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A visit to the Berea Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

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 Berea Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Berea Cemetery:

36.7135, -76.2583

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Berea Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

Open a Google Map centered on the Berea Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> of the Berea Cemetery.<3>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Berea Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Roosevelt Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Chesapeake City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
  • Workmans Circle Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Bainbridge & Elco Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Wallace Family Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Wallace Family Cemetery is located in Chesapeake City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Family Cemetery
    • The Wallace Family Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Deep Creek Lock Park Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2283847 <4>
  • Good Hope Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • The Good Hope Cemetery is located in Chesapeake City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Cemetery
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • The Bethel Cemetery is located in Virginia Beach City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Chesapeake City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Portsmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
  • All Saint Catholic Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • The All Saint Catholic Cemetery is located in Portsmouth City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saint Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the All Saint Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Portsmouth.
    • The All Saint Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Portsmouth Catholic Cemetery
    • St. Paul's Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #52028 <4>
  • Jewish Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • The Jewish Cemetery is located in Portsmouth City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewish Cemetery
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Lincoln Memorial Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • The Lincoln Memorial Cemetery is located in Portsmouth City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Memorial Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lincoln Memorial Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Portsmouth.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #51000 <4>
    • Riverside Memorial Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Mt. Olive Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Norfolk City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
    • Magnolia Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Trinity Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • The Trinity Cemetery is located in Portsmouth City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
    • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • The Mt. Calvary Cemetery is located in Portsmouth City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    • Olive Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Olive Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Wallaceton Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • The Wallaceton Cemetery is located in Chesapeake City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceton Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Wallaceton Cemetery is located
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2634619 <4>
    • Lane Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • The Lane Cemetery is located in Virginia Beach City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Cemetery
    • Whitehart Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • The Whitehart Cemetery is located in Virginia Beach City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehart Cemetery

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Berea Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Berea Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Chesapeake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Westview Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Westview Village is located in Virginia Beach City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview Village
  • Portsmouth
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • New Town ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • New Town is located in Norfolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
  • Kempsville Gardens
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Kempsville Gardens is located in Virginia Beach City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempsville Gardens
  • Alantic City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Alantic City is located in Norfolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alantic City
  • Pocahontas Village
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Pocahontas Village is located in Virginia Beach City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas Village
  • Norfolk
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Mapleton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mapleton is located in Virginia Beach City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
  • Thalia Village
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Thalia Village is located in Virginia Beach City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thalia Village
  • Aragona Village
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Aragona Village is located in Virginia Beach City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aragona Village
  • Charlton Village
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Charlton Village is located in Chesapeake City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton Village
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Burtons
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Burtons is located in Virginia Beach City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtons
    • Moyock
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Pungo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Pungo is located in Virginia Beach City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pungo
    • Nimmo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Nimmo is located in Virginia Beach City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmo
    • Shoulders Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Shoulders Hill is located in Suffolk City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoulders Hill
    • Monticello Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Monticello Village is located in Norfolk City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello Village
    • Sussex
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Sussex is located in Norfolk City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
    • Glenwood Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Glenwood Park is located in Norfolk City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Park
    • Driver
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Driver is located in Suffolk City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
    • Ames Cove
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Ames Cove is located in Suffolk City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames Cove
    • Bennett Harbor
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Bennett Harbor is located in Suffolk City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett Harbor
    • Wilroy
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Wilroy is located in Suffolk City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilroy

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 Berea Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in .

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Berea 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 helpful websites 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 Berea Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Virginia:
  • 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 Berea Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1478182  (Berea Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1478182 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
      • : Chesapeake (city)
      • Est. Elev: 5 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Deep Creek
      • Location given for Berea Cemetery:
      • Lat: 36.7134823     Lon: -76.258272
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    Footnotes ...

    <1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
    <2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Berea Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
    <3>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add.
    <4>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.
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