A visit to the Birchlawn Burial Park ...
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 Birchlawn Burial Park ...
The Birchlawn Burial Park is located in Giles County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Anderson Cemetery
- The Anderson Cemetery is located in Giles County
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- Blankenship Cemetery
- The Blankenship Cemetery is located in Giles County
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- Day Cemetery
- The Day Cemetery is located in Giles County
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- Eatons Chapel Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Giles County
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- Hale Cemetery
- The Hale Cemetery is located in Giles County
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- Hare Cemetery
- The Hare Cemetery is located in Giles County
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- Hoges Chapel Cemetery
- The Hoges Chapel Cemetery is located in Giles County
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- Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
- The Mt. Lebanon Cemetery is located in Giles County
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- Peterstown Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Reed Cemetery
- The Reed Cemetery is located in Giles County
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- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Snider Cemetery
- The Snider Cemetery is located in Giles County
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- Snidow Cemetery
- The Snidow Cemetery is located in Giles County
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- Snidow Cemetery
- The Snidow Cemetery is located in Giles County
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- Staffordsville Cemetery
- Thessalia Cemetery
- The Thessalia Cemetery is located in Giles County
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- Walker Cemetery
- The Walker Cemetery is located in Giles County
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- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
- Wilburn Valley Cemetery
- Woolwine Cemetery
- The Woolwine Cemetery is located in Giles County
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For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Birchlawn Burial Park.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Assurance
- Assurance is located in Monroe County (WV)
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- Ballard
- Ballard is located in Monroe County (WV)
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- Bluff City
- Bluff City is located in Giles County
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- Cowan
- Cowan is located in Pulaski County
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- Eggleston
- Glen Lyn
- Glen Lyn is located in Giles County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Goodwins Ferry
- Goodwins Ferry is located in Giles County
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- Lurich
- Lurich is located in Giles County
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- Mountain Lake
- Mountain Lake is located in Giles County
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- Narrows
- Newport
- Newport is located in Giles County
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- Parrott
- Parrott is located in Pulaski County
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- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Pearisburg
- Pembroke
- Peterstown
- Poplar Hill
- Poplar Hill is located in Giles County
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- Rich Creek
- Rich Creek
- Rich Creek is located in Logan County (WV)
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- Sassin ‑ Historic
- Sassin is located in Pulaski County
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- Shumate
- Shumate is located in Giles County
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- Thessalia
- Thessalia is located in Giles County
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- Willowton
- Willowton is located in Mercer County (WV)
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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 Birchlawn Burial Park. The following communities are located in Giles County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Birchlawn Burial Park.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Birchlawn Burial Park:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Giles 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 Birchlawn Burial Park:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1481810 (Birchlawn Burial Park)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1481810 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: Giles
- Est. Elev: 569 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Pearisburg
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Giles, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Birchlawn Burial Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |