A visit to the Watkins 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 Watkins Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Watkins Cemetery:
37.5235, -77.8117
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Watkins Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Watkins Cemetery is located in Powhatan County<2>.
. Powhatan lies just to the west northwest of the Watkins Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the Watkins Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Watkins Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Rocky Oak Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Rocky Oak Church Cemetery is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Oak Church Cemetery
- The Rocky Oak Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rocky Oak Cemetery
- Subletts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Subletts Cemetery is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Subletts Cemetery
- Grace Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Grace Cemetery is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Cemetery
- St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery
- The St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Luke's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #52009 <5>
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Hermon Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Hermon Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hermon Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Mt. Hermon Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Hermon Cemetery
- Huguenot Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Manakin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Manakin Cemetery is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manakin Cemetery
- Dutch Reformed Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Skinquarter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Skinquarter Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinquarter Cemetery
- Crump Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Crump Family Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump Family Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Petersville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Petersville Cemetery is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville Cemetery
- Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Masons Corner.
- The Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Pisgah Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
- Sappony Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Sappony Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sappony Cemetery
- Chesterfield Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Chesterfield Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield Cemetery
- Cheatham Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Cheatham Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheatham Cemetery
- Lester Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Lester Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Cemetery
- Tomahawk Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Tomahawk Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk Cemetery
- Trabur Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Trabur Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trabur Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- St. James Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The St. James Cemetery is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. James Cemetery
- Greenwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Greenwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the west of Richmond.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #829703 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Watkins Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Watkins Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Dorset
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dorset is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
- Pilkinton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pilkinton is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilkinton
- Huguenot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Huguenot is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguenot
- Masons Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Masons Corner is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Corner
- Otterdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Otterdale is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterdale
- Thorncliff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Thorncliff is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorncliff
- Midlothian
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Michaux
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Michaux is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaux
- Maidens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Robious
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Robious is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robious
- Belona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Belona is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belona
- Goochland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lorraine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lorraine is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
- Beaumont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beaumont is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Tuckahoe Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tuckahoe Village is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Village
- Lodore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lodore is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodore
- Coalboro ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coalboro is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalboro
- Oilville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Winterpock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Winterpock is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterpock
- Bon Air
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tuckahoe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Short Pump
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Amelia Court House
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chesterfield Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Chesterfield Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield Village
- Chippenham Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Chippenham Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippenham Village
- Rockville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
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 Watkins Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Powhatan County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Watkins Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Amelia Court House
- Goochland
- Midlothian
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Watkins Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Powhatan 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 Watkins Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1476383 (Watkins Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1476383 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: Powhatan
- Est. Elev: 128 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Fine Creek Mills
- Location given for Watkins Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.5234818 Lon: -77.8116632
- 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 Powhatan, 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- Watkins 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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