Sweet Briar Plantation Burial Ground
Sweet Briar Plantation Burial Ground is a cemetery in Amherst, Virginia. Sweet Briar Plantation Burial Ground is situated nearby to Upper Sweetbriar Lake, as well as near the pitch Riding Hunt Course.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sweet Briar College and Sweet Briar House.
Sweet Briar College
University
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Sweet Briar College is a private women's liberal arts college in Sweet Briar, Amherst County, Virginia, United States. It was established in 1901 by Indiana Fletcher Williams in memory of her deceased daughter, Daisy. Sweet Briar College is situated 2,700 feet southeast of Sweet Briar Plantation Burial Ground.
Sweet Briar House
Building
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Sweet Briar House, also known as Locust Ridge, is a historic home located at Sweet Briar, Amherst County, Virginia. The original house was built about 1825, and was a Federal style brick farmhouse with a hipped roof. Sweet Briar House is situated 1,800 feet southeast of Sweet Briar Plantation Burial Ground.
Amherst County High School
School
Amherst County High School is a public high school, grades 9–12, serving Amherst County, Virginia, United States. As the only high school in the county, it offers a comprehensive program from Advanced Placement classes to classes offered through a reciprocity program with local colleges that allow students to earn both high school and college credit at the same time. Amherst County High School is situated 1½ miles east of Sweet Briar Plantation Burial Ground.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amherst and Monroe.
Amherst
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Amherst is a town in Amherst County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Amherst had a population of 2,110. It is the county seat of Amherst County. Amherst is part of the Lynchburg metropolitan area.
Monroe
Hamlet
Monroe is an unincorporated community in Amherst County, Virginia, United States. Monroe is located along U.S. Route 29, 6.1 miles north of Lynchburg. Speed the Plough, a farm located in Monroe, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. Monroe is situated 4½ miles southwest of Sweet Briar Plantation Burial Ground.
Sweet Briar Plantation Burial Ground
- Type: Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Amherst, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.56179° or 37° 33′ 42″ northLongitude
-79.08559° or 79° 5′ 8″ westOpen location code
8792HW67+PQOpenStreetMap ID
way 552509202OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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