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A visit to the Newton 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 Newton Cemetery ...

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

38.4535, -78.8586

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

Open a Google Map centered on the Newton Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<2> of the Newton Cemetery.<3>

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

  • Mabel Memorial Presbyterian Chapel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Cedar Grove UMC Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Rest Haven Memorial Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Weavers Mennonite Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Good Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • The Good Family Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Family Cemetery
  • Webster Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • The Webster Family Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Family Cemetery
  • New Hope UCC Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • The New Hope UCC Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope UCC Cemetery
  • Antioch UCC Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Antioch UCC Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch UCC Cemetery
  • Cromer Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Cromer Family Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromer Family Cemetery
  • Blosser Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Blosser Family Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blosser Family Cemetery
  • Thomas Family Cemetery #1
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Rockingham County Alms House Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Rockingham County Alms House Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham County Alms House Cemetery
    • The Rockingham County Alms House Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pleasant Valley Alms Cemetery
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Mt. Sinai UMC Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • The Mt. Sinai UMC Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Sinai UMC Cemetery
      • The Mt. Sinai UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Vision of Hope UMC Cemetery
    • Mt. Pleasant Church Of The Brethren Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Eastlawn Memorial Gardens
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • The Eastlawn Memorial Gardens is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastlawn Memorial Gardens
      • The Eastlawn Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
      • Eastlawn Memorial Cemetery
    • Huffman / Flick Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • The Huffman / Flick Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman / Flick Cemetery
      • The Huffman / Flick Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Flick / Huffman Cemetery
    • Edom Methodist Church Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • The Edom Methodist Church Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edom Methodist Church Cemetery
      • The Edom Methodist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Beery Cemetery
    • Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Mt. Pleasant Mennonite Church Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Early Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • The Early Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Early Cemetery
    • Byerly Family Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • The Byerly Family Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byerly Family Cemetery
    • Keezletown Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • The Keezletown Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keezletown Cemetery
    • Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Linville Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • The Linville Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linville Cemetery
      • Former name for Linville Cemetery:
      • Linville Congregational Christian Church Cemetery

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Newton Cemetery.

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

  • Harrisonburg
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Massanetta Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Massanetta Springs is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massanetta Springs
  • New Erection
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • New Erection is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Erection
  • Keezletown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Green Mount
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Mount is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mount
  • Melrose
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Melrose is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
  • Linville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Linville is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linville
  • Edom
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Edom is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edom
  • Dayton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Dayton is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dayton <4>
  • Coakley Town
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Coakley Town is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coakley Town
  • Rushville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Rushville is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
  • Cross Keys
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Hinton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Hinton is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
    • Bridgewater
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • North River
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • North River is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
    • Montevideo
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Montevideo is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
    • Singers Glen
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Singers Glen is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singers Glen
    • Massanutten
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lacey Spring
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
    • Mount Crawford
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Goods Mill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Goods Mill is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goods Mill
    • McGaheysville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Daphna
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Daphna is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daphna
    • Lilly
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Lilly is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
    • Cherry Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Cherry Grove is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
    • Clover Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Clover Hill is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
    • Ottobine
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Ottobine is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottobine

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 Newton Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in .

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Newton 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 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 Newton Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Virginia:
  • 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 Newton Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1790818  (Newton Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1790818 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
      • : Harrisonburg (city)
      • Est. Elev: 430 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Harrisonburg
      • Location given for Newton Cemetery:
      • Lat: 38.4534576     Lon: -78.8586375
      • 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>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 from Point A (ie- Newton Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
    <3>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.
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.