A visit to the Harrison Family Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Harrison Family Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Harrison Family Cemetery (FG ID #2526300)
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 Harrison Family Cemetery ...
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Harrison Family Cemetery has been estimated.<2>
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Harrison Family Cemetery
Lat: 38.5196° (38° 31' 10")
Lon: -78.7820° (-78° 46' 55")
The Harrison Family Cemetery is located in Rockingham County<3>.
The county seat for Rockingham County is located in Harrisonburg. Harrisonburg lies just to the southwest of the Harrison Family Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> of the Harrison Family Cemetery.<5>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Harrison Family Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Pine Grove Church of the Brethren Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Herwin Chapel EUB Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Athens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Old Athens Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Flook Armentrout Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Barley Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jacob Sellers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Brock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Grace Mennonite Fellowship Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lacey Spring Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Huffman / Flick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Cyrus Rhodes Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Mennonite Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lindale Mennonite Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Linville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Arrey / Fridley Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Baker / Smith / Thompson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mountain Valley Methodist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
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]<4> of the Harrison Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Harrison Family Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Melrose
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lacey Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Linville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Daphna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mayland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Edom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Green Mount
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harrisonburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Broadway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Keezletown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Massanutten
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Massanutten have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massanutten
- Massanutten is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Massanutten <6>
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Singers Glen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Erection
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Massanetta Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cootes Store
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shenandoah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shenandoah have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Shenandoah is located in Page County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,334 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shenandoah <6>
- Turleytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Timberville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Verbena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Plains Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hinton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Montevideo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- McGaheysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- New Market
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
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 Harrison Family 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 Harrison Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Broadway
- Harrisonburg
- New Market
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 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 Harrison Family 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 Harrison Family Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Harrison Family Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Rockingham County: www.co.rockingham.va.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> | 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. |
<3> | 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. |
<4> | 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 Harrison Family Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5196, Longitude: -78.7820 |
<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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<7> | 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. |