About Riverview Cemetery
Riverview Cemetery is a cemetery near Pantops, Charlottesville City, Virginia. The grounds sit at about 410 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Thomas L. Rosser, L. L. Watts and John Henry Cheape. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1479436. The nearest other listed cemetery is Maplewood Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the northwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is A Better Cremation in Charlottesville, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 6 cemeteries we list in Charlottesville City, and 56 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Pantops. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Riverview Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Spanish-American War veteran.
- Thomas L. Rosser1836-1910United States Army general
- L. L. Watts1888-1974American politician and advocate for the blind
- John Henry Cheape1847-1892
- Kathleen Sophia Hambrough1846-1920
- Louis Francis Chauvenet1895-1970
People whose Wikidata entry gives Riverview 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
38.02537, -78.45796
What Riverview 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
- Maplewood CemeteryCharlottesville, VACemetery1.0 mi
- Monticello Memorial ParkCharlottesville, VAMemorial park1.0 mi
- Jefferson TombCharlottesville, VACemetery1.2 mi
- Monticello GraveyardCharlottesville, VACemetery1.2 mi
- Daughters of Zion CemeteryCharlottesville, VACemetery1.4 mi
- Hebrew Cemetery - CharlottesvilleCharlottesville, VAJewish cemetery1.5 mi
- Jewish CemetaryCharlottesville, VAJewish cemetery1.5 mi
- Oakwood CemeteryCharlottesville, VACemetery1.5 mi
- Griffin CemeteryCharlottesville, VACemetery2.8 mi
- Chapman Grove CemeteryPantops, VACemetery2.9 mi
Funeral homes near Riverview Cemetery
- W.A. Hartman Memorials Charlottesville0.5 miMonument dealer · Charlottesville · (434) 293-2570
- A Better Cremation0.6 miCremation provider · Charlottesville · (434) 484-2157
- Hill & Wood Funeral Service1.3 miFuneral home · Charlottesville · (434) 296-6148
- Mc Clenny Funeral Services Inc1.6 miFuneral home · Charlottesville · (434) 293-8090
- J.F. Bell Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Charlottesville · (434) 295-9169
- Teague Funeral Service3.6 miFuneral home · Charlottesville · (434) 977-0005
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