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A visit to the Leonard 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 Leonard Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Leonard Cemetery (FG ID #50971)

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 Leonard Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   36.6067°   (36° 36' 24")

Lon:   -82.2301°   (-82° 13' 48")

The Leonard Cemetery is located in Washington County<2>.

The county seat for Washington County is located in Abingdon. Abingdon lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Leonard Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km] of the Leonard Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Pettyjohn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pettyjohn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pettyjohn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pettyjohn Cemetery is located in Washington County
  • Shankle Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shankle Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shankle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Shankle Cemetery is located in Washington County
  • Shankel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shankel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shankel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Shankel Cemetery is located in Washington County
  • Shaffer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shaffer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shaffer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Shaffer Cemetery is located in Scott County
  • Dishner Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dishner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dishner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Dishner Cemetery is located in Scott County
  • Dishner Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Moore Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moore Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Moore Cemetery is located in Sullivan County (TN)
  • Moore Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moore Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Moore Cemetery is located in Sullivan County (TN)
  • Susong Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Susong Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Susong Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Susong Cemetery is located in Bristol City
  • Sproles Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sproles Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sproles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Sproles Cemetery is located in Washington County
  • Malone Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Malone Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Malone Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Malone Cemetery is located in Washington County
  • Sharett Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sharett Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sharett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Sharett Cemetery is located in Washington County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Shaffer Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Shankle Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shankle Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shankle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Shankle Cemetery is located in Scott County
    • Goodman Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goodman Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goodman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Goodman Cemetery is located in Scott County
    • Young Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Young Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Young Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Young Cemetery is located in Scott County
    • Leonard Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leonard Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Leonard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Leonard Cemetery is located in Sullivan County (TN)
    • Zion Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Zion Cemetery is located in Sullivan County (TN)
    • Dishner Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Harr Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harr Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harr Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Harr Cemetery is located in Sullivan County (TN)
    • Steele Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Steele Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Steele Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Steele Cemetery is located in Sullivan County (TN)
    • Harr Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harr Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harr Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Harr Cemetery is located in Sullivan County (TN)
    • Citizens Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Citizens Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Citizens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Citizens Cemetery is located in Bristol City
    • Rust Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rust Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rust Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Rust Cemetery is located in Washington County
    • Fleenor Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fleenor Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fleenor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Fleenor Cemetery is located in Washington 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 Leonard Cemetery.

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

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 Leonard Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Washington County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Leonard 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 Leonard Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1484777  (Leonard Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1484777 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: Bristol
    • County: Washington         Elev: 545
    • Location given for GNIS #1484777 (Leonard Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #50971

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>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Washington, 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Leonard Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6067, Longitude: -82.2301    
<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 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.
<6>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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