A visit to the Dotson 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 Dotson Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Dotson Cemetery:
37.0907, -82.4699
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Dotson Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Dotson Cemetery is located in Dickenson County<2>.
The county seat for Dickenson County is located in Clintwood. Clintwood lies just to the north of the Dotson Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Dotson Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> of the Dotson Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Dotson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Buchanan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Buchanan Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
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- Buchanan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Buchanan Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
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- Buchanan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Buchanan Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
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- Stanley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Stanley Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
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- Stanley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Stanley Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
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- Trivitt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Trivitt Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trivitt Cemetery
- Hibbitts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Hibbitts Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
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- Powers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Powers Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
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- Kennedy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Kennedy Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
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- Large Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Large Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
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- Salyers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Salyers Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
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- Mullins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Mullins Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
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- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mullins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Mullins Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins Cemetery
- Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Hill Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Cemetery
- Powers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Powers Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
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- Robinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lane Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Lane Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Cemetery
- Keith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Keith Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith Cemetery
- Roberson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Roberson Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberson Cemetery
- Slemp Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Slemp Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slemp Cemetery
- Davis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
- Hale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Hale Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale Cemetery
- Mullins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Mullins Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
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- McCoy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The McCoy Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoy Cemetery
- Stanley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Stanley Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
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- Yates Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Yates Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Cemetery
- Lambert Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Lambert Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert Cemetery
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]<3> of the Dotson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Dotson Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Omaha
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Omaha is located in Dickenson County
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- Darwin
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Darwin is located in Dickenson County
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- Clintwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Nora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Nora is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Clinchco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pound
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Herald
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Herald is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herald
- Haddonfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Haddonfield is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddonfield
- Wise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tarpon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tarpon is located in Dickenson County
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- Burdine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burdine is located in Letcher County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdine
- Almira
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Almira is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almira
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Coeburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Aily
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Aily is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aily
- Jenkins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton town is located in Wise County
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- Esserville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Esserville is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esserville
- Dante
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dante is located in Russell County
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- Haysi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ashcamp
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ashcamp is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcamp
- Hellier
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hellier is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hellier
- Norton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dwina
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dwina is located in Wise County
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- Virginia City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Virginia City is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
- McRoberts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- McRoberts is located in Letcher County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRoberts
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 Dotson Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Dickenson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Dotson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Clinchco
- Clintwood
- Coeburn
- Jenkins
- Norton
- Wise
- Wise lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the Dotson 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 visit 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 Dotson Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Dickenson 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 Dotson Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1465894 (Dotson Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1465894 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: Dickenson
- Est. Elev: 608 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Caney Ridge
- Location given for Dotson Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.090661 Lon: -82.469874
- 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 Dickenson, 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 from Point A (ie- Dotson 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. |
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