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A visit to the Somerton Southern Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Somerton Southern Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Somerton Southern Cemetery

Lat:   39.8962°   (39° 53' 46")

Lon:   -81.1372°   (-81° 8' 13")

The Somerton Southern Cemetery is located in Belmont County<1>.

The county seat for Belmont County is located in Saint Clairsville. Saint Clairsville lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Somerton Southern Cemetery .

Name Variations for Somerton Southern Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give a you a feel for the variations that might have occurred with Somerton Southern Cemetery.

Somerton Southern Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Old Quaker Cemetery
  • Somerton City Cemetery
  • Southern Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Somerton Southern Cemetery.<3>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Somerton Southern Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Varner Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Varner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Varner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Varner Cemetery is located in Belmont County
  • Cold Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Neptune Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Bush Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pleasant Ridge Cemetery is located in Belmont County
  • Harmony Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harmony Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harmony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Harmony Cemetery is located in Belmont County
  • Boston Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boston Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Boston Cemetery is located in Belmont County
  • Boston Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boston Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Boston Cemetery is located in Belmont County
  • Sloan Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jerusalem Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Chestnut Ridge Friends Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chestnut Ridge Friends Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chestnut Ridge Friends Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Chestnut Ridge Friends Cemetery is located in Belmont County
  • Wilson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Wilson Cemetery is located in Monroe County
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • St. Johns RC Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns RC Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns RC Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Johns RC Cemetery is located in Monroe County
    • Schell Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schell Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Schell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Schell Cemetery is located in Monroe County
    • Free Burial Ground
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Free Burial Ground
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Free Burial Ground have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Free Burial Ground is located in Monroe County
    • Block Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Block Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Block Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Block Cemetery is located in Monroe County
    • Quaker Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quaker Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Quaker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Quaker Cemetery is located in Monroe County
    • Mt. Horeb Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Horeb Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Horeb Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mt. Horeb Cemetery is located in Belmont County
    • Miltonsburg Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miltonsburg Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miltonsburg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Miltonsburg Cemetery is located in Monroe County
    • Ozark Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ozark Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ozark Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ozark Cemetery is located in Monroe County
    • Hunter Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hunter Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hunter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hunter Cemetery is located in Belmont County
    • Center Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Somerton Southern Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Somerton Southern Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Jerusalem
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jerusalem have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
    • Jerusalem is located in Monroe County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
  • Miltonsburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miltonsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltonsburg
    • Miltonsburg is located in Monroe County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
  • Wilson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
    • Wilson is located in Monroe County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
  • Ozark
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hunter
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Barnesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Beallsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beallsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beallsville
    • Beallsville is located in Monroe County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
  • Batesville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Coats
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Bethesda
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bethesda have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda
    • Bethesda is located in Belmont County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,198 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bethesda <7>
  • Woodsfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Quaker City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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 Somerton Southern 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 Somerton Southern 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 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 Somerton Southern Cemetery:

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 Somerton Southern Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1044123  (Old Quaker Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1044123 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Barnesville
    • County: Belmont         Elev: 353
    • Location given for GNIS #1044123 (Old Quaker Cemetery)

The official website for Belmont County: www.belmontcountyohio.org/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Somerton Southern Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8962, Longitude: -81.1372    
<3>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<4>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.
<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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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