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Buena Vista Cemetery, on Nowhere Road in northern Athens-Clarke County, grew out of the Buena Vista Baptist Church, a rural congregation organized in 1858 near Little Sandy Creek on land that had once been part of the original University of Georgia land grant. Burials at the present-day cemetery date to about 1885, and it remains an active community burying ground.
Buena Vista Cemetery is a cemetery in Athens, Athens-Clarke County. It is one of 28 cemeteries documented in Athens-Clarke County, among 141 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.0292, -83.3699 near Athens. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bethaven Cemetery (cemetery), about 1.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Mount Zion Cemetery, Sandy Creek Nature Center, and Center Cemetery.
This record is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
Buena Vista Cemetery, on Nowhere Road in northern Athens-Clarke County, grew out of the Buena Vista Baptist Church, a rural congregation organized in 1858 near Little Sandy Creek on land that had once been part of the original University of Georgia land grant. Burials at the present-day cemetery date to about 1885, and it remains an active community burying ground.
Sources: cogsgenealogy.org
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