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Stanton Family Cemetery

Coordinates: 37°39′22″N 78°23′42″W / 37.65611°N 78.39500°W / 37.65611; -78.39500
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Stanton Family Cemetery
Buckingham slate markers at the cemetery, April, 2017
Stanton Family Cemetery is located in Virginia
Stanton Family Cemetery
Stanton Family Cemetery is located in the United States
Stanton Family Cemetery
LocationVA 677 E side, 0.4 mi. N of jct. with VA 676, Diana Mills, Virginia
Coordinates37°39′22″N 78°23′42″W / 37.65611°N 78.39500°W / 37.65611; -78.39500
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
NRHP reference No.93000350[1]
VLR No.014-0052
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 29, 1993
Designated VLRFebruary 17, 1993[2]

Stanton Family Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at 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]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Julie Gronlund (December 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Stanton Family Cemetery" (PDF). and Accompanying photo