A visit to the Willis 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 Willis Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Willis Cemetery:
38.5687, -83.2038
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Willis Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Willis Cemetery is located in Lewis County<2>.
The county seat for Lewis County is located in Vanceburg. Vanceburg lies just to the west northwest of the Willis Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Willis Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Willis Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Willis Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Brightman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Brightman Cemetery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightman Cemetery
- Maddy Lewis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Matty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Matty Cemetery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matty Cemetery
- Christy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Christy Cemetery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christy Cemetery
- Bruce Family Graveyard
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Waring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Waring Cemetery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waring Cemetery
- Armstrong Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- McGinnis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The McGinnis Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGinnis Cemetery
- McKendree Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The McKendree Cemetery is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKendree Cemetery
- McDermitt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The McDermitt Cemetery is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDermitt Cemetery
- Black Oak Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- McCall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Sandy Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Sandy Springs Cemetery is located in Adams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs Cemetery
- The Sandy Springs Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sandy Spring Cemetery
- Sandy Spring Presbyterian Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1850358 <5>
- Evans Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Evans Cemetery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Cemetery
- Logan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Logan Cemetery is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Cemetery
- Logan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Logan Cemetery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Cemetery
- Thomas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Thomas Cemetery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Cemetery
- Veach Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Veach Cemetery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veach Cemetery
- Howland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Howland Cemetery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland Cemetery
- Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Methodist Cemetery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methodist Cemetery
- The Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Quincy Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1986340 <5>
- Sun Set Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Sun Set Cemetery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Set Cemetery
- The Sun Set Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sunset Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1963507 <5>
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 Willis Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Willis Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Garrison
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Garrison is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
- Buena Vista
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Quincy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Vanceburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Camp Dix
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Dix is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Dix
- Smiths Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Smiths Creek is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Creek
- Pond Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pond Run is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Run
- Boone Furnace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Boone Furnace is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Furnace
- York
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- York is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Carter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carter is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
- Tygarts Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tygarts Valley is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tygarts Valley
- Friendship
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Kehoe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kehoe is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kehoe
- Firebrick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Firebrick is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firebrick
- Rome
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rome is located in Adams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Rome
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rome is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Wesleyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wesleyville is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesleyville
- Squirrel Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Squirrel Town is located in Adams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Town
- Charters
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Charters is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charters
- Warnock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Warnock is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warnock
- Shannoah Town ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shannoah Town is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannoah Town
- Smoky Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Smoky Valley is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoky Valley
- Lynn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lynn is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- South Portsmouth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Portsmouth is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Portsmouth
- Emerson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Emerson is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
- Blue Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grimes ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grimes is located in Adams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes
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 Willis Cemetery. The following communities are located in Lewis County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Willis Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Willis Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Lewis 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 Willis Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #506847 (Willis Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #506847 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: Lewis
- Est. Elev: 194 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Garrison
- Location given for Willis Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.5686885 Lon: -83.203791
- 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 Lewis, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Willis 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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