A visit to the Buffalo 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 Buffalo Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Buffalo Cemetery:
36.8673, -82.3813
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Buffalo Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Buffalo Cemetery is located in Russell County<2>.
The county seat for Russell County is located in Lebanon. Lebanon lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the east of the Buffalo Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km] of the Buffalo Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Buffalo Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Stallard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Stallard Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stallard Cemetery
- Wolfe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Wolfe Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfe Cemetery
- Ingle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Ingle Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingle Cemetery
- Powers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Powers Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Cemetery
- Sergent Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Sergent Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sergent Cemetery
- Phillips Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Phillips Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Cemetery
- Porter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Porter Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Cemetery
- Horne Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Horne Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horne Cemetery
- Quillen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Quillen Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quillen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Quillen Cemetery is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #51772 <5>
- Gose Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Gose Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gose Cemetery
- Powers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Powers Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Cemetery
- Robinette Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Robinette Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinette Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bradley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Bradley Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley Cemetery
- Holbrook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Holbrook Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holbrook Cemetery
- Stallard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Stallard Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stallard Cemetery
- Greear Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Greear Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greear Cemetery
- Greear Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Greear Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greear Cemetery
- Powers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Powers Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Cemetery
- Porter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Porter Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Cemetery
- Horne Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Horne Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horne Cemetery
- Lee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Lee Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Cemetery
- Osborne Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Osborne Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne Cemetery
- Artrip Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Artrip Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artrip Cemetery
- Osborne Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Osborne Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne Cemetery
- Fraley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Fraley Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraley Cemetery
- Hamm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Hamm Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamm Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Buffalo Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Buffalo Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Dwina
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dwina is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwina
- Saint Paul
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Virginia City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Virginia City is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
- Dungannon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dungannon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungannon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Grigbys Store
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grigbys Store is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grigbys Store
- Bickley Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bickley Mill is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bickley Mill
- Castlewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Coeburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nickelsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dickensonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dickensonville is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickensonville
- Dante
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dante is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dante
- Herald
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Herald is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herald
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Fugates Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fugates Hill is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fugates Hill
- Creswell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Creswell is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Carterton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Carterton is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterton
- Willow Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Springs is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Mendota
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mendota is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendota
- Kiser ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kiser is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser
- Jessees Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jessees Mill is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessees Mill
- Lano
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lano is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lano
- Fort Blackmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Snowflake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Snowflake is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowflake
- Maces Spring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Maces Spring is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maces Spring
- Leonard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Leonard is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Cleveland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cleveland is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Wise
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton town is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton town
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 Buffalo Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Russell County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Buffalo Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cleveland
- Coeburn
- Wise
- Wise lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Buffalo Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Wise.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
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 Buffalo Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Russell 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 Buffalo Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1482144 (Buffalo Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1482144 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: Russell
- Est. Elev: 548 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Dungannon
- Location given for Buffalo Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.8673252 Lon: -82.3812578
- 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 Russell, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Buffalo 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. |