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Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Dinwiddie Memorial Park. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Dinwiddie Memorial Park (FG ID #50042)

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 Dinwiddie Memorial Park ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Dinwiddie Memorial Park

Lat:   37.1702°   (37° 10' 12")

Lon:   -77.4504°   (-77° 27' 1")

The cemetery is located in Dinwiddie County<2>.

As an estimate, the Dinwiddie Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located

. Dinwiddie lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southwest of the Dinwiddie Memorial Park .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Dinwiddie Memorial Park.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Dinwiddie Memorial Park, with the nearest first.

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Dinwiddie Memorial Park.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Dinwiddie Memorial Park, with the nearest first.

  • Maitland Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maitland Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland Village
    • Maitland Village is located in Dinwiddie County
  • Grant Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grant Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
    • Grant Village is located in Dinwiddie County
  • Addison
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Matoaca
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Petersburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Colonial Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonial Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Heights
    • Colonial Heights is located in Colonial Heights City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,205 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colonial Heights <6>
  • Ettrick
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Bollinger Estates
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Braebrook Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Braebrook Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braebrook Village
    • Braebrook Village is located in Chesterfield County
  • Derby ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Derby have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
    • Derby is located in Prince George County
  • Waldemar ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waldemar have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
    • Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
  • Talpa ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Talpa have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
    • Talpa is located in Prince George County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Hopewell
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Chester
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Laird ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laird have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
      • Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
    • Screamersville ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Holly ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
      • Holly is located in Chesterfield County
    • Chesterfield Court House
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chesterfield Court House have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield Court House
      • Chesterfield Court House is located in Chesterfield County
    • Centralia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Borthwick ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Borthwick have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
      • Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
    • Stony Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
      • Stony Creek is located in Sussex County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stony Creek <6>
    • Fendley ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fendley have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fendley
      • Fendley is located in Chesterfield County
    • Bermuda Hundred ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Meadowville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Newville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Garysville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)

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 Dinwiddie Memorial Park. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Dinwiddie County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Dinwiddie Memorial Park.

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 websites either 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 Dinwiddie Memorial Park:

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 Dinwiddie Memorial Park:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1465815  (Dinwiddie Memorial Park)
    • Note: GNIS record #1465815 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: Petersburg
    • County: Dinwiddie         Elev: 52
    • Location given for GNIS #1465815 (Dinwiddie Memorial Park)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #50042

The official website for Dinwiddie County: www.dinwiddieva.us/

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

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 Dinwiddie, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Dinwiddie Memorial Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1702, Longitude: -77.4504    
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.




 

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