Stanton Family Cemetery
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Stanton Family Cemetery | |
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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 / 37.65611°N 78.39500°WCoordinates: 37°39′22″N 78°23′42″W / 37.65611°N 78.39500°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| NRHP Reference # | 93000350[1] |
| VLR # | 014-0052 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 29, 1993 |
| Designated VLR | February 17, 1993[2] |
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. They 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]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "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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