0
documented records
≈ 9.8k–20k
approx. capacity (graves)
0.492 km²
cemetery area · 121.6 acres
Oct 18, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
Charles Evans Cemetery in Reading, Pennsylvania, was created as a nonsectarian burial ground for the people of Reading. Charles Evans donated the first twenty-five acres and $2,000 for its early development, and after his death in 1847 left an endowment of roughly $67,000 for beautification and perpetual care. Set atop a hill, it originally lay outside the city but was later absorbed into Reading.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 40.355988° N, 75.930348° W Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Alsace Lutheran Church Cemetery 1.8 km away · Muhlenberg
- Kissingers Cemetery 2.9 km away · Reading
- Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart Motherhouse Cemetery 3.1 km away · Bernharts
- Gethsemane Cemetery and Mausoleum 3.4 km away · Laureldale
- German Lutheran Cemetery, Reading 3.5 km away · Reading
- Saint Peter Catholic Cemetery 3.5 km away · Reading
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery 3.5 km away · Reading
- Fix-Gerber-Bitting Cemetery 3.6 km away · Reading
- Aulenbach Cemetery 4.1 km away · Reading
- Deppen Cemetery 4.2 km away · Reading
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How big is Charles Evans Cemetery?
Charles Evans Cemetery covers about 49.2 hectares (122 acres), about three-quarters the size of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is the 18th largest of the 5,268 cemeteries we list in Pennsylvania.