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Historic Cemeteries in Stuarts Draft, VA

Cemeteries and burial grounds on the record near you, where a walk among the stones is a walk through the town's first families.

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Stuarts Draft is one of the cities the Staunton–Stuarts Draft, VA metro area is officially named after. The list below comes straight from the published records, with the distance from the center of Stuarts Draft, VA and the source for each site.

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On the record near Stuarts Draft, VA

The 10 nearest

10 listed sites on the record match historic cemeteries within 60 miles of Stuarts Draft, VA, out of 93 listed sites of every kind within 25 miles.

Staunton National Cemetery8.8 miles from the center of Stuarts Draft · Site · Staunton (Independent City) · listed 1996National Register of Historic Places
Haines Chapel and Cemetery11 miles from the center of Stuarts Draft · Building · Vesuvius · listed 2014National Register of Historic Places
Dutch Hollow Hanger Cemetery11 miles from the center of Stuarts Draft · Site · Middlebrook · listed 2024National Register of Historic Places
Glebe Burying Ground12 miles from the center of Stuarts Draft · Site · Swoope · listed 1985National Register of Historic Places
Daughters of Zion Cemetery30 miles from the center of Stuarts Draft · Site · Charlottesville · listed 2010National Register of Historic Places
Newtown Cemetery32 miles from the center of Stuarts Draft · Site · Harrisonburg (Independent City) · listed 2015National Register of Historic Places
Wesley, John, Methodist Episcopal Church and Cemetery42 miles from the center of Stuarts Draft · Building · Warm Springs · listed 2013National Register of Historic Places
Graves Chapel and Cemetery49 miles from the center of Stuarts Draft · Building · Stanley · listed 2008National Register of Historic Places
Thornton, Charles Irving, Tombstone53 miles from the center of Stuarts Draft · Object · Cumberland · listed 1980National Register of Historic Places
Green Hill Cemetery55 miles from the center of Stuarts Draft · Site · Luray · listed 2023National Register of Historic Places

Distances are straight-line from the center of Stuarts Draft, VA. Many sites are private property or working buildings - view them from the public way. See them on the map.

Historic Cemeteries in Stuarts Draft, step by step

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See every listed site of this kind in the area
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Sort by distance and pick the closest few
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Read the record for the year, the builder and the use
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View from the public way and note what has changed
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Collect the set and move on to the next county

What people in Stuarts Draft, VA ask first

How much does it cost to visit these sites in Stuarts Draft, VA?

Most listed sites can be seen from a public road or sidewalk at no cost, and the app is free to use. Some sites are private homes, working churches or museums with their own hours and fees. The record for each one says what it is, so you know before you go.

Where does the information on these sites come from?

From published records: the National Register of Historic Places, the Recorded Texas Historic Landmark program, and the Georgia Historical Society and Georgia Department of Natural Resources marker program. Every site on the page names its source.

Are these buildings open to the public?

Some are, many are not. Churches, courthouses and libraries usually keep regular hours. Houses, barns and mills are often private and best seen from the road. The record for each site tells you which kind it is.

What does it mean when a site is on the National Register?

It means the property was documented and accepted as historically significant. Listing honors the site, it does not open it to visitors or stop an owner from using it.

How a visit works in Stuarts Draft

Step 1
Find the place
Every stop starts as a pin with real coordinates. In Stuarts Draft, VA the map shows what is listed around you and how far each one is, so the first decision is where to go, and it takes a few seconds.
Step 2
Read the story
The record behind each marker is kept whole: what happened there, when, who was involved, and why it was worth a sign. You read it standing where it happened, which is the part a textbook cannot give you.
Step 3
Get there under your own power
Walk it, run it, hike it, ride it or drive it. Stops in Stuarts Draft, VA are chained into routes that fit the way you move, so a lunch break, a long run or a Saturday drive can all pass through history.
Step 4
Collect it and come back
Each stop you reach counts toward a badge, and a photo or a correction you send makes the record better for the next person. The map remembers where you have been, so the next trip starts where the last one ended.