Missing place: Winchester National Cemetery
This is one of those places that went by more than one name at different times, and was part of different jurisdictions at different times.
It also has two US BGN GNIS feature IDs. It looks like the second one was created accidentally by the National Map Corps project in 2015:
- 2056915
- 2766725
Latitude: 39.184384
Longitude: -78.156529
Dates: from 1862 to 1866
Place Name: Union Cemetery
Located within: Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, United States [396448]
Dates: from 1866 to 1874
Place name: Winchester National Cemetery
Located within: Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, United States [396448]
Dates: from 1874 to Today
Place name: Winchester National Cemetery
Located within: Winchester, Virginia, United States [396449]
References:
- https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/109444
- https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Winchester-National-Cemetery/160131
- https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/winchester.asp
- https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/national_cemeteries/Virginia/Winchester_National_Cemetery.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_National_Cemetery
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