Dale Ridge Cemetery
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Dale Ridge Cemetery

Coeburn, Wise County, Virginia, USA

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  • Get directions Laurel Avenue and Dale Ridge Hollow
    Coeburn, Virginia 24230 United States
    Coordinates: 36.96200, -82.47100
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This cemetery was used by the Virginia Iron, Coal, and Coke Company (VICC) to bury African-American coal miners and their family members. Burials here are noted on some of the earliest Virginia death certificates from 1912, but the cemetery was likely created many years earlier, possibly as far back as the mid-1890s.
As of 2021, this cemetery was badly overgrown and could only be accessed by a steep hike up a wooded hillside. This graveyard can be tricky to locate because only a few fragments remain of the wire fence which once surrounded it. There are several interesting tombstones still visible, but most have now been covered by natural debris and are difficult to access and/or read.
Based on the square outline shown on the USGS 1957 Toms Creek, Virginia map, this cemetery is approximately four acres in size and sits about 60-80 feet above Laurel Avenue. The GPS coordinates given above are approximate.
This cemetery was used by the Virginia Iron, Coal, and Coke Company (VICC) to bury African-American coal miners and their family members. Burials here are noted on some of the earliest Virginia death certificates from 1912, but the cemetery was likely created many years earlier, possibly as far back as the mid-1890s.
As of 2021, this cemetery was badly overgrown and could only be accessed by a steep hike up a wooded hillside. This graveyard can be tricky to locate because only a few fragments remain of the wire fence which once surrounded it. There are several interesting tombstones still visible, but most have now been covered by natural debris and are difficult to access and/or read.
Based on the square outline shown on the USGS 1957 Toms Creek, Virginia map, this cemetery is approximately four acres in size and sits about 60-80 feet above Laurel Avenue. The GPS coordinates given above are approximate.

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  • Added: 25 Feb 2022
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2747964