A visit to the Brown Family 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 Brown Family Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Brown Family Cemetery (FG ID #2568661).
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 Family Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Brown Family Cemetery:
37.4620, -77.5644
The Brown Family Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County<2>.
. Chesterfield lies just to the south southeast of the Brown Family Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Brown Family Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Brown Family Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Central Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Central Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Cemetery
- Mt. Giea Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Mt. Giea Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Giea Cemetery
- Providence Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Providence Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Hopewell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Trabur Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Trabur Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trabur Cemetery
- Tomahawk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Tomahawk Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk Cemetery
- Old Tomahawk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Old Tomahawk Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tomahawk Cemetery
- Dale Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Dale Memorial Park is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Memorial Park
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Pisgah Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
- Brown Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Brown Grove Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Grove Cemetery
- Gravel Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Gravel Hill Cemetery is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery is located in Richmond City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- Maury Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Centralia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Centralia Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia Cemetery
- Cary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Cary Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary Cemetery
- Hollywood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Riverview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Brown Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Brown Family Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Chesterfield Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chesterfield Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield Village
- Robious
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bon Air
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Walmsley Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Walmsley Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walmsley Village
- Cherry Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Chippenham Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chippenham Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippenham Village
- Midlothian
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fendley ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fendley is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fendley
- Chesterfield Court House
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beulah Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beulah Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Village
- Drewrys Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bensley Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bensley Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bensley Village
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Bensley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bensley is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bensley
- Ampt Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lorraine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Centralia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bellwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bellwood is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
- Otterdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Richmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tuckahoe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Coalboro ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Holly ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Holly is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Tuckahoe Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Montrose Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dumbarton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Huguenot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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 Family Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Chesterfield County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Brown Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Centralia
- Chester
- Midlothian
- Richmond
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 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 Brown Family Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Chesterfield 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 Family Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2568661
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 Chesterfield, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brown Family 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |