A visit to the Amherst Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Amherst Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Amherst Cemetery (FG ID #49232)
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Amherst Cemetery ...
The Amherst Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Amherst.
The cemetery is located in Amherst County<2>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Beard Cemetery
- Burford Cemetery
- The Burford Cemetery is located in Amherst County
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- Campbell Cemetery
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Amherst County
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- Carpenter Cemetery
- The Carpenter Cemetery is located in Amherst County
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- Cash Cemetery
- The Cash Cemetery is located in Amherst County
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- Christian Aid Cemetery
- Faulconer Cemetery
- The Faulconer Cemetery is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faulconer Cemetery
- Fulcher Cemetery
- The Fulcher Cemetery is located in Amherst County
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- Giles Cemetery
- The Giles Cemetery is located in Nelson County
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- Harrison Cemetery
- The Harrison Cemetery is located in Amherst County
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- Henley Cemetery
- The Henley Cemetery is located in Amherst County
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- Hicks Cemetery
- The Hicks Cemetery is located in Amherst County
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- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hicks Cemetery
- The Hicks Cemetery is located in Amherst County
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- Higginbotham Cemetery
- The Higginbotham Cemetery is located in Amherst County
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- Lone Pine Cemetery
- The Lone Pine Cemetery is located in Amherst County
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- Loving Cemetery
- The Loving Cemetery is located in Amherst County
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- Mays Cemetery
- The Mays Cemetery is located in Amherst County
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- McIvor Cemetery
- The McIvor Cemetery is located in Amherst County
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- Morriss Cemetery
- The Morriss Cemetery is located in Amherst County
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- Parr Cemetery
- The Parr Cemetery is located in Amherst County
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- St. Pauls Cemetery
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Amherst County
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- Steele Cemetery
- The Steele Cemetery is located in Amherst County
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- Thompson Cemetery
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Nelson County
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- Tucker Cemetery
- The Tucker Cemetery is located in Amherst County
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- Watts Cemetery
- The Watts Cemetery is located in Amherst County
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- White Rock Cemetery
- The White Rock Cemetery is located in Nelson County
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- Williams Cemetery
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Amherst County
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- Wilson Cemetery
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Amherst County
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For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Amherst Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Allwood
- Amherst
- Arrington
- Beckham
- Bent Creek
- Buffalo Springs
- Colleen
- Coolwell
- Forks of Buffalo
- Gladstone
- Joshua Falls
- Lavino Village
- Lavino Village is located in Lynchburg City
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- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lowesville
- Madison Heights
- Massies Mill
- Mineral ‑ Historic
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
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- Monitor
- New Glasgow
- Norwood
- Pedlar Mills
- Pleasant View
- Sandidges
- Sweet Briar Station
- Walkers Ford
- Winesap
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Amherst Cemetery. The following communities are located in Amherst County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Amherst Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Amherst Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Amherst County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Amherst Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #49232
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1462445 (Amherst Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1462445 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Amherst
- Est. Elev: 231 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Amherst
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Amherst, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Amherst Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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