A visit to the Napier 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 Napier Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Napier Cemetery:
36.7920, -82.8641
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Napier Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Napier Cemetery is located in Lee County<2>.
The county seat for Lee County is located in Jonesville. Jonesville lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Napier Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Napier Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Napier Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Napier Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Greene Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Greene Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Cemetery
- Baker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Baker Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Bailey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- Slemp Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Slemp Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slemp Cemetery
- Peters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Peters Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Cemetery
- Meredith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Meredith Cemetery is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith Cemetery
- Shupe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Shupe Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shupe Cemetery
- Sturgil Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Sturgil Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgil Cemetery
- Arbuckle Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Arbuckle Hill Cemetery is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbuckle Hill Cemetery
- Collier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Collier Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collier Cemetery
- Clarkston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Clarkston Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkston Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Barron Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Barron Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron Cemetery
- Slemp Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Slemp Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slemp Cemetery
- Olinger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Olinger Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinger Cemetery
- Lawson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Lawson Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson Cemetery
- Lawson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Lawson Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson Cemetery
- Eden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Eden Cemetery is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Cemetery
- Bishop Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Bishop Cemetery is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Cemetery
- Tomlinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Tomlinson Cemetery is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomlinson Cemetery
- Rhoton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Rhoton Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoton Cemetery
- Collier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Collier Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collier Cemetery
- Collier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Collier Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collier Cemetery
- Gilly Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Gilly Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilly Cemetery
- Wade Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Wade Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade Cemetery
- Wampler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Wampler Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wampler Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson 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 Napier Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Napier Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Dryden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dryden is located in Lee County
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- Darnell Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Darnell Town is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnell Town
- Keokee
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Keokee is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keokee
- Rawhide
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rawhide is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
- Exeter
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Exeter is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
- Stickleyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stickleyville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickleyville
- Duffield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ely
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ely is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- Big Stone Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Stone Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Stone Gap is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Stone Gap
- Pennington Gap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pennington Gap is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708 people
- Appalachia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Holmes Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holmes Mill is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Mill
- Clinchport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clinchport is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinchport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Saint Charles
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Saint Charles is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Kent Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kent Junction is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Junction
- Osaka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Osaka is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaka
- Lynch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Benham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kermit
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kermit is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kermit
- Blackwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blackwood is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Closplint
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Closplint is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Closplint
- Cumberland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lano
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lano is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lano
- Dizney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dizney is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dizney
- Partridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Partridge is located in Letcher County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge
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 Napier Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lee County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Napier Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Appalachia
- Big Stone Gap
- Clinchport
- Pennington Gap
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 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 Napier Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Lee 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 Napier Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1485790 (Napier Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1485790 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: Lee
- Est. Elev: 507 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Big Stone Gap
- Location given for Napier Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.7920379 Lon: -82.8640516
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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 Lee, 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 from Point A (ie- Napier 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. |