A visit to the Mount Carmel 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 Mt. Carmel Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery:
37.7876, -79.8859
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Alleghany County<2>.
Open a Google Map centered on the Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> of the Mt. Carmel Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Carmel Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Oakland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Oakland Cemetery is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- Mallow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Mallow Cemetery is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallow Cemetery
- Mountain View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Mountain View Cemetery is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Crown Hill Cemetery is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Hill Cemetery
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Cedar Hill Cemetery is located in Covington City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill Cemetery
- Hooks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Hooks Cemetery is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Cemetery
- Haden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Haden Cemetery is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haden Cemetery
- Deisher Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Deisher Cemetery is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deisher Cemetery
- Walton Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Humphries Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Humphries Cemetery is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphries Cemetery
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- Central Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Galatia Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Galatia Presbyterian Church Cemetery is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galatia Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Galatia Presbyterian Church Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Gala.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960052 <5>
- Simmons Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Simmons Cemetery is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Cemetery
- Helmintoller Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Helmintoller Cemetery is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmintoller Cemetery
- King Memorial Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The King Memorial Cemetery is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Memorial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the King Memorial Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Oriskany.
- The King Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- King Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #50886 <5>
- McKalester Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- The McKalester Cemetery is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKalester Cemetery
- Piney Grove Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- The Piney Grove Cemetery is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove Cemetery
- Hoke Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- The Hoke Cemetery is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoke Cemetery
- Anderson Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Anderson Cemetery is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Cemetery
- Tucker Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- The Tucker Cemetery is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Cemetery
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Wesley Chapel Cemetery is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Chapel Cemetery
- Goodbar Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- The Goodbar Cemetery is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodbar Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 18 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Carmel Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Low Moor
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Selma
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Selma is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Clifton Forge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rich Patch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rich Patch is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Patch
- Glen Wilton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Wilton is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Wilton
- Haden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Haden is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haden
- Iron Gate
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Iron Gate is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Covington
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Strom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Strom is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strom
- Gala
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gala is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gala
- Carloover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Carloover is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carloover
- Griffith
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Griffith is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffith
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Moss Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Moss Run is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Run
- Oriskany
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Greenwood is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Healing Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Healing Springs is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Salisbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Salisbury is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Salt Petre Cave
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Salt Petre Cave is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Petre Cave
- Salt Petre Cave has also been known as:
- Salt Peter Cave
- Saltpetre
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 Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Alleghany County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Clifton Forge
- Covington
- Fincastle
- Warm Springs
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Mt. Carmel Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Alleghany 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 Mt. Carmel Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1485574 (Mount Carmel Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1485574 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: Alleghany
- Est. Elev: 380 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Covington
- Location given for Mount Carmel Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.7876271 Lon: -79.885886
- 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 Alleghany, 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- Mt. Carmel 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. |