S. 2nd Street Church Burial Ground - Wrightsville, PA - Churchyard Cemeteries on Waymarking.com

There are approximately 100 graves to the rear of this church. This cemetery butts up against another churchyard cemetery, both churches sharing a back yard. Little is known about this cemetery except what can be read from the markers. Another waymarker called this Zion cemetery and I am unaware of his source or how he came up with the name. "Zion Cemetery" is located along S. Second and Mulberry Street's in Wrightsville Borough, York County, Pennsylvania. Some of the headstones give an indication this was once an active and vibrant church; I found a couple of Civil War veteran graves marked by the G.A.R emblem sticking out of the ground.

This is a most unusual area with housing tracts and churches planted in the middle between homes. There are two of these undocumented churches. This church is a single room church made of stone with gothic-styled arched windows. Everything is boarded up so it is obviously abandoned.

There is a confusing menagerie of cornerstones which give conflicting dates. Perhaps the best dates for the establishment of this church are revealed by examining the old grave stones to the rear. In the front of the church there is a stone, probably made of marble or something like that in the right corner. There is a drain pipe covering it so the only way to photo it is from both extreme angles. he cornerstone reads:

1853
Rebuilt
1891

There is an additional cornerstone in the rear for some reason. It is red, it is on the back right if your back is to the cemetery and the year is 1858.

Name of church or churchyard: Unknown/Unavailabe Approximate Size: Large (100+)

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