A visit to the 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 Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Hill Cemetery:
37.5063, -78.2236
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Hill Cemetery is located in Cumberland County<2>.
The county seat for Cumberland County is located in Cumberland. Cumberland lies just to the west southwest of the Hill Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> of the Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hendricks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Hendricks Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Grove Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Cemetery
- Jenkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Jenkins Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Meador Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Meador Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador Cemetery
- Taylor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Guinea Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Guinea Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Cemetery
- Centenary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Centenary Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary Cemetery
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Calvary Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Calvary Cemetery
- Cornerstone Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Cornerstone Cemetery is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerstone Cemetery
- Thomas Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Thomas Chapel Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Chapel Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Salem Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Whitlock Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Whitlock Cemetery is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitlock Cemetery
- Hubbard Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Hubbard Cemetery is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Cemetery
- Browns Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Browns Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Cemetery
- Cochran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Cochran Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran Cemetery
- Buckingham Baptist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Buckingham Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Buckingham Baptist Church Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Gold Hill.
- The Buckingham Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- County Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2197478 <5>
- Allen Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Allen Cemetery is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Cemetery
- Wade Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Wade Cemetery is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade Cemetery
- Thomas Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Thomas Cemetery is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Cemetery
- Rocky Mount Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Rocky Mount Cemetery is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount Cemetery
- Newton Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Newton Cemetery is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Cumberland
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Trents Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Trents Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trents Mill
- Clinton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Guinea Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
- Cotton Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Trenton Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
- Paineville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Paineville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
- Gravel Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Rodophil
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rodophil is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
- Lodore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lodore is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodore
- Belona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Belona is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belona
- Lakeside Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lakeside Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Gold Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Arvonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dillwyn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Curdsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Curdsville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- New Canton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- New Canton is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Bridgeport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Sheppards
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sheppards is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppards
- Enonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Enonville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enonville
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 Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cumberland County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Amelia Court House
- Columbia
- Cumberland
- Dillwyn
- Farmville
- Fork Union
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 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 Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Cumberland 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 Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1494132 (Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1494132 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: Cumberland
- Est. Elev: 137 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Whiteville
- Location given for Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.5062616 Lon: -78.2236075
- 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 Cumberland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- 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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