Harmony in Butler County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Harmonist Cemetery

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, February 18, 2011

1. Harmonist Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Burial place of Harmonist Society, 1805-15. Graves were not marked. The stone wall was built in 1869, after the Harmonists had returned from Indiana and settled at "Old Economy," in Beaver County.

Erected 1947 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. In addition, it is included in the Communal and Utopian Societies, and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1869.

Location. 40° 48.107′ N, 80° 7.419′ W. Marker is in Harmony, Pennsylvania, in Butler County. It is on Evans City Road (Pennsylvania Route 68) 0.3 miles west of Raymond P. Shafer Highway (Interstate 79), on the right when traveling east. Located at the base of the hill next to the cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Harmony PA 16037, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northwestern Pennsylvania

and in Greater Pittsburgh.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically

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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: Ca. 1805 Log Cabin (approx. 0.2 miles away); Visitor Information Center (approx. 0.2 miles away); Rapp's Seat Vineyard Hill (approx. 0.2 miles away); Harmony (approx. ¼ mile away); Veterans Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); George Washington Slept Here (approx. ¼ mile away); Harmonist - Ziegler Barn (approx. ¼ mile away); Harmony Mennonites (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Harmony.

Another marker is no longer nearby. War Memorial (was approx. ¼ mile away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, February 18, 2011

2. Harmonist Cemetery Marker

Looking west on PA 68

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, February 18, 2011

3. Harmonist Cemetery Marker

Harmonist Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, February 18, 2011

4. Harmonist Cemetery

Harmonist Cemetery Entrance Gate image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, February 18, 2011

5. Harmonist Cemetery Entrance Gate

Harmonist Cemetery Entrance sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, February 18, 2011

6. Harmonist Cemetery Entrance sign

This wall and a pivoting stone gate define the perimeter of the Harmonist Society's cemetery image. Click for full size.

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7. This wall and a pivoting stone gate define the perimeter of the Harmonist Society's cemetery

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Credits. This page was last revised on August 30, 2020. It was originally submitted on February 18, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,624 times since then and 34 times this year. Last updated on February 21, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on February 18, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 7. submitted on July 27, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.