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A visit to the Blue Grass 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 Blue Grass Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Blue Grass Cemetery:

38.5015, -79.5509

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Blue Grass Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Blue Grass Cemetery is located in Highland County<2>.

The county seat for Highland County is located in Monterey. Monterey lies just to the south southwest of the Blue Grass Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Blue Grass Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Blue Grass Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Totten Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • The Totten Cemetery is located in Pendleton County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totten Cemetery
  • Mt. Hobart Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • The Mt. Hobart Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hobart Cemetery
  • St. Mark Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • The St. Mark Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mark Cemetery
  • Yeager Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • The Yeager Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeager Cemetery
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • The Fairview Cemetery is located in Highland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
  • Goodsell Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • The Goodsell Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsell Cemetery
  • Keller Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • The Keller Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller Cemetery
  • Griffin Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • The Griffin Cemetery is located in Highland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Cemetery
  • Hauchen Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • The Hauchen Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hauchen Cemetery
  • Arbovale Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • The Arbovale Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbovale Cemetery
  • Burns Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • The Burns Cemetery is located in Pendleton County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Cemetery
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • The Bethel Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Simmons Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • The Simmons Cemetery is located in Pendleton County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Cemetery
    • Pinecrest Memorial Gardens
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Big Valley Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • The Big Valley Cemetery is located in Highland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Valley Cemetery
    • Keister Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • The Keister Cemetery is located in Pendleton County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keister Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Keister Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Brandywine (WV).
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2607660 <5>
    • Pine Hill Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • The Pine Hill Cemetery is located in Pendleton County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill Cemetery
    • North Fork Memorial Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Ft. Milroy Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • The Ft. Milroy Cemetery is located in Randolph County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ft. Milroy Cemetery
    • Wanless Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • The Wanless Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanless Cemetery
    • Buzzard Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • The Buzzard Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzard Cemetery
    • Dilly Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • The Dilly Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilly Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Blue Grass Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Blue Grass Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Possum Trot
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Possum Trot is located in Highland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot
  • Harper
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Harper is located in Pendleton County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
  • Hightown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hightown is located in Highland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
  • Monterey
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Dry Run
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Dry Run is located in Pendleton County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
  • Meadowdale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Meadowdale is located in Highland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
  • Moyers
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Moyers is located in Pendleton County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyers
  • Thornwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Thornwood is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornwood
  • McDowell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Palo Alto
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Palo Alto is located in Highland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palo Alto
  • Zigler
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Zigler is located in Pendleton County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zigler
  • Sugar Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Sugar Grove is located in Pendleton County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Circleville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Frank
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Frank is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frank
    • Arbovale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Clover Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Clover Creek is located in Highland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
    • Franklin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Franklin is located in Pendleton County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <6>
    • Durbin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Durbin is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durbin <6>
    • Green Bank
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Propstburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Propstburg is located in Pendleton County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Propstburg

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 Blue Grass Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Highland County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Blue Grass Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Blue Grass Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Virginia:
  • Pages specific to Highland 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 Blue Grass Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1481853  (Blue Grass Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1481853 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: Highland
      • Est. Elev: 783 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Snowy Mountain
      • Location given for Blue Grass Cemetery:
      • Lat: 38.5015077     Lon: -79.5508813
      • 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 Virginia's counties, including Highland, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blue Grass 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.