A visit to the Mine Road 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 Mine Road Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mine Road Cemetery:
38.1676, -77.7197
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mine Road Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mine Road Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County<2>.
The county seat for Spotsylvania County is located in Spotsylvania. Spotsylvania lies just to the east northeast of the Mine Road Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Mine Road Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Mine Road Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mine Road Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Little Mine Road Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hebron Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Hebron Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Cemetery
- Pentecostal Evangelical Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- True Light Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The True Light Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Light Cemetery
- Olivet Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Olivet Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Goodhope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Goodhope Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodhope Cemetery
- Craigs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Craigs Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs Cemetery
- Branch Fork Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Branch Fork Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch Fork Cemetery
- Travelers Rest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Travelers Rest Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travelers Rest Cemetery
- Goshen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Goshen Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Grace Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Grace Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Cemetery
- Wallers Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Wallers Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallers Cemetery
- Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Confederate Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Confederate Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confederate Cemetery
- Piney Branch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Piney Branch Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Branch Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Piney Branch Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Todds Tavern.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2320364 <5>
- New Hope Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Mt. Hermon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Hermon Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hermon Cemetery
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Zion Hill Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Mine Road Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mine Road Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Margo
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Margo is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margo
- McHenry
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- McHenry is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
- Post Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Post Oak is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
- Logan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Logan is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Glenora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glenora is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Lewiston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lewiston is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Snell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Todds Tavern
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Todds Tavern is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds Tavern
- Childs Cove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Childs Cove is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs Cove
- Parker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Parker is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
- Spotsylvania Courthouse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Spotsylvania
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Screamerville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Screamerville is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamerville
- Brockroad
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Brockroad is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockroad
- Paytes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Paytes is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paytes
- Holladay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Holladay is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holladay
- Belmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Belmont is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Partlow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marye
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marye is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marye
- Harris ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Harris is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Locust Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wilderness
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wilderness is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderness
- Danton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Danton is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danton
- Arcadia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Arcadia is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Thornburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Massaponax
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Massaponax is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massaponax
- Leavells
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leavells is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavells
- Vulcan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Vulcan is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
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 Mine Road 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 Mine Road Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Mine Road 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 Mine Road Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1740209 (Mine Road Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1740209 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: 116 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Brokenburg
- Location given for Mine Road Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.167634 Lon: -77.7197132
- 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mine Road 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |