A visit to the Old Virginia 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 Old Virginia Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old Virginia Cemetery:
38.1723, -83.7057
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Old Virginia Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Old Virginia Cemetery is located in Bath County<2>.
The county seat for Bath County is located in Owingsville. Owingsville lies just to the west southwest of the Old Virginia Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Old Virginia Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Old Virginia Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Old Virginia Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Goodpaster Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Goodpaster Cemetery is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodpaster Cemetery
- Bailey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bailey Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Owingsville.
- McCarthy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Knox Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Knox Hill Cemetery is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox Hill Cemetery
- Atchison Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Atchison Cemetery is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atchison Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Atchison Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northeast of Owingsville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72910 <5>
- Collins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Collins Cemetery is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins Cemetery
- Latham Graveyard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Latham Graveyard is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham Graveyard
- Owingsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shrout Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Shrout Cemetery is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrout Cemetery
- Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Jackson Cemetery is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Cemetery
- Slaty Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Slaty Point Cemetery is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaty Point Cemetery
- Reeves Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Reeves Cemetery is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeves Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Allen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Allen Cemetery is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Cemetery
- Cartmill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Cartmill Cemetery is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartmill Cemetery
- Warner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stull Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Stull Family Cemetery is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stull Family Cemetery
- The Stull Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Moses Stull Cemetery
- Old Fields Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2334602 <5>
- Carpenter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Polksville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riddle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Riddle Cemetery is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle Cemetery
- Gregory Burying Ground
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Green Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Green Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- Razor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Razor Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Razor Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview 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 Old Virginia Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Old Virginia Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Slate Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Slate Valley is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Valley
- Peasticks
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Peasticks is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peasticks
- Owingsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wyoming is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Colfax
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Colfax is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Stringtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stringtown is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Oakla
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oakla is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakla
- Olympia
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Olympia is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympia
- Grange City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grange City is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange City
- Preston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Preston is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Salt Lick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Fork is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Reynoldsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Reynoldsville is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Pebble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pebble is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble
- Midland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Midland is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Sunset
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sunset is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Black Sulpher Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Farmers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Farmers is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers
- Farmville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Farmville is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Hillsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Peeled Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Peeled Oak is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeled Oak
- Pine Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pine Grove is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Sherburne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sherburne is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburne
- South Sherburne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Sherburne is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sherburne
- Little Slate Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Little Slate Creek is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Slate Creek
- Mill Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mill Creek is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Bethel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Old Virginia Cemetery. The following communities are located in Bath County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old Virginia Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Old Virginia Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Bath 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 Old Virginia Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #514337 (Old Virginia Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #514337 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: Bath
- Est. Elev: 272 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Colfax
- Location given for Old Virginia Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.1723017 Lon: -83.7057495
- 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 Bath, 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- Old Virginia 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |