About Union Cemetery
Union Cemetery is a cemetery near Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia. The grounds sit at about 367 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 12 notable people buried here, including Arthur Godfrey, Otto Hilgard Tittmann and Lewis Nixon. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1476029. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Zion Community Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Colonial Funeral Home of Leesburg in Leesburg, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 77 cemeteries we list in Loudoun County, and 44 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 3 of the 77 listings in Loudoun County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Leesburg. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Union Cemetery
Among them: 1 actor, 1 baseball player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 musician, 1 scientist, 1 World War I veteran, 1 writer.
- Arthur Godfrey1903-1983American radio personality and television actor
- Otto Hilgard Tittmann1850-1938Geographer and Civil servant
- Lewis Nixon1861-1940American naval architect
- Fred Talbot1941-2013American baseball player
- John Janney1798-1872American politician
- Coleman Yellott1816-1870American lawyer, legislator, soldier and poet
- Armistead Thomson Mason Rust1820-1887Confederate Army officer
- Robert L. Dulaney1902-1984
- Eliza Southgate Lawrence1828-1858
- Ida Lee Rust1840-1921
- Robert Page Swann1812-1849
- William Peal1898-1984American lawyer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Union 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 Union 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
- Mount Zion Community CemeteryLeesburg, VACemetery0.2 mi
- Old Stone Church Cemetery106 Liberty Street Northwest, Leesburg, VAChurch cemetery0.3 mi
- Saint John the Apostle CemeteryLeesburg, VACatholic cemetery0.3 mi
- Leesburg Presbyterian Church CemteryLeesburg, VAPresbyterian cemetery0.4 mi
- Saint James Episcopal CemeteryLeesburg, VAEpiscopal cemetery0.4 mi
- Springwood CemeteryLeesburg, VACemetery1.8 mi
- Ball's Bluff National CemeteryBalls Bluff Road, Leesburg, VANational cemetery2.1 mi
- African American Burial Ground for the Enslaved at BelmontBelmont, VACemetery4.6 mi
- Belmont Slave Cemetery, Loudoun Freedom CenterBelmont, VACemetery4.6 mi
- Harmony United Methodist CemeteryPurcellville, VAMethodist cemetery4.9 mi
Funeral homes near Union Cemetery
- Colonial Funeral Home of Leesburg0.6 miFuneral home · Leesburg · (703) 777-1414
- Loudoun Funeral Chapel & Crematory1.0 miCremation provider · Leesburg · (703) 777-6000
- T.A. Sullivan & Son Memorials1.1 miMonument dealer · Leesburg · (703) 528-2026
- Lyles Funeral Services7.9 miFuneral home · Purcellville · (800) 388-1913
- Hall Funeral Home Inc8.1 miFuneral home · Purcellville · (540) 338-5561
- Hilton Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Barnesville · (301) 349-2135
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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