A visit to the Wilderness 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 Wilderness Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wilderness Cemetery:
38.3107, -77.6705
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Wilderness Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Wilderness Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County<2>.
The county seat for Spotsylvania County is located in Spotsylvania. Spotsylvania lies just to the south southeast of the Wilderness Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Wilderness Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Wilderness Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wilderness Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Zion Hill Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Elys Ford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Elys Ford Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elys Ford Cemetery
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Beech Grove Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove Cemetery
- Pilgrim Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Pilgrim Cemetery is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Cemetery
- Piney Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Piney Branch Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Branch Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Piney Branch Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Todds Tavern.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2320364 <5>
- Tabernacle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Tabernacle Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle Cemetery
- Grace Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Grace Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Cemetery
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- Pentecostal Evangelical Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Goshen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Goshen Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Cemetery
- Pendleton Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Zoar Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Zoar Cemetery is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Confederate Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Confederate Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confederate Cemetery
- Berea Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Berea Cemetery is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea Cemetery
- Glen Haven Memory Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hartwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Hartwood Cemetery is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwood Cemetery
- Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Sunset Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Antioch Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch 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 Wilderness Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wilderness Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Brockroad
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Brockroad is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockroad
- Dunavant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dunavant is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Wilderness
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wilderness is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderness
- Todds Tavern
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Todds Tavern is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds Tavern
- Screamerville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Screamerville is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamerville
- Parker
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Parker is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
- Locust Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Logan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Logan is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Spotsylvania Courthouse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spotsylvania
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Waverly Village is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly Village
- Berea
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Berea is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Stafford Lakes Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hartwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Storck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Storck is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storck
- Indian Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Town is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Town
- McHenry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- McHenry is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
- Post Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Post Oak is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
- Leavells
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leavells is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavells
- Paytes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Paytes is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paytes
- Margo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Margo is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margo
- Falmouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hartwood Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hartwood Village is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwood Village
- Burr Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Burr Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Hill
- Snell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Massaponax
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Massaponax is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massaponax
- Fredericksburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Chatham Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Chatham Village is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Village
- Cropp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cropp is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cropp
- Lignum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lignum is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lignum
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 Wilderness Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Spotsylvania County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wilderness Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Berea
- Berea lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Wilderness Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Berea.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Falmouth
- Fredericksburg
- Spotsylvania
- Wilderness
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 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 Wilderness Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Spotsylvania 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 Wilderness Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1740252 (Wilderness Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1740252 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: Spotsylvania
- Est. Elev: 101 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Chancellorsville
- Location given for Wilderness Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.3106853 Lon: -77.6705455
- 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 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wilderness 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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