About Chestnut Grove Cemetery
Chestnut Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near Herndon, Fairfax County, Virginia. It lies about 1.1 mi south of Herndon. The grounds sit at about 384 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Dith Pran, Kathryn H. Kidd and Irvin Williams. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1464809. The nearest other listed cemetery is Orrison Family Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the west. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Adams-Green Funeral Home & Crematory in Herndon, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 131 cemeteries we list in Fairfax County, and 64 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Fairfax County dates to 1899. 5 of the 131 listings in Fairfax County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Herndon. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Chestnut Grove Cemetery
Among them: 1 artist, 1 journalist, 1 writer.
- Dith Pran1942-2008Cambodian photojournalist
- Kathryn H. Kidd1950-2015American writer
- Irvin Williams1926-2018American gardener
- Robert Tyler Jones1843-1895Grandson of U.S. president John Tyler
People whose Wikidata entry gives Chestnut Grove 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 Chestnut Grove 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
- Orrison Family CemeteryOak Grove, VAFamily cemetery0.7 mi
- Dranesville United Methodist Church CemeteryDranesville, VAMethodist cemetery2.0 mi
- Ford - Ellis - Simms CemeteryDranesville, VACemetery2.3 mi
- Sterling Cemetery45835 West Church Road, Sterling, VACemetery2.7 mi
- Old Sterling CemeterySterling, VACemetery2.7 mi
- Mount Pleasant Baptist Church CemeteryFloris, VABaptist cemetery3.1 mi
- Tippett's Hill CemeterySterling, VACemetery3.3 mi
- Tippet's Hill CemeterySterling, VACemetery3.3 mi
- Frying Pan Baptist Meeting House CemeteryFloris, VABaptist cemetery3.5 mi
- Unnamed Cemetery - Framingham CourtOak Hill, VACemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Chestnut Grove Cemetery
- Adams-Green Funeral Home & Crematory1.0 miCremation provider · Herndon · (703) 437-1764
- Cremation Society Of Virginia6.9 miCremation provider · Chantilly · (703) 936-2622
- Direct Cremation Services of Virginia7.0 miCremation provider · Chantilly · (571) 385-3623
- Funeraria Martinez-Caballero7.0 miFuneral home · Chantilly · (571) 715-3117
- Heavenly Paws Cremations7.1 miFuneral home · Chantilly · (703) 378-8378
- Funeral Choices of Chantilly7.1 miFuneral home · Chantilly · (703) 378-6896
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