A visit to the Brown 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 Brown Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Brown Cemetery:
37.0926, -79.7292
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Brown Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Brown Cemetery is located in Franklin County<2>.
The county seat for Franklin County is located in Rocky Mount. Rocky Mount lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the southwest of the Brown Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 30 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km] of the Brown Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Brown Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Burroughs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Burroughs Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burroughs Cemetery
- Perdue - Robertson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Robertson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Robertson Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson Cemetery
- Dillon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Dillon Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Crossroads Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Crossroads Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads Cemetery
- Dillon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Dillon Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon Cemetery
- Southall - Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Franklin County
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- Dillon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Dillon Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon Cemetery
- Holland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Holland Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Cemetery
- Halesford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Halesford Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halesford Cemetery
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Board - Robertson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Robertson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Robertson Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson Cemetery
- Scruggs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Scruggs Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scruggs Cemetery
- Newbill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Newbill Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbill Cemetery
- McGuire Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The McGuire Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuire Cemetery
- McGuire Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The McGuire Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuire Cemetery
- Chestnut Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jefferson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Jefferson Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Cemetery
- Dillon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Dillon Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon Cemetery
- Dillon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Dillon Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dillon Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Redwood.
- The Dillon Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jesse Dillon Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2526962 <5>
- Holland - Mitchell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Blankenship Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Blankenship Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blankenship Cemetery
- Perdue Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Perdue Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdue Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Carter - Foster Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pasley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Pasley Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasley Cemetery
- Halesford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Halesford Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halesford Cemetery
- Duncan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Duncan Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Brown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Brown Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Felicia ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Felicia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felicia
- Westlake Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Westlake Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Corner
- Hales Ford ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hales Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Ford
- North Shore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- North Shore is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore
- Burnt Chimney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Burnt Chimney is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Chimney
- Union Hall
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Villa ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Villa is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Redwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Redwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
- Radford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Radford is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radford
- Moneta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clevilas ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Clevilas is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevilas
- Goodview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Penhook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Davis Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Davis Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Mill
- Gogginsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gogginsville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gogginsville
- Rocky Mount
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chamblissburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Chamblissburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamblissburg
- Boones Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Barfoot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Barfoot is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfoot
- Laprades Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Laprades Mill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laprades Mill
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 Brown Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Franklin County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Brown Cemetery.
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 Brown Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Franklin 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 Brown Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1791152 (Brown Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1791152 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: Franklin
- Est. Elev: 269 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Moneta SW
- Location given for Brown Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.0926417 Lon: -79.7291981
- 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> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brown Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |