A visit to the Parks 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 Parks Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Parks Cemetery:
36.6929, -81.3695
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Parks Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Parks Cemetery is located in Grayson County<2>.
The county seat for Grayson County is located in Independence. Independence lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Parks Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Parks Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Parks Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Parks Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Woods Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Woods Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Cemetery
- Ross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Ross Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Cemetery
- Adams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Adams Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cemetery
- Hoffman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Hoffman Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffman Cemetery
- Perkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Perkins Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Cemetery
- James Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The James Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Cemetery
- Ross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Ross Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Cemetery
- Sullivan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Sullivan Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan Cemetery
- Young Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Young Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Cemetery
- Grubb Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Grubb Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubb Cemetery
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Liberty Hill Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill Cemetery
- Anderson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Anderson Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Cemetery
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cole Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Cole Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole Cemetery
- Long Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Long Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cemetery
- Lorenzo Dow Roberts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Lorenzo Dow Roberts Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- The Lorenzo Dow Roberts Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenzo Dow Roberts Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lorenzo Dow Roberts Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the northwest of Independence.
- The Lorenzo Dow Roberts Cemetery has also been known as:
- Roberts Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #51883 <5>
- Burton Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Trout Dale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Trout Dale Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Dale Cemetery
- Comer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Comer Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer Cemetery
- Blevins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Blevins Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blevins Cemetery
- Anderson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Anderson Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Cemetery
- Dainel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Dainel Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dainel Cemetery
- Reedy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Reedy Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Cemetery
- Grubb Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Grubb Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubb Cemetery
- The Grubb Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jacob Grubb Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #50481 <5>
- Anderson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Anderson Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Shuler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Shuler Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuler Cemetery
- Roberts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Roberts Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Cemetery
- Old Parks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Old Parks Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Parks 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]<3> of the Parks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Parks Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Flat Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Flat Ridge is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Trout Dale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sugar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Grove is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Rugby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rugby is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Mouth-of-Wilson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grassy Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bridle Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bridle Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridle Creek
- Weavers Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Weavers Ford is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Ford
- Piney Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sturgills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sturgills is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgills
- Helton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Helton is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Atkins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Topia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Topia is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topia
- Independence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Carmel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Carmel is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Marion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brandon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brandon is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Crumpler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Amelia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Amelia is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
- Speedwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Speedwell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Adwolf
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Adwolf is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adwolf
- Rural Retreat
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Whitetop
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lansing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scottville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rowe Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rowe Crossroads is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Crossroads
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 Parks Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Grayson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Parks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Independence
- Marion
- Rural Retreat
- Speedwell
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 helpful 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 Parks Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Grayson 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 Parks Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1486067 (Parks Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1486067 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: Grayson
- Est. Elev: 1072 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Middle Fox Creek
- Location given for Parks Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.6928979 Lon: -81.3695492
- 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 Grayson, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Parks 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. |
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