A visit to the Forest Chapel 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 Forest Chapel Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Forest Chapel Cemetery:
37.6329, -76.6408
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Forest Chapel Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Forest Chapel Cemetery is located in Middlesex County<2>.
The county seat for Middlesex County is located in Saluda. Saluda lies just to the southeast of the Forest Chapel Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Forest Chapel Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> of the Forest Chapel Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Forest Chapel Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Hermitage Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Hermitage Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Cemetery
- Centenary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Centenary Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary Cemetery
- Middlesex Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Arthur Lee Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Metropolitan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Metropolitan Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metropolitan Cemetery
- Christ Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Christ Church Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christ Church Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- Union Shiloh Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Union Shiloh Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Shiloh Cemetery
- Glebe Landing Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Glebe Landing Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glebe Landing Cemetery
- Corrotoman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Corrotoman Cemetery is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrotoman Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Bethel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- St. Marys Whitechapel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- St. Theresas Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Theresas Cemetery is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Theresas Cemetery
- Sunny Slope Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Sunny Slope Cemetery is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Slope Cemetery
- Hockley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Hockley Cemetery is located in King and Queen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockley Cemetery
- Campbell Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Claybrook Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Claybrook Cemetery is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybrook Cemetery
- Lower UMC Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Lower UMC Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lower UMC Cemetery is located between<5> the communities of Grafton and Hartfield. The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Hartfield.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2152384 <6>
- Beane Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The Norwood Cemetery is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood Cemetery
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The Emmanuel Cemetery is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmanuel Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Forest Chapel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Forest Chapel Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Remlik
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Saluda
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Urbanna
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Glenns
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Glenns is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
- Locust Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Nesting
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Nesting is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesting
- Millenbeck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Millenbeck is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millenbeck
- Ottoman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ottoman is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottoman
- Monaskon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Monaskon is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monaskon
- Mattaponi
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plain View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Plain View is located in King and Queen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain View
- Adner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Adner is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adner
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Freeport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Freeport is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Harmony Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Harmony Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Village
- West Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grafton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grafton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Weems
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Weems is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weems
- Griffins Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Griffins Landing is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffins Landing
- Romancoke
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Romancoke is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romancoke
- Hartfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Merry Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Merry Point is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Point
- Plum Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Plum Point is located in New Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Point
- Irvington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Richtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Richtown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richtown
- Simonson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Simonson is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonson
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 Forest Chapel Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Middlesex County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Forest Chapel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Irvington
- Urbanna
- West Point
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 Forest Chapel Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Middlesex 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 Forest Chapel Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1739487 (Forest Chapel Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1739487 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: Middlesex
- Est. Elev: 30 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Church View
- Location given for Forest Chapel Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.6329189 Lon: -76.6407891
- 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 Middlesex, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Forest Chapel 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Grafton and Hartfield. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <6> | 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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