About Sinking Spring Cemetery
Sinking Spring Cemetery is a cemetery near Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. The grounds sit at about 2,123 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 9 notable people buried here, including John B. Floyd, David Campbell and George Washington Hopkins. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1474632. The nearest other listed cemetery is High Point Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Frost Funeral Home LLC in Abingdon, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 183 cemeteries we list in Washington County, and 93 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Abingdon. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Sinking Spring Cemetery
Among them: 4 US representatives, 2 governors, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 War of 1812 veteran, 1 World War I veteran.
- John B. Floyd1806-1863American politician
- David Campbell1779-1859Governor of Virginia
- George Washington Hopkins1804-1861American politician
- James K. Gibson1812-1879American politician, merchant, sheriff, and banker
- John H. Fulton1792-1836American politician
- Connally Findlay Trigg1847-1907American lawyer and politician
- David C. Cummings, Jr.1861-1913Member of the Senate of Virginia
- Daniel Trigg1843-1909
- William Stuart1889-1976American lawyer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Sinking Spring Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Sinking Spring Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- High Point CemeteryAbingdon, VACemetery0.3 mi
- Knollkreg CemeteryAbingdon, VACemetery1.4 mi
- Johnston Family CemeteryAbingdon, VAFamily cemetery1.6 mi
- Campbell CemeteryAbingdon, VACemetery2.2 mi
- Campbell CemeteryAbingdon, VACemetery2.6 mi
- Ratcliff CemeteryAbingdon, VACemetery2.8 mi
- Henry CemeteryAbingdon, VACemetery2.9 mi
- Hayter CemeteryAbingdon, VACemetery2.9 mi
- Hagy CemeteryAbingdon, VACemetery3.0 mi
- Moore CemeteryAbingdon, VACemetery3.0 mi
Funeral homes near Sinking Spring Cemetery
- Frost Funeral Home LLC0.8 miFuneral home · Abingdon · (276) 628-2131
- Farris Funeral Service, Inc. - Main Street Chapel1.0 miFuneral home · Abingdon · (276) 623-2700
- Perry Cremation & Funeral Alternatives1.6 miCremation provider · Abingdon · (276) 776-5950
- Farris Cremation and Funeral Center2.3 miCremation provider · Abingdon · (276) 623-2727
- Smyth Chapel9.1 miFuneral home · Meadowview
- Emory and Henry Memorial Chapel9.4 miFuneral chapel · Meadowview
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