A visit to the Woods Chapel 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 Woods Chapel Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Woods Chapel Cemetery:
38.6954, -78.6186
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Woods Chapel Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Woods Chapel Cemetery is located in Shenandoah County<2>.
The county seat for Shenandoah County is located in Woodstock. Woodstock lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Woods Chapel Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Woods Chapel Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Woods Chapel Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Woods Chapel Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Cedar Grove Cemetery is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Cemetery
- Valley Central Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mt. Jackson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Jackson Cemetery is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Jackson Cemetery
- Our Soldiers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Our Soldiers Cemetery is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Our Soldiers Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- St. Matthews Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Matthews Cemetery is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Matthews Cemetery
- The St. Matthews Cemetery has also been known as:
- Reformation Cemetery
- Reformation Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #947159 <5>
- Grace Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Grace Cemetery is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Cemetery
- St. Marks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The St. Marks Cemetery is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marks Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Longs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Longs Cemetery is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs Cemetery
- Solomons Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Solomons Cemetery is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solomons Cemetery
- Flat Rock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Flat Rock Cemetery is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Thomas Family Cemetery #2
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Billheimer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Billheimer Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billheimer Cemetery
- Byrd Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Byrd Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrd Cemetery
- Bible Way Church of God in Christ Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Furnace Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Furnace Cemetery is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Cemetery
- Mt. Clifton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Clifton Cemetery is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Clifton Cemetery
- Driver / Rife Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Driver / Rife Cemetery is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver / Rife Cemetery
- Zirkle / Driver Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Luke Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Luke Cemetery is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Luke Cemetery
- Palmyra Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Palmyra Cemetery is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Woods Chapel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Woods Chapel Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Mount Jackson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Market
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rinkerton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinkerton
- Plains Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill
- Leaksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Mount Clifton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Clifton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clifton
- Luray
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Timberville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Edinburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stanley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Broadway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mayland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mayland is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayland
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Marksville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Kimball
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Willow Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Jerome
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jerome is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Columbia Furnace
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Calvary
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Basye - Bryce Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Orkney Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cootes Store
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cootes Store is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cootes Store
- Daphna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Daphna is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daphna
- Lacey Spring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
- Rileyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tunis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tunis is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
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 Woods Chapel Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Shenandoah County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Woods Chapel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Broadway
- Edinburg
- Luray
- Luray lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Woods Chapel Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Luray.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
- New Market
- Stanley
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 Woods Chapel Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Shenandoah 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 Woods Chapel Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1673944 (Woods Chapel Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1673944 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: Shenandoah
- Est. Elev: 325 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hamburg
- Location given for Woods Chapel Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.6953947 Lon: -78.6186257
- 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 Shenandoah, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Woods Chapel 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |