Be Prepared, as all Geocachers should, please bring a pen!
Stewartstown Cemetery is the location of our second cemetery cache. The cemetery has been in existence in one form or another since 1817! The current population of the Cemetery is 2515 with the latest being buried in June 2020. The cemetery is, by far, the largest supporting Stewartstown. As a multicache, we will lead you to a few locations on the east side of the site.
NOTE: Please be respectful. Only search for this cache during DAYLIGHT ONLY.
Stewartstown is a growing, bedroom community for Baltimore, as are several of the Pennsylvania towns on the Mason-Dixon line. The town was established along the road between York and Baltimore. Around 1812, a group of farmers set out to establish a town. The village was first known as Meadstown and. later as Mechanicsburg. because of a large amount of tradesmen who lived in the community. By 1828, the town had its own post office, and Anthony Stewart was appointed the first postmaster. There was already another Pennsylvania town named Mechanicsburg, so, through the efforts of Anthony Stewart, the Post Office Department changed the town's postmark to "Stewartstown" on March 24, 1832.
The town supports several local restaurants, a passenger train excursion, multiple local parks and a great ice cream stand. After paying your respects here, take some time to explore the town and the rest of southern PA.
Follow the directions provided below and collect the required information to determine the Final Coordinates. Park carefully on or along the drive near the Posted Coordinates but be prepared to move to allow traffic flow.
Stage 1: Posted coordinates bring you to the Griffiths 3. This headstone has an unusual attachment. Use the total number of letters of the wife's inscribed name as B. Do not include Griffith.
Stage 2:Turn South, toward Cemetery Avenue, and proceed to the tallest brown monument, remembering John and Kate. You will cross the driveway and pass several of the oldest graves. Use the last digit of Kate's birth year as A.
Stage 3: From Stage 2, proceed West to the circle in the center of the cemetery. Here find a bench upon to rest and reflect, placed in honor of Mr. O., who served as Treasurer for the Stewartstown Cemetery Association. Use the number of letters in his first name multiplied by 10 as DC.
FINAL: Enter the acquired information into the following coordinates to identify the final coordinates. Continue to be respectful of the gravesites as you go for the final. The cache is not attached to or near the gravesites.
FINAL COORDINATES: N 39 45 ABC W 076 35 BDC