole (approx. 0.4 miles away); Union Cemetery Marker (approx. 0.4 miles away); George Lucas (approx. 0.4 miles away); Cambria County War Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Chapin Arch (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Southmont.
 
Citizens' Cemetery Association Grand-View Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 26, 2026
2. Citizens' Cemetery Association Grand-View Cemetery Marker
Marker is located at the left side of the cemetery office building.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 18, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 18, 2026, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 5 times since then. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on September 18, 2026, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
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