About Longwood Cemetery
Longwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Bedford, Bedford County, Virginia. It lies about 0.9 mi southwest of Bedford. The grounds sit at about 968 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Robert Allen, Malcolm Griffin and Thomas Bowyer Campbell. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1478992. The nearest other listed cemetery is Otey Street Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Bedford Funeral Home in Bedford, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 44 cemeteries we list in Bedford County, and 14 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Bedford. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Longwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative, 1 writer.
- Robert Allen1794-1859American politician
- Malcolm Griffin1877-1948American college football coach
- Thomas Bowyer Campbell1887-1976American professor, novelist, and historian
- Elizabeth Nicklin Dallas1821-1902
- -1905 or d. 1905
People whose Wikidata entry gives Longwood 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
37.34186, -79.51009
What Longwood 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
- Otey Street CemeteryBedford, VACemetery0.9 mi
- Fairmont Cemetery1199 East Main Street, Bedford, VACemetery1.0 mi
- Otterville Baptist Church CemeteryBedford, VABaptist cemetery6.2 mi
- Rose CemeteryBedford, VACemetery6.2 mi
- Tate CemeteryBedford, VACemetery6.8 mi
- Coffee CemeteryForest, VACemetery6.9 mi
- Norwood CemeteryForest, VACemetery8.3 mi
- Bond CemeteryBedford, VACemetery8.3 mi
- North CemeteryForest, VACemetery8.9 mi
- Virginia Memorial ParkForest, VAMemorial park9.0 mi
Funeral homes near Longwood Cemetery
- Bedford Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Bedford · (540) 586-9148
- Tharp Funeral Home and Crematory0.7 miCremation provider · Bedford · (540) 586-3443
- Burch-Messier Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Bedford · (540) 586-7360
- Bedford Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Bedford · (540) 586-9167
- Updike Funeral Home2.7 miFuneral home · Bedford · (540) 586-3304
- Updike Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Huddleston · (540) 297-4966
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