Riverview Cemetery

Riverview Cemetery is a private cemetery located in the Woolen Mills section of , at 1701 Chesapeake Street. Founded in 1892 as Charlottesville's two public cemeteries—Maplewood and Oakwood—were filling up, Riverview consists of about 50 acres overlooking a bend in the and has approximately 12,000 graves with room for about 7,000 more.
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  • Type: Cemetery
  • Description: cemetery in Charlottesville, Virginia
  • Also known as: Riverview Cemetery, Charlottesville

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Monticello and Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection.

Museum
was the primary residence and plantation of Thomas Jefferson, a Founding Father, author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third president of the United States. is situated 1¼ miles south of Riverview Cemetery.

Art gallery
The of the University of Virginia houses one of the finest Indigenous Australian art collections in the world, rivaling many of the collections held in Australia. is situated 1 mile east of Riverview Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pantops and Franklin.

Village
is a census-designated place in , United States.

Locality
is an unincorporated community in , , United States, located on the edge of the census-designated place.

Neighborhood
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is situated 2 miles southwest of Riverview Cemetery.

Riverview Cemetery

Latitude
38.02609° or 38° 1′ 34″ north
Longitude
-78.4583° or 78° 27′ 30″ west
Elevation
410 feet (125 metres)
Open location code
87C32GGR+CM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 82490352
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­grave_yard
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Geo­Names ID
4782108
Wiki­data ID
Q7338729
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