A visit to the 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 Virginia Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Virginia Cemetery:
38.2695, -94.4597
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Virginia Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Virginia Cemetery is located in Bates County<2>.
The county seat for Bates County is located in Butler. Butler lies just to the east of the Virginia Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Virginia Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> of the Virginia Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Virginia Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Park Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Cemetery
- Howell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Howell Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Cemetery
- Morris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Jackson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Jackson Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Cemetery
- Thomas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Thomas Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Cemetery
- Scott Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Scott Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Cemetery
- Forbes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Forbes Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes Cemetery
- Benjamin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Benjamin Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamin Cemetery
- Woofin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Woofin Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woofin Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- Walley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Walley Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walley Cemetery
- Richland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Richland Cemetery is located in Linn County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Salem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Hays Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Hays Cemetery is located in Linn County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Glass Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Glass Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass Cemetery
- Edgewood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Edgewood Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Cemetery
- West Point Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The West Point Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the West Point Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Merwin.
- The West Point Cemetery has also been known as:
- Amsterdam Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #32222 <5>
- East Mt. Zion Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The East Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Linn County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Burdett Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The Burdett Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett Cemetery
- Sway Back Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Sway Back Cemetery is located in Linn County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sway Back Cemetery
- Eureka Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Eureka Cemetery is located in Linn County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Cemetery
- Nichols Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Nichols Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Virginia Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Virginia Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Nyhart
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Nyhart is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyhart
- Butler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Foster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Foster is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Passaic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Passaic is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Amoret
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Amoret is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amoret
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- New Home
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- New Home is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home
- Amsterdam
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Worland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Worland is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worland
- Adrian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Merwin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Merwin is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Burdett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Burdett is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
- Rich Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Pleasanton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hume
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hume is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Boicourt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Boicourt is located in Linn County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boicourt
- Archie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jingo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jingo is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jingo
- Linn Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Linn Valley is located in Linn County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 876 people
- Main City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Main City is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Main City
- Drexel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- La Cygne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Metz
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Metz is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Austin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Austin is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
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 Virginia Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Bates County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Virginia Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Adrian
- Amoret
- Amsterdam
- Archie
- Butler
- Drexel
- Foster
- Hume
- Hume lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Virginia Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hume.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
- La Cygne
- Merwin
- Metz
- Pleasanton
- Rich Hill
- Worland
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 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 Virginia Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Bates 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 Virginia Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #728216 (Virginia Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #728216 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: Bates
- Est. Elev: 266 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Virginia
- Location given for Virginia Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.2694677 Lon: -94.4596748
- 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 Missouri's counties, including Bates, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- 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. |