A visit to the Shelley Graveyard ...
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 Shelley Graveyard ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Shelley Graveyard:
38.8709, -77.1036
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Shelley Graveyard can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Shelley Graveyard is located in Arlington County<2>.
The county seat for Arlington County is located in Arlington. Arlington lies just to the north northwest of the Shelley Graveyard .
Open a Google Map centered on the Shelley Graveyard.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> of the Shelley Graveyard.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Shelley Graveyard, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- Basil Halls Family Graveyard
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Southern - Shreve Family Graveyard
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ball - Carlin Family Graveyard
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Deuterman Family Graveyard
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Berry - Whitehead Family Graveyard
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Corbett Family Graveyard
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lomax Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Lomax Cemetery is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax Cemetery
- Syphax Family Graveyard
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Tomb of the Unknowns
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Tomb of the Unknowns is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomb of the Unknowns
- Arlington National Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Arlington National Cemetery is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington National Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Arlington National Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Arlington.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #49269 <5>
- Custis Burying Ground
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Custis Burying Ground is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custis Burying Ground
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Mary Randolph Grave
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Mary Randolph Grave is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Randolph Grave
- St. Charles School Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Donaldson Family Graveyard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Marcey Family Graveyard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Harrison Family Graveyard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pelham Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Pelham Family Cemetery is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham Family Cemetery
- Wunder Family Graveyard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Birch - Campbell Graveyard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hicks Family Graveyard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Hicks Family Graveyard is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Family Graveyard
- Calloway UMC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Calloway UMC Cemetery is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calloway UMC Cemetery
- The Calloway UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calloway Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2439423 <5>
- Oakwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Falls Church City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 33 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Shelley Graveyard.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Shelley Graveyard, with the nearest first:
- Arlington
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Brandon Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Brandon Village is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon Village
- Buckingham
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Buckingham is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
- Baileys Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Arlington Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Arlington Village is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Village
- Colonial Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Colonial Village is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Lyon Village
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lyon Village is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Village
- Cherrydale
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cherrydale is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrydale
- Arlandria
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Arlandria is located in Alexandria City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlandria
- Riverwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Riverwood is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
- Garden City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Garden City is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Seven Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Lake Barcroft
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Barcroft is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Barcroft
- Oakcrest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oakcrest is located in Alexandria City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakcrest
- Chinquapin Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Chinquapin Village is located in Alexandria City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinquapin Village
- Warwick Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Warwick Village is located in Alexandria City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick Village
- Williamsburg Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsburg Village is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg Village
- Falls Church
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brookmont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brookmont is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookmont
- Lincolnia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lincolnia is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnia
- Offutt Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Offutt Village is located in Falls Church City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Offutt Village
- West Falls Church
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- West Falls Church is located in Falls Church City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Falls Church
- Jefferson Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jefferson Village is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Jefferson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Annandale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rose Hill is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Burgundy Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Burgundy Village is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgundy Village
- Penn Daw Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Penn Daw Village is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Daw Village
- Huntington
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Huntington is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Alexandria
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Salona Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Salona Village is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona Village
- McLean
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pimmit Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pimmit Hills is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimmit Hills
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 Shelley Graveyard. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Arlington County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Shelley Graveyard.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alexandria
- Arlington
- McLean
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 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 Shelley Graveyard:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Arlington 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 Shelley Graveyard:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1779155 (Shelley Graveyard (historical))
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1779155 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: Arlington
- Est. Elev: 78 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Alexandria
- Location given for Shelley Graveyard (historical):
- Lat: 38.8709454 Lon: -77.1035897
- 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 Arlington, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Shelley Graveyard) 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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