Hampton National Cemetery VAMC Cemetery

Hampton National Cemetery VAMC Cemetery is a cemetery in Hampton, Virginia which is located on Emancipation Drive. Hampton National Cemetery VAMC Cemetery is situated nearby to the stadium Hampton Convocation Center, as well as near the suburb Phoebus.

Type: Cemetery
Also known as: “Hampton National Cemetery (VAMC)”
Address: Emancipation Drive, Hampton, VA 23667

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hampton Convocation Center and Hampton National Cemetery.

Hampton Convocation Center

Stadium

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Hampton Convocation Center is a 7,200-seat multi-purpose arena in Hampton, Virginia. It was built in 1993 and is home to the Hampton University Pirates basketball team. Hampton Convocation Center is situated 470 feet north of Hampton National Cemetery VAMC Cemetery.

Hampton National Cemetery

Cemetery

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Hampton National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the city of Hampton, Virginia. It encompasses 27.1 acres, and as of 2014, had over 30,000 interments. Hampton National Cemetery is situated 1,100 feet west of Hampton National Cemetery VAMC Cemetery.

Hampton University Museum

Museum

Founded in 1868 on the campus of Hampton University, the Hampton University Museum is the oldest African-American museum in the United States and the oldest museum in Virginia. Hampton University Museum is situated 2,600 feet west of Hampton National Cemetery VAMC Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Phoebus and Kecoughtan.

Phoebus

Suburb

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Phoebus is a formerly incorporated town now part of the present-day city of Hampton, Virginia, on the Virginia Peninsula. In 1900, it was named in honor of local businessman Harrison Phoebus, who is credited with convincing the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to extend its tracks to the town from Newport News.

Kecoughtan

Neighborhood

In the seventeenth century, Kecoughtan was the name of the settlement now known as Hampton, Virginia. In the early twentieth century, it was also the name of a town nearby in Elizabeth City County. It was annexed into the City of Newport News in 1927.

Fort Monroe

Suburb

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Fort Monroe is a former military installation in Hampton, Virginia, at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula, United States. It is currently managed by partnership between the Fort Monroe Authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the National Park Service, and the city of Hampton as the Fort Monroe National Monument.

Hampton National Cemetery VAMC Cemetery

Category: burial
Location: Hampton, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.01856° or 37° 1′ 7″ north

Longitude

-76.33104° or 76° 19′ 52″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

87952M99+CH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1078913319

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

GeoNames ID

9681209

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