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Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Lat:   38.4750°   (38° 28' 30")

Lon:   -78.9283°   (-78° 55' 41")

The Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery is located in Rockingham County<1>.

The county seat for Rockingham County is located in Harrisonburg. Harrisonburg lies just to the east southeast of the Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Virginia:
  • Pages specific to Rockingham County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • New Erection
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Erection
      • New Erection is located in Rockingham County
    • Hinton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
      • Hinton is located in Rockingham County
    • Coakley Town
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coakley Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coakley Town
      • Coakley Town is located in Rockingham County
    • Harrisonburg
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rushville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rushville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
      • Rushville is located in Rockingham County
    • Dayton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
      • Dayton is located in Rockingham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dayton <4>
    • Lilly
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
      • Lilly is located in Rockingham County
    • Clover Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clover Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
      • Clover Hill is located in Rockingham County
    • Linville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linville
      • Linville is located in Rockingham County
    • Edom
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edom
      • Edom is located in Rockingham County
    • Singers Glen
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singers Glen
      • Singers Glen is located in Rockingham County
    • Ottobine
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottobine
      • Ottobine is located in Rockingham County
    • Continue List   (13 more) ...
      • Bridgewater
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Melrose
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melrose have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
        • Melrose is located in Rockingham County
      • Spring Creek
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
        • Spring Creek is located in Rockingham County
      • Massanetta Springs
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Massanetta Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massanetta Springs
        • Massanetta Springs is located in Rockingham County
      • Keezletown
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Briery Branch
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briery Branch
        • Briery Branch is located in Rockingham County
      • Mount Crawford
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • North River
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
        • North River is located in Rockingham County
      • Cherry Grove
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
        • Cherry Grove is located in Rockingham County
      • Cross Keys
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Lacey Spring
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
        • Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
      • Daphna
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daphna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daphna
        • Daphna is located in Rockingham County
      • Turleytown
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turleytown
        • Turleytown is located in Rockingham County

    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 Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Rockingham County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    • Bridgewater
    • Dayton
      • Dayton lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Dayton.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
    • Harrisonburg
    • Mount Crawford

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 30 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery.<5>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Weavers Mennonite Church Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Mt. Clinton Mennonite Church Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mt. Horeb Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Blosser Family Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Cromer Family Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Cromer Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • The Cromer Family Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cromer Family Cemetery
    • Antioch UCC Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • St. Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Bank Mennonite Church Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Arey Family Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant View Mennonite Church Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Dayton Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • The Dayton Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dayton Cemetery
    • Thomas Family Cemetery #1
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Continue List   (18 more) ...
      • Green Mount Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Bowman / Whitmer Family Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Bowman / Whitmer Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
        • The Bowman / Whitmer Family Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bowman / Whitmer Family Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2609247 <7>
      • Peak Pentecostal Church Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Dry River Mennonite Church Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Dry River Mennonite Church Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
        • The Dry River Mennonite Church Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dry River Mennonite Church Cemetery
      • Fishback Family Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Fishback Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
        • The Fishback Family Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fishback Family Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Dayton.
        • The Fishback Family Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Dayton Baptist Church Cemetery
        • Salem Baptist Church Cemetery
        • Salem Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fishback Family Cemetery
      • Dayton Mennonite Church Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Oak Grove Mennonite Church Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Oak Grove Mennonite Church Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
        • The Oak Grove Mennonite Church Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Mennonite Church Cemetery
      • Mt. Pleasant Mennonite Church Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Woodbine Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodbine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Woodbine Cemetery is located in Harrisonburg City
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodbine Cemetery
      • Woodbine Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Beth-El Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • The Beth-El Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beth-El Cemetery
      • Hebrew Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hebrew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Hebrew Cemetery is located in Harrisonburg City
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hebrew Cemetery
      • Newton Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Newton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Newton Cemetery is located in Harrisonburg City
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Newton Cemetery
      • Newtown Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • The Newtown Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Newtown Cemetery
      • Rest Haven Memorial Gardens
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Edom Methodist Church Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • The Edom Methodist Church Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
        • The Edom Methodist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Beery Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edom Methodist Church Cemetery
      • Brenneman Mennonite Church Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Driver Family Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Driver Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
        • The Driver Family Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Driver Family Cemetery

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

    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 Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1491307  (Cooks Creek Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #1491307 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
      • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Bridgewater
      • County: Rockingham         Elev: 426
      • Location given for GNIS #1491307 (Cooks Creek Cemetery)

    The official website for Rockingham County: www.co.rockingham.va.us/

    The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

    Footnotes ...

    <1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Rockingham, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <2>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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4750, Longitude: -78.9283    
    <3>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.
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
    <6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
    <7>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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