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A visit to the Laurel 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. 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 Laurel Hill Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Laurel Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Laurel Hill Cemetery

Lat:   38.0429°   (38° 2' 34")

Lon:   -77.8103°   (-77° 48' 37")

The Laurel Hill Cemetery is located in Louisa County<2>.

The county seat for Louisa County is located in Louisa. Louisa lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the west of the Laurel Hill Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km] of the Laurel Hill Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Laurel Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Bethel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bethel Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
  • Spring Grove Memorial Park Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Goodhope Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goodhope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goodhope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Goodhope Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
  • Immaculate Conception Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immaculate Conception Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Immaculate Conception Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Immaculate Conception Cemetery is located in Louisa County
  • Branch Fork Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Branch Fork Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Branch Fork Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Branch Fork Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
  • Mt. Hermon Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hermon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hermon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Hermon Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
  • Wallers Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wallers Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wallers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Wallers Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
  • Hebron Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hebron Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hebron Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hebron Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
  • Little Mine Road Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Mine Road Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Mine Road Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Little Mine Road Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
  • True Light Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the True Light Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the True Light Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The True Light Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
  • Olivet Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Olivet Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Olivet Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Olivet Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
  • Mine Road Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mine Road Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mine Road Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mine Road Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Orange Grove Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Orange Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Orange Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Orange Grove Cemetery is located in Orange County
    • Oakland Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakland Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Oakland Cemetery is located in Louisa County
    • Taylor Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taylor Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Taylor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Taylor Cemetery is located in Louisa County
    • Riverside Community Church Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Community Church Cemetery
      • The Riverside Community Church Cemetery is located in Hanover County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Community Church Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Beaverdam.
      • The Riverside Community Church Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Riverside Baptist Church Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2233062 <5>
    • Rehoboth Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rehoboth Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rehoboth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Rehoboth Cemetery is located in Caroline County
    • Craigs Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Craigs Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Craigs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Craigs Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Hillcrest Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillcrest Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillcrest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hillcrest Cemetery is located in Louisa County
    • County Line Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the County Line Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the County Line Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The County Line Cemetery is located in Caroline County

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 Laurel Hill Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Laurel Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Harris ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harris have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
    • Harris is located in Louisa County
  • Glenora
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
    • Glenora is located in Spotsylvania County
  • Lewiston
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
    • Lewiston is located in Spotsylvania County
  • Mineral
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
    • Mineral is located in Louisa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 529 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mineral <6>
  • Pendleton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pendleton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
    • Pendleton is located in Louisa County
  • Bumpass
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpass
    • Bumpass is located in Louisa County
    • Bumpass has also been known as:
    • Bumpas
    • Bumpass Junction
    • Bumpass Station
    • Bumpass Turnout
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bumpass <6>
  • Holladay
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Holladay. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holladay
    • Holladay is located in Spotsylvania County
  • Cuckoo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuckoo
    • Cuckoo is located in Louisa County
  • Belmont
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Belmont is located in Spotsylvania County
  • Tylers
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylers
    • Tylers is located in Hanover County
  • Partlow
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Margo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margo
    • Margo is located in Spotsylvania County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • McHenry
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
      • McHenry is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Louisa
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louisa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisa
      • Louisa is located in Louisa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,764 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisa <6>
    • Vigor
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vigor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigor
      • Vigor is located in Louisa County
    • Jackson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jackson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
      • Jackson is located in Louisa County
    • Beaverdam
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Danton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Danton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danton
      • Danton is located in Orange County
    • Post Oak
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
      • Post Oak is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Gays ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gays have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays
      • Gays is located in Louisa County
    • Marye
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marye
      • Marye is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Logan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
      • Logan is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Paytes
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paytes
      • Paytes is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Vulcan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vulcan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
      • Vulcan is located in Orange County
    • Snell
      (13 miles [20.9 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 Laurel Hill Cemetery. The following communities are located in Louisa County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Laurel Hill Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Louisa
  • Mineral

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 Laurel Hill Cemetery:

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 Laurel Hill Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1748955  (Laurel Hill Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1748955 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Lake Anna West
    • County: Louisa         Elev: 106
    • Location given for GNIS #1748955 (Laurel Hill Cemetery)

The official website for Louisa County: www.louisacounty.com/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

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 Louisa, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Laurel Hill Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0429, Longitude: -77.8103       In this case, the coordinates for the Laurel Hill Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.




 

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