Stanton Family Cemetery
Stanton Family Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Diana Mills, Buckingham County, Virginia. It is an African-American rural cemetery with approximately 36 burials. The graves are marked with headstones and footstones of irregularly shaped slabs of local Buckingham slate. The stones mark the graves of at least four generations of the Stanton family.[3]
Stanton Family Cemetery | |
 Buckingham slate markers at the cemetery, April, 2017 | |
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| Location | VA 677 E side, 0.4 mi. N of jct. with VA 676, Diana Mills, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°39′22″N 78°23′42″W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 93000350[1] |
| VLR No. | 014-0052 |
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| Added to NRHP | April 29, 1993 |
| Designated VLR | February 17, 1993[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- Julie Gronlund (December 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Stanton Family Cemetery" (PDF). and Accompanying photo
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