A visit to the Gibson 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 Gibson Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Gibson Cemetery:
36.8945, -82.6765
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Gibson Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Gibson Cemetery is located in Wise County<2>.
The county seat for Wise County is located in Wise. Wise lies just to the northeast of the Gibson Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Gibson Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 34 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Gibson Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Gibson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Treadway Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Treadway Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treadway Cemetery
- Egan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Egan Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egan Cemetery
- Hobbs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Hobbs Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs Cemetery
- Franklin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Franklin Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Barker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Barker Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Cemetery
- Gilly Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Gilly Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilly Cemetery
- Dickerson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Dickerson Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickerson Cemetery
- Strength Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Strength Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strength Cemetery
- Canepatch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Canepatch Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canepatch Cemetery
- Kilbourn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Kilbourn Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilbourn Cemetery
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Big Spring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Big Spring Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring Cemetery
- Morris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Laney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Laney Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laney Cemetery
- Bates Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Bates Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates Cemetery
- Huff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Whiteoak Gap Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Black Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Black Creek Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek Cemetery
- Stidham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Stidham Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stidham Cemetery
- Sumners Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Sumners Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumners Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sumners Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Appalachia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2305091 <5>
- Oak View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Oak View Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak View Cemetery
- Glencoe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Glencoe Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe Cemetery
- The Glencoe Cemetery has also been known as:
- Big Stone Gap Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #50367 <5>
- Gilley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Gilley Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilley Cemetery
- Robinette Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Robinette Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinette Cemetery
- Mullins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Mullins Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins Cemetery
- James N. Baldwin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Duncan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Duncan Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan Cemetery
- Laurel Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Laurel Grove Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Laurel Grove Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Esserville.
- Hawthorne Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Hawthorne Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne Cemetery
- Hamilton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Hamilton Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Cemetery
- Wells Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Wells Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Cemetery
- Wells Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Wells Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Cemetery
- Scott Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Scott Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Gibson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Gibson Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Blackwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Blackwood is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Norton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kent Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kent Junction is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Junction
- East Stone Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Stone Gap is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Stone Gap
- Big Stone Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Esserville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Esserville is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esserville
- Appalachia
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hamilton town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton town is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton town
- Lano
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lano is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lano
- Wise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Osaka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Osaka is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaka
- Fort Blackmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Exeter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Exeter is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
- Keokee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Keokee is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keokee
- Dungannon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dungannon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungannon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Coeburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Eolia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eolia is located in Letcher County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eolia
- Darnell Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Darnell Town is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnell Town
- Rawhide
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rawhide is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
- Duffield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oven Fork
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oven Fork is located in Letcher County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oven Fork
- Partridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Partridge is located in Letcher County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge
- Lynch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
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 Gibson 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 Gibson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Appalachia
- Big Stone Gap
- Clinchport
- Coeburn
- Norton
- Wise
- Wise lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the Northeast (NE) of the Gibson 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 start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Gibson 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 Gibson Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1483613 (Gibson Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1483613 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: 519 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Norton
- Location given for Gibson Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.8945429 Lon: -82.6765473
- 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gibson 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. |