Missing place: Winchester National Cemetery

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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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