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Kimberling Lutheran Cemetery

Coordinates: 36°55′03″N 81°18′15″W / 36.91750°N 81.30417°W / 36.91750; -81.30417
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Kimberling Lutheran Cemetery
Kimberling Lutheran Cemetery is located in Virginia
Kimberling Lutheran Cemetery
Kimberling Lutheran Cemetery is located in the United States
Kimberling Lutheran Cemetery
LocationNW of Rural Retreat, near Rural Retreat, Virginia
Coordinates36°55′03″N 81°18′15″W / 36.91750°N 81.30417°W / 36.91750; -81.30417
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1800 (1800)
NRHP reference No.80004231[1]
VLR No.098-0049
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 26, 1980
Designated VLRDecember 20, 1977[2]

Kimberling Lutheran Cemetery is a historic Lutheran cemetery and national historic district located near Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Virginia. The cemetery includes approximately about 50 early Germanic sandstone monuments dating from 1800 to 1850. The associated Kimberlin Lutheran Church was built in 1913, and is a large frame structure with two unequal-sized towers.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (December 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Kimberling Lutheran Cemetery" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
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