CEMETERY NAME:  Clark Cemetery

AKA:  Old Presbyterian Cemetery

Number of Burials (approximate):  200

Dates of Activity:  1851 - present

Documentation/Publication:  The Cemeteries of Bald Eagle Township, Beech Creek Township, and Beech Creek Borough (2005)

Directions/GPS: 

In the town of Beech Creek, take Harrison Street north until you reach Fairview Street.  Make a right onto Fairview Street and travel for about 0.5 miles.  The cemetery will be on your left, sloping up the hill, behind a house.

N41 04.779 W77 35.159

Landowner / Caretaker:

Clark Cemetery

Beech Creek, PA 16822

Condition/Needs: 

Very Good

History: 

It is said that the Clark Cemetery was established at the time of the death of William Clark, in 1851, as a community burying ground for the Beech Creek area.  It was used for local burials from that point forward.  In 1920 an organization was formed to maintain the cemetery, but became defunct thereafter.   In more recent years, an association has been formed to maintain the cemetery.  It has received a few burials over the years, the most recent being in the 1990s.

This cemetery has also been called the Old Presbyterian Cemetery.  It is known that William Clark was a Presbyterian by faith.