A visit to the Forest Hill 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 Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Forest Hill Cemetery:
38.2371, -77.4250
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Forest Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County<2>.
The county seat for Spotsylvania County is located in Spotsylvania. Spotsylvania lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Forest Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Forest Hill Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Forest Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Forest Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Second New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grace Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Grace Cemetery is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Cemetery
- Round Oak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Round Oak Cemetery is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Oak Cemetery
- St. Georges Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Georges Cemetery is located in Fredericksburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Georges Cemetery
- Masonic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Masonic Cemetery is located in Fredericksburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonic Cemetery
- Fredericksburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Fredericksburg Cemetery is located in Fredericksburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fredericksburg Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Fredericksburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #152122 <5>
- Fredericksburg National Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Union Belle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Union Belle Cemetery is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Belle Cemetery
- Confederate Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Confederate Cemetery is located in Fredericksburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confederate Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Confederate Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Fredericksburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #49863 <5>
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Fredericksburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Massaponax Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Massaponax Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massaponax Cemetery
- Macedonia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- White Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The White Oak Cemetery is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Kurz Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Kurz Cemetery is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurz Cemetery
- St. Clair Brooks Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Hopewell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Oakland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Forest Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Forest Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Hampstead Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hampstead Village is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampstead Village
- Fredericksburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Little Falls Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Little Falls Village is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls Village
- Massaponax
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Massaponax is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massaponax
- Chatham Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chatham Village is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Village
- Olney Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Olney Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney Corner
- Leavells
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Leavells is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavells
- Falmouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Moss Neck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Moss Neck is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Neck
- Falmouth Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Falmouth Village is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth Village
- Waverly Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waverly Village is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly Village
- Grafton Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Grafton Village is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton Village
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Woodlanding Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlanding Village is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlanding Village
- North Potomac
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- North Potomac is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Potomac
- Northridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Northridge is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Thornburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- New London
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New London is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Stuart Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stuart Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuart Corner
- Spotsylvania Courthouse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Spotsylvania
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Arcadia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arcadia is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Samuels Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Samuels Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samuels Corner
- Berea
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Berea is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Stafford Lakes Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Snell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Beach is located in King George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Beach
- Willamsburg on the Potomac
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Loy Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Loy Landing is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loy Landing
- Screamerville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Screamerville is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamerville
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 Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Spotsylvania County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Forest Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Berea
- Berea lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Forest Hill Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Berea.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Falmouth
- Fredericksburg
- Spotsylvania
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 Forest Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Spotsylvania 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 Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1740279 (Forest Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1740279 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: Spotsylvania
- Est. Elev: 25 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Guinea
- Location given for Forest Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.2370739 Lon: -77.4249836
- 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 Spotsylvania, 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- Forest Hill 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> | 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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