A visit to the Powers 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 Powers Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Powers Cemetery:
36.8595, -82.4138
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Powers Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Powers Cemetery is located in Scott County<2>.
The county seat for Scott County is located in Gate City. Gate City lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Powers Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km] of the Powers Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Powers Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Greear Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Greear Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greear Cemetery
- Baker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Baker Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Cemetery
- Wolfe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Wolfe Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfe Cemetery
- Osborne - Taylor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ramsey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Ramsey Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey Cemetery
- Ramey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Ramey Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramey Cemetery
- Powers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Powers Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Cemetery
- Porter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Porter Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Cemetery
- Sergent Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Sergent Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sergent Cemetery
- Phillips Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Phillips Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Cemetery
- Porter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Porter Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Cemetery
- Buffalo Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Buffalo Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ingle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Ingle Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingle Cemetery
- Donahue Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Donahue Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donahue Cemetery
- Childress Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Childress Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress Cemetery
- Hartsock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Hartsock Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsock Cemetery
- Price Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Price Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Cemetery
- Horne Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Horne Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horne Cemetery
- Horne Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Horne Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horne Cemetery
- Porter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Porter Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Cemetery
- Quillen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Quillen Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quillen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Quillen Cemetery is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #51772 <5>
- Stallard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Stallard Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stallard Cemetery
- Wolfe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Wolfe Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfe Cemetery
- Stallard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Stallard Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stallard Cemetery
- Greear Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Greear Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greear Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Powers Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Powers Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Dungannon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dungannon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungannon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Dwina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dwina is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwina
- Grigbys Store
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grigbys Store is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grigbys Store
- Virginia City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Virginia City is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
- Coeburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Paul
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nickelsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bickley Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bickley Mill is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bickley Mill
- Castlewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Herald
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Herald is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herald
- Fugates Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fugates Hill is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fugates Hill
- Dickensonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dickensonville is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickensonville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Dante
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dante is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dante
- Lano
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lano is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lano
- Fort Blackmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Springs is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Creswell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Creswell is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Carterton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Carterton is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterton
- Snowflake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Snowflake is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowflake
- Maces Spring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Maces Spring is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maces Spring
- Mendota
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mendota is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendota
- Wise
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton town is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton town
- Esserville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Esserville is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esserville
- Norton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Powers Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Scott County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Powers Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Coeburn
- Norton
- Wise
- Wise lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Powers 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 first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Powers 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 Powers Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1486413 (Powers Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1486413 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: 424 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Dungannon
- Location given for Powers Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.8595468 Lon: -82.4137597
- 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 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 '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- Powers 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. |