A visit to the Billy Dotson Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Billy Dotson Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Billy Dotson Cemetery:
37.5397, -82.1633
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Billy Dotson Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Billy Dotson Cemetery is located in Pike County<2>.
The county seat for Pike County is located in Pikeville. Pikeville lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Billy Dotson Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Billy Dotson Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Billy Dotson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Dotson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Dotson Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotson Cemetery
- George Hatfield Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The George Hatfield Family Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George Hatfield Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the George Hatfield Family Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Ransom.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2448642 <5>
- Jerry Hatfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dotson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Dotson Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotson Cemetery
- Edgarton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Edgarton Cemetery is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgarton Cemetery
- The Edgarton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Delorme Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2399800 <5>
- Hatfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Hatfield Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield Cemetery
- Phillips Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Phillips Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Cemetery
- Daniels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Daniels Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Cemetery
- Blackberry City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Julius Scott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stump Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Stump Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stump Cemetery
- Italy Hollow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Italy Hollow Cemetery is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy Hollow Cemetery
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- Matthew Hatfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stafford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Stafford Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford Cemetery
- Buskirk Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Buskirk Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buskirk Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Buskirk Cemetery is located in Buskirk.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2309791 <5>
- McCoy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The McCoy Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoy Cemetery
- Phillips Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- McCoy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The McCoy Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoy Cemetery
- Phillips Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Phillips Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Cemetery
- McCoy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The McCoy Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoy Cemetery
- Yates Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Yates Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Cemetery
- Murphy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Murphy Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Cemetery
- Mountain View Memory Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coleman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Coleman Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Cemetery
- Simpkins Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Simpkins Family Cemetery is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpkins Family Cemetery
- The Simpkins Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Simpkins Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2451969 <5>
- Chafin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Chafin Cemetery is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chafin Cemetery
- Hatfield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Hatfield Cemetery is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Billy Dotson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Billy Dotson Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Phelps
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Freeburn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Freeburn is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburn
- Ransom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ransom is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
- Calloway Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Calloway Branch is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calloway Branch
- Majestic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Majestic is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic
- Coleman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Stopover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stopover is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stopover
- Blackberry City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Blackberry City is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry City
- Thacker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thacker is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacker
- McCarr
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Buskirk
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Buskirk is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buskirk
- Matewan
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Pinsonfork
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pinsonfork is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinsonfork
- McVeigh
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- McVeigh is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVeigh
- Sprigg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sprigg is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprigg
- Stone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stone is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- McAndrews
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- McAndrews is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAndrews
- Paw Paw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Paw Paw is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Paw
- Red Jacket
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Red Jacket is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Jacket
- Hardy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hardy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
- Huddy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Huddy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddy
- Kelsa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kelsa is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsa
- Toler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Toler is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toler
- Belfry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Musick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Musick is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musick
- Forest Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Hills is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Canada
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Billy Dotson Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Pike County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Billy Dotson Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2337510 (Billy Dotson Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2337510 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Pike
- Est. Elev: 267 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Matewan
- Location given for Billy Dotson Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.5396685 Lon: -82.1632545
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Pike, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Billy Dotson Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
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