A visit to the Dinwiddie Memorial Park ...
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. 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 Dinwiddie Memorial Park ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Dinwiddie Memorial Park:
37.1702, -77.4504
The Dinwiddie Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located
The cemetery is located in Dinwiddie County<2>.
. Dinwiddie lies 9 miles [14.5 km]
<3> to the southwest of the Dinwiddie Memorial Park .
Open a Google Map centered on 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.
- Smiths Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Smiths Grove Cemetery is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Grove Cemetery
- Poplar Grove National Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Southlawn Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ettrick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Ettrick Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ettrick Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Ocran UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Garys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Garys Cemetery is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garys Cemetery
- Eastview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wilkerson Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Brith Achim Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rod-of Sholom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Joseph's RC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Blandford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Peoples Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Little Church Street Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hollywood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Hollywood Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood Cemetery
- Woods Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Woods Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Cemetery
- Wyatt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Wyatt Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Cemetery
- Olgers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Olgers Cemetery is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olgers Cemetery
- Rocky Branch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Rocky Branch Cemetery is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch Cemetery
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Olive Branch Cemetery is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch Cemetery
- Olive Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 19 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)
- Maitland Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland Village
- Grant Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Grant Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
- 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)
- 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)
- Braebrook Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braebrook Village
- Sutherland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Derby ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Rowanta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- 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)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Screamersville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Holly ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Holly is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
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.
- Centralia
- Chester
- Hopewell
- Petersburg
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Dinwiddie Memorial Park:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Dinwiddie 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 Dinwiddie Memorial Park:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #50042
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1465815 (Dinwiddie Memorial Park)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1465815 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: Dinwiddie
- Est. Elev: 52 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Petersburg
- Location given for Dinwiddie Memorial Park:
- Lat: 37.1698725 Lon: -77.4502613
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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 from Point A (ie- Dinwiddie Memorial Park) 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. |