A visit to the Cox 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 Cox Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Cox Cemetery:
36.9559, -82.5132
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Cox Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Cox Cemetery is located in Wise County<2>.
The county seat for Wise County is located in Wise. Wise lies just to the west northwest of the Cox Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> of the Cox Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Cox Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Vaughan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Vaughan Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan Cemetery
- Hubbard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Hubbard Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Cemetery
- Bennett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Bennett Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett Cemetery
- Skeen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Skeen Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeen Cemetery
- Gilliam Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Gilliam Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliam Cemetery
- Kilgore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Kilgore Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore Cemetery
- Tacoma Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Tacoma Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoma Cemetery
- Kise Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Kise Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kise Cemetery
- Bruce Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Bruce Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce Cemetery
- Hall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Hall Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Cemetery
- Easterling Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Easterling Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easterling Cemetery
- Freeman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Freeman Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Stallard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Stallard Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stallard Cemetery
- Darter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Darter Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darter Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Hillman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Hillman Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman Cemetery
- Gilliam Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Gilliam Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliam Cemetery
- Gibson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Gibson Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Cemetery
- Sexton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Sexton Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton Cemetery
- Dingus Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Dingus Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingus Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- Bondtown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Bondtown Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondtown Cemetery
- Sanders Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Sanders Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Cox Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Cox Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Coeburn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hamilton town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hamilton town is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton town
- Esserville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Esserville is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esserville
- Norton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Herald
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Herald is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herald
- Dwina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dwina is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwina
- Blackwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Blackwood is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Dungannon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dungannon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungannon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Virginia City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Virginia City is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
- Omaha
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Omaha is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha
- Darwin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Darwin is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lano
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lano is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lano
- Saint Paul
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dante
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dante is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dante
- Kent Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Kent Junction is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Junction
- Pound
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nora is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Fort Blackmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Grigbys Store
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grigbys Store is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grigbys Store
- Bickley Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bickley Mill is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bickley Mill
- Castlewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Clintwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- East Stone Gap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Stone Gap is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Stone Gap
- Haddonfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Haddonfield is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddonfield
- Almira
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Almira is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almira
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 Cox Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wise County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Cox Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Clintwood
- Coeburn
- Norton
- Wise
- Wise lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Cox 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 Cox Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Wise 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 Cox Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1482772 (Cox Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1482772 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: Wise
- Est. Elev: 864 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Wise
- Location given for Cox Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.9559356 Lon: -82.513209
- 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 Wise, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cox 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. |