A visit to the Owens 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 Owens Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Owens Cemetery:
37.2668, -82.1687
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Owens Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Owens Cemetery is located in Buchanan County<2>.
The county seat for Buchanan County is located in Grundy. Grundy lies just to the east northeast of the Owens Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Owens Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Owens Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Cantrell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Cantrell Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantrell Cemetery
- Ratliff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Ratliff Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratliff Cemetery
- Looney Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Looney Creek Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looney Creek Cemetery
- Stiltner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Stiltner Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiltner Cemetery
- Owens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Owens Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Cemetery
- Looney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Looney Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looney Cemetery
- Looney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Looney Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looney Cemetery
- Lynn Fork Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shortridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Shortridge Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shortridge Cemetery
- Looney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Looney Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looney Cemetery
- Deel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Deel Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deel Cemetery
- Coleman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Coleman Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Cemetery
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- Monroe Baldwin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Monroe Baldwin Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Baldwin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Monroe Baldwin Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Leemaster.
- The Monroe Baldwin Cemetery has also been known as:
- Baldwin Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2584001 <5>
- Belcher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Belcher Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcher Cemetery
- Fletcher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Fletcher Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher Cemetery
- Ramey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Ramey Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramey Cemetery
- Little Josie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Little Josie Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Josie Cemetery
- Mullins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Mullins Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins Cemetery
- Mullins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Mullins Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins Cemetery
- O'Quin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The O'Quin Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Quin Cemetery
- Viers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Viers Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viers Cemetery
- Looney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Looney Cemetery is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looney 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 Owens Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Owens Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Royal City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Royal City is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal City
- Grundy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Vansant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Leemaster
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Leemaster is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemaster
- Big Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Big Rock is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Haysi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Janey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Janey is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janey
- Mouthcard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mouthcard is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouthcard
- Elkhorn City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fedscreek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fedscreek is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fedscreek
- Mavisdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mavisdale is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavisdale
- Matney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lick Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lick Creek is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek
- Cedarville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cedarville is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Tarpon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tarpon is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarpon
- Rowe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rowe is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe
- Clinchco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paw Paw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Paw Paw is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Paw
- Belcher
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Belcher is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcher
- Aily
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Aily is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aily
- Bucu
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bucu is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucu
- Council
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Council is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
- Kelsa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kelsa is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsa
- Draffin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Draffin is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draffin
- Coleman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Coleman is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Ashcamp
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ashcamp is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcamp
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 Owens Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Buchanan County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Owens Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 Owens Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Buchanan 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 Owens Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1471992 (Owens Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1471992 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: Buchanan
- Est. Elev: 564 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Harman
- Location given for Owens Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.2667772 Lon: -82.1687485
- 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 Buchanan, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Owens 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. |