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A visit to the Sunset Memorial Gardens ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Sunset Memorial Gardens. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Sunset Memorial Gardens (FG ID #52346)

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 Sunset Memorial Gardens ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sunset Memorial Gardens

Lat:   38.2696°   (38° 16' 10")

Lon:   -77.4957°   (-77° 29' 44")

The Sunset Memorial Gardens is located in Spotsylvania County<2>.

The county seat for Spotsylvania County is located in Spotsylvania. Spotsylvania lies just to the southwest of the Sunset Memorial Gardens .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Sunset Memorial Gardens.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sunset Memorial Gardens, with the nearest first.

  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Fredericksburg National Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fredericksburg National Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fredericksburg National Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Fredericksburg National Cemetery is located in Fredericksburg City
  • Masonic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Masonic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Masonic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Masonic Cemetery is located in Fredericksburg City
  • St. Georges Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Georges Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Georges Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Georges Cemetery is located in Fredericksburg City
  • Fredericksburg Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Confederate Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shiloh Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shiloh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Fredericksburg City
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
  • St. Clair Brooks Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Clair Brooks Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Clair Brooks Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Clair Brooks Memorial Park is located in Stafford County
  • Union Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Union Cemetery is located in Stafford County
  • Pendleton Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Second New Hope Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Second New Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Second New Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Second New Hope Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Forest Hill Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Kurz Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kurz Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kurz Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Kurz Cemetery is located in Stafford County
    • Tabernacle Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tabernacle Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tabernacle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Tabernacle Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Massaponax Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Massaponax Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Massaponax Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Massaponax Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Calvary Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Calvary Cemetery is located in Stafford County
    • Berea Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Berea Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Berea Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Berea Cemetery is located in Stafford County
    • Confederate Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Confederate Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Confederate Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Confederate Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Union Belle Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Belle Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Belle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Union Belle Cemetery is located in Stafford County
    • White Oak Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Oak Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Oak Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The White Oak Cemetery is located in Stafford County
    • New Hope Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Hope Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The New Hope Cemetery is located in Stafford County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Sunset Memorial Gardens.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sunset Memorial Gardens, 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 Sunset Memorial Gardens. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Spotsylvania County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sunset Memorial Gardens.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Sunset Memorial Gardens:

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 Sunset Memorial Gardens:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1475342  (Sunset Memorial Gardens)
    • Note: GNIS record #1475342 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Fredericksburg
    • County: Spotsylvania         Elev: 71
    • Location given for GNIS #1475342 (Sunset Memorial Gardens)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #52346

The official website for Spotsylvania County: www.spotsylvania.va.us/

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 Spotsylvania, 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 obstructions 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 Sunset Memorial Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2696, Longitude: -77.4957    
<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>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.
<6>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.
<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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