Unincorporated Place - Cemetery

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I've been looking around WikiTree for this answer but I can't seem to figure it out.

The cemetery some of my family is buried at is in Hudgins, Mathews County, Virginia. The cemetery hasn't been created yet, so I'm in the process of doing so. The problem I'm having is Hudgins is an unincorporated place in Mathews County. Mathews County doesn't have any cities listed in the category besides Mathews, Virginia.

The question is, do I make the Hudgins, Mathews County, Virginia category? The help in the categories about unincorporated places was vague and didn't tell me what I should do.

Thanks!

in Policy and Style by Sarah Callis G2G6 Pilot (122k points)
[[Category: Whatever Cemetery, Hudgins, Virginia]], which would be within [[Category: Mathews County, Virginia, Cemeteries]].
Probably best to add the country to the category.
The names that Natalie gives are consistent with the standard style guidance on naming cemetery categories. We don't include the name of the county unless the local place name is non-unique (names like Washington Township, Pennsylvania, aren't unique, but Hudgins, Virginia, is).

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A place doesn't need to be incorporated to be real and identifiable. A quick websearch on "hudgins va" leads me to conclude that Hudgins is a recognized location. It's even a postal address. So I would go ahead and create a category!

by Ellen Smith G2G Astronaut (1.5m points)
selected by Natalie Trott
Thanks, I did the research too but I wanted to be sure!

Here is the link for the section of the style guide regarding the naming of categories for unincorporated places in the USA:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Category_Names#US_unincorporated_places

Here is the style guide link for formatting cemetery categories:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Category_Cemetery_Formatting

Once you've mastered the information from these 2 links, you will agree with Natalie's categories. However, you should have a second parent category (the locality category) above your cemetery category: [[Category:Hudgins, Virginia]].

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