A visit to the West Point 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 West Point Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the West Point Cemetery:
36.7779, -95.2058
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the West Point Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The West Point Cemetery is located in Craig County<2>.
The county seat for Craig County is located in Vinita. Vinita lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the south southeast of the West Point Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the West Point Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km] of the West Point Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from West Point Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Schrimpsher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Schrimpsher Cemetery is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schrimpsher Cemetery
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bluejacket Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Bluejacket Cemetery is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluejacket Cemetery
- Pheasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Keys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Keys Cemetery is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keys Cemetery
- Timpson Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Deal Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Deal Cemetery is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deal Cemetery
- Longtail Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Longtail Cemetery is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtail Cemetery
- Donnelly Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Donnelly Cemetery is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelly Cemetery
- St. Augustine Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Scott Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Scott Cemetery is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Cemetery
- Thomas Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Thomas Cemetery is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Bluejacket Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Bluejacket Cemetery is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluejacket Cemetery
- Welch Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Welch Cemetery is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch Cemetery
- Walker Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Walker Cemetery is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Cemetery
- Centralia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Centralia Cemetery is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia Cemetery
- Nix Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Nix Cemetery is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Eastern State Hospital Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Rogers Cemetery is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the West Point Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from West Point Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Bluejacket
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hollow is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow
- Welch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vinita
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sanders
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sanders is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders
- Afton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Narcissa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Narcissa is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narcissa
- Big Cabin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dotyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dotyville is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
- Cleora
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cleora is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleora
- Bartlett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bartlett is located in Labette County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- New Alluwe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Alluwe is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alluwe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bernice
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fairland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Miami
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Chetopa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Coodys Bluff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Coodys Bluff is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coodys Bluff
- Ketchum
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Miami
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Miami is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Miami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Chelsea
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Lake Towne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Lake Towne is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake Towne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Edna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edna is located in Labette County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 401 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edna <5>
- Commerce
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pensacola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pensacola is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensacola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
- Copeland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Copeland is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Mill Rose
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Rose is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Rose
- Valeda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Valeda is located in Labette County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valeda
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 West Point Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Craig County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The West Point Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Afton
- Afton lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the West Point Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Afton.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Big Cabin
- Bluejacket
- Chelsea
- Commerce
- Fairland
- Ketchum
- Miami
- Miami lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the West Point Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Miami.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
- Vinita
- Welch
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 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 West Point Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Oklahoma:
- Pages specific to Craig 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 West Point Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1099593 (West Point Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1099593 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: Craig
- Est. Elev: 237 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Pyramid Corners
- Location given for West Point Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.7778579 Lon: -95.2058017
- 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 Oklahoma's counties, including Craig, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- West Point 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |