A visit to the Old Saint James 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 Old St. James Cemetery ...
The Old St. James Cemetery is located in Loudoun County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Allen Cemetery
- The Allen Cemetery is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Cemetery
- Ashburn Presbyterian Cemetery
- Balls Bluff National Cemetery
- Belmont Chapel Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Broad Run Church Cemetery
- Catoctin Free Church Cemetery
- Chilton - Dyer Family Cemetery
- Faith Chapel Cemetery
- The Faith Chapel Cemetery is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faith Chapel Cemetery
- Furnace Mtn. Cemetery
- The Furnace Mtn. Cemetery is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Mtn. Cemetery
- Goose Creek Burying Ground
- Harmony Cemetery
- The Harmony Cemetery is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Hillsboro Cemetery
- Hillsboro UMC Cemetery
- The Hillsboro UMC Cemetery is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro UMC Cemetery
- The Hillsboro UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hillsboro Cemetery
- Lakeview Cemetery
- The Lakeview Cemetery is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Cemetery
- Monocacy Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Rehobeth UMC Cemetery
- The Rehobeth UMC Cemetery is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehobeth UMC Cemetery
- The Rehobeth UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rehoboth Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #227351 <2>
- St. Paul Community Cemetery
- Springwood Cemetery
- The Springwood Cemetery is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Cemetery
- Waterford Cemetery
- The Waterford Cemetery is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford 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]<4> of the Old St. James Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Aldie
- Ashburn Village
- Ashburn Village is located in Loudoun County
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- Ashburn
- Beallsville
- Belmont
- Belmont is located in Loudoun County
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- Bolington
- Bolington is located in Loudoun County
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- Countryside
- Countryside is located in Loudoun County
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- Dickerson
- Edwards Ferry
- Edwards Ferry is located in Montgomery County (MD)
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- Hamilton
- Hillsboro
- Lansdowne
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Leesburg
- Lucketts
- Lucketts is located in Loudoun County
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- Martinsburg
- Martinsburg is located in Montgomery County (MD)
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- Monocacy ‑ Historic
- Monocacy is located in Montgomery County (MD)
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- Morrisonville
- Morrisonville is located in Loudoun County
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- Mountville
- Mountville is located in Loudoun County
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- Philomont
- Poolesville
- Purcellville
- Round Hill
- Silcott Spring
- Silcott Spring is located in Loudoun County
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- Sterling
- Tuscarora
- Waxpool
- Waxpool is located in Loudoun County
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- Wheatland
- Wheatland is located in Loudoun County
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- White Pump
- White Pump is located in Loudoun County
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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 Old St. James Cemetery. The following communities are located in Loudoun County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old St. James Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Hamilton
- Leesburg
- Mountville
- Purcellville
- Sterling
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 Old St. James Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Loudoun 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 Old St. James Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1749649 (Old Saint James Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1749649 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: Loudoun
- Est. Elev: 108 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Leesburg
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Loudoun, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | The Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MIHP (for the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties). More information about the MHT and MIHP can be found on their website: mht.maryland.gov. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Old St. James Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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