A visit to the Red Oak 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 Red Oak Cemetery ...
The Red Oak Cemetery is located in Bland County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Bethel Cemetery
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Buchanan Cemetery
- The Buchanan Cemetery is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan Cemetery
- Burkes Garden Central Cemetery
- Cooper Cemetery
- The Cooper Cemetery is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Cemetery
- Cox Cemetery
- The Cox Cemetery is located in Smyth County
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- Crabtree Cemetery
- The Crabtree Cemetery is located in Bland County
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- Crabtree Cemetery
- The Crabtree Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
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- Cregger Cemetery
- The Cregger Cemetery is located in Smyth County
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- Davis Cemetery
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Smyth County
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- Earhart Cemetery
- The Earhart Cemetery is located in Wythe County
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- Floglesong Cemetery
- The Floglesong Cemetery is located in Wythe County
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- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Harmon Cemetery
- The Harmon Cemetery is located in Smyth County
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- Houndshell Cemetery
- The Houndshell Cemetery is located in Bland County
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- Hubble Cemetery
- The Hubble Cemetery is located in Smyth County
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- Kimberling Cemetery
- The Kimberling Cemetery is located in Wythe County
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- Mountain View Cemetery
- Murpheyville Cemetery
- The Murpheyville Cemetery is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murpheyville Cemetery
- Newberry Cemetery
- The Newberry Cemetery is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Newberry Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southwest of Bland.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #51439 <2>
- Rosewood Memorial Park
- St. Lukes Cemetery
- The St. Lukes Cemetery is located in Wythe County
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- Sharon Cemetery
- The Sharon Cemetery is located in Bland County
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- Shewey Cemetery
- The Shewey Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- The Shewey Cemetery is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shewey Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shewey Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the west of Bland.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #52125 <2>
- Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery
- Temple Hill Cemetery
- The Temple Hill Cemetery is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Hill Cemetery
- Thompson Cemetery
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
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- Thompson Cemetery
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
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- Thompson Cemetery
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
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- Tilson Cemetery
- The Tilson Cemetery is located in Smyth County
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- Zion Cemetery
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Smyth County
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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 Red Oak Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Abbs Valley
- Abbs Valley is located in Tazewell County
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- Adria
- Adria is located in Tazewell County
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- Asberrys
- Asberrys is located in Tazewell County
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- Atkins
- Bastian
- Bland
- Bluefield
- Bluefield
- Crockett
- Falls Mills
- Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County
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- Five Oaks
- Five Oaks is located in Tazewell County
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- Hicksville
- Hicksville is located in Bland County
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- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Kent
- Kent is located in Wythe County
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- Little Town
- Little Town is located in Tazewell County
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- Mount Carmel
- Mount Carmel is located in Smyth County
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- Pisgah
- Pisgah is located in Tazewell County
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- Rowe Crossroads
- Rowe Crossroads is located in Wythe County
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- Rural Retreat
- Saint Clair
- Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County
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- Shawver Mill
- Shawver Mill is located in Tazewell County
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- Speedwell
- Speedwell is located in Wythe County
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- Springville
- Springville is located in Tazewell County
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- Tazewell
- Thompson Valley
- Thompson Valley is located in Tazewell County
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- Wittens Mills
- Wittens Mills is located in Tazewell County
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- Wytheville
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 Red Oak Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Bland County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Red Oak Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bastian
- Bland
- Bluefield
- Rural Retreat
- Speedwell
- Tazewell
- Wytheville
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 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 Red Oak Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Bland 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 Red Oak Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1494654 (Red Oak Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1494654 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: Bland
- Est. Elev: 852 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Garden Mountain
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Bland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Red Oak Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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