A visit to the Peters 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 Peters Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Peters Cemetery:
36.6409, -82.7852
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Peters Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Peters Cemetery is located in Scott County<2>.
The county seat for Scott County is located in Gate City. Gate City lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east of the Peters Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km] of the Peters Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Peters Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Necessary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Necessary Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necessary Cemetery
- Barnett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Barnett Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett Cemetery
- Falin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Falin Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falin Cemetery
- Rhoton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Rhoton Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoton Cemetery
- Rhoton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Rhoton Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoton Cemetery
- Horton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Horton Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton Cemetery
- Necessary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Necessary Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necessary Cemetery
- Purchase Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Purchase Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purchase Cemetery
- Franklin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Franklin Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Cemetery
- Tomlinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Tomlinson Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomlinson Cemetery
- Robinette - Williams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Robinette - Williams Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinette - Williams Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Robinette - Williams Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the south of Duffield.
- The Robinette - Williams Cemetery has also been known as:
- Robinette Cemetery
- Williams Robinette
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2492390 <5>
- Bostic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Bostic Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bostic Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Warlf Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Warlf Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warlf Cemetery
- Sloan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Sloan Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan Cemetery
- Fields Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Fields Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fields Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the west of Weber City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #50221 <5>
- Wolfe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Venable Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Venable Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venable Cemetery
- Pridemore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Pridemore Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pridemore Cemetery
- Rhoton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Rhoton Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoton Cemetery
- Goode Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Goode Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goode Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Peters Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Peters Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Kermit
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kermit is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kermit
- Clinchport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clinchport is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinchport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Duffield
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Canton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- New Canton is located in Hawkins County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Stickleyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stickleyville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickleyville
- Greenland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Greenland is located in Hawkins County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Church Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Green Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Green Village is located in Hawkins County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Block City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Block City is located in Hawkins County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City
- Mount Carmel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Solitude ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Solitude is located in Hawkins County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Frisco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Frisco is located in Hawkins County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Greenvale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Greenvale is located in Hawkins County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale
- Frisco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Frisco is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Yuma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Yuma is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuma
- Rotherwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood
- Beartown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beartown is located in Sullivan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Gate City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Surgoinsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Blossom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Blossom is located in Hawkins County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- Morrison City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Morrison City is located in Sullivan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison City
- Weber City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Weber City is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,214 people
- Dryden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dryden is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
- Cherokee Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee Village is located in Sullivan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
- Fort Blackmore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lano
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lano is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lano
- Ely
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ely is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- Blackwater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Blackwater is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwater
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 Peters Cemetery. The following communities are located in Scott County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Peters Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 Peters Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Scott 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 Peters Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1498144 (Peters Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1498144 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: Scott
- Est. Elev: 411 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Duffield
- Location given for Peters Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.6409298 Lon: -82.7851614
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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 Scott, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Peters 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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