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A visit to the Shelton Family Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Shelton Family Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Shelton Family Cemetery (FG ID #2325394)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Shelton Family Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Shelton Family Cemetery

Lat:   37.8488°   (37° 50' 55")

Lon:   -77.8703°   (-77° 52' 13")

The Shelton Family Cemetery is located in Louisa County<2>.

The county seat for Louisa County is located in Louisa. Louisa lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Shelton Family Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 18 miles [29 km] of the Shelton Family Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Cooke Family Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Immaculate Conception Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immaculate Conception Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Immaculate Conception Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Immaculate Conception Cemetery is located in Louisa County
  • Spring Grove Memorial Park Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Payne Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Payne Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Payne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Payne Cemetery is located in Goochland County
  • The Church of Our Saviour Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Grubbs Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grubbs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grubbs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Grubbs Cemetery is located in Louisa County
  • Bowles Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bowles Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bowles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bowles Cemetery is located in Fluvanna County
  • Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Hanover County
  • Laurel Hill Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laurel Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Laurel Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Laurel Hill Cemetery is located in Louisa County
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Oakland Cemetery is located in Louisa County
  • Henson Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Henson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Henson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Henson Cemetery is located in Fluvanna County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Riverside Community Church Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillcrest Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillcrest Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillcrest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hillcrest Cemetery is located in Louisa County
    • Martin Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Martin Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Martin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Martin Cemetery is located in Louisa County
    • Hope Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hope Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hope Cemetery is located in Fluvanna County
    • Jones Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jones Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jones Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Jones Cemetery is located in Louisa County
    • Little Fork Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Fork Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Fork Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Little Fork Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
    • Belmead Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belmead Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Belmead Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Belmead Cemetery is located in Powhatan County
    • St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)

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 Shelton Family Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Shelton Family Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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 Shelton Family Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Louisa County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Shelton Family Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Goochland
  • Louisa
    • Louisa lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Shelton Family Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Louisa.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisa
  • Mineral

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 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 Shelton Family Cemetery:

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 Shelton Family Cemetery:

The official website for Louisa County: www.louisacounty.com/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Louisa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Shelton Family Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8488, Longitude: -77.8703    
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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