A visit to the Key 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 Key Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Key Cemetery:
39.9753, -80.8740
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Key Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Key Cemetery is located in Belmont County<2>.
The county seat for Belmont County is located in Saint Clairsville. Saint Clairsville lies just to the north of the Key Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Key Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Key Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Key Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Jacobsburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Jacobsburg Cemetery is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobsburg Cemetery
- Glencoe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Glencoe Cemetery is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe Cemetery
- Vallonia Area Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Scatterday Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Scatterday Cemetery is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scatterday Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Scatterday Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Centerville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43322 <5>
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Warnock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Warnock Cemetery is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warnock Cemetery
- Centerville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Centerville Cemetery is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Cemetery
- Armstrong Mills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Armstrong Mills Cemetery is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Mills Cemetery
- The Armstrong Mills Cemetery has also been known as:
- Armstrongs Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Workman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Workman Cemetery is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Workman Cemetery
- Wegee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Wegee Cemetery is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wegee Cemetery
- Dunfee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Dunfee Cemetery is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Dover Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Dover Cemetery is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Cemetery
- Dilles Bottom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wegee Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Wegee Creek Cemetery is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wegee Creek Cemetery
- Bellaire Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Bellaire Cemetery is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellaire Cemetery
- Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
- Alexander Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Alexander Cemetery is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Alexander Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Neffs.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39617 <5>
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bend Fork Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Bend Fork Cemetery is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend Fork Cemetery
- Grandview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Grandview Cemetery is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview Cemetery
- German Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The German Cemetery is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the German Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Bellaire.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #41035 <5>
- Rock Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Rock Hill Cemetery is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rock Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Bellaire.
- The Rock Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rock Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Rockhill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #42972 <5>
- High Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The High Ridge Cemetery is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Ridge Cemetery
- Belmont Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Belmont Memorial Park is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Memorial Park
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Key Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Key Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Jacobsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jacobsburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobsburg
- Glencoe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Anvil
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Anvil is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anvil
- Vadis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vadis is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vadis
- Neffs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Neffs is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs
- Warnock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Warnock is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warnock
- Centerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Armstrongs Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrongs Mills is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrongs Mills
- Captina
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Captina is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captina
- Glen Dale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Glendale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Glendale is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Shadyside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Saint Clairsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Moundsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- McMechen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Benwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bellaire
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Richland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Richland is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Richland
- Blaine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blaine is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Loomis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Loomis is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loomis
- Powhatan Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brookside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brookside is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 570 people
- Hunter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hunter is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Allendale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Allendale is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
- West Wheeling
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Wheeling is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wheeling
- Bridgeport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Barton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Belmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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 Key Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Belmont County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Key Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bellaire
- Benwood
- Moundsville
- Saint Clairsville
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 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 Key Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Ohio:
- Pages specific to Belmont 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 Key Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1699383 (Key Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1699383 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: Belmont
- Est. Elev: 388 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Businessburg
- Location given for Key Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.9753504 Lon: -80.8739799
- 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 Ohio's counties, including Belmont, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Key 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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