A visit to the Rock 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 Rock Road Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rock Road Cemetery:
37.1146, -80.5612
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Rock Road Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Rock Road Cemetery is located in Montgomery County<2>.
The county seat for Montgomery County is located in Christiansburg. Christiansburg lies just to the east of the Rock Road Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Rock Road Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Rock Road Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rock Road Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- West View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The West View Cemetery is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West View Cemetery
- Central Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Central Cemetery is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Cemetery
- Sunrise Burial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Sunrise Burial Park is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Burial Park
- New River Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The New River Cemetery is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River Cemetery
- Morgan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Morgan Cemetery is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Cemetery
- Mountain View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bain Lawrence Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Bain Lawrence Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bain Lawrence Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bain Lawrence Cemetery is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2576019 <5>
- Hickman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stanger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Stanger Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanger Cemetery
- Burton Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Burton Family Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Burton Family Cemetery is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2484538 <5>
- Brown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson - Vickers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- New Dublin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The New Dublin Cemetery is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dublin Cemetery
- Highland Memory Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Byrd Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Byrd Cemetery is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrd Cemetery
- Charlton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Charlton Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton Cemetery
- Belmont Community Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wake Forest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Wake Forest Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake Forest Cemetery
- Highland Emmanuel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dublin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Dublin Cemetery is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Cemetery
- Newbern Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Newbern Cemetery is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern Cemetery
- Hurst Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Hurst Cemetery is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurst Cemetery
- Snowville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Snowville Cemetery is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowville Cemetery
- Lester Cemetery #3
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Lester Cemetery #3 is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Cemetery #3
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lester Cemetery #3 is located outside and to the west of Christiansburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2529097 <5>
- Shaffer Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Price Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Price Family Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Price Family Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Prices Fork.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2484581 <5>
- Snider Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Snider Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Rock Road Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rock Road Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Radford Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Radford Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radford Village
- Simpkins Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Simpkins Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpkins Village
- Sunset Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sunset Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Mill Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mill Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Radford
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- New Town
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- New Town is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Fairlawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fairlawn is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
- Cowan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cowan is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
- Snowville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Snowville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowville
- Childress
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Childress is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress
- Parrott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Parrott is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott
- Dublin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Newbern
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Riner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Prices Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Prices Fork is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Fork
- Christiansburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wurno
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wurno is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurno
- Rogers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rogers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Merrimac
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Merrimac is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Goodwins Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Goodwins Ferry is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Ferry
- Oak Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Old Farm Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Old Farm Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Farm Village
- Raintree Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Raintree Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree Village
- Mack Creek Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mack Creek Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack Creek Village
- Pilot
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Houchins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Houchins is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houchins
- Ellett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ellett is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellett
- Blacksburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- McBryde Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- McBryde Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBryde Village
- Sundance Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sundance Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance Village
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 Rock Road Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Montgomery County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rock Road Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Blacksburg
- Christiansburg
- Newbern
- Radford
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Rock Road Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Montgomery 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 Rock Road Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1473386 (Rock Road Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1473386 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: Montgomery
- Est. Elev: 606 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Radford South
- Location given for Rock Road Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.1145705 Lon: -80.5611689
- 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 Montgomery, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rock 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. |
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