A visit to the Skeen 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 Skeen Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Skeen Cemetery:
36.7762, -82.3679
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Skeen Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Skeen Cemetery is located in Scott County<2>.
The county seat for Scott County is located in Gate City. Gate City lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the southwest of the Skeen Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Skeen Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km] of the Skeen Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Skeen Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Sebras Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Odell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Odell Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell Cemetery
- Hartsock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Hartsock Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsock Cemetery
- Hartsock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Hartsock Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsock Cemetery
- Castle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Castle Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Cemetery
- Kilgore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Kilgore Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore Cemetery
- Hillman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Hillman Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman Cemetery
- Jessee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Jessee Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessee Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Jessee Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Nickelsville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2654516 <5>
- Hartsock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Hartsock Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsock Cemetery
- Bostic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Bostic Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bostic Cemetery
- Elam Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Elam Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elam Cemetery
- Free Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Free Hill Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Hill Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Culbertson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Culbertson Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culbertson Cemetery
- Cox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Cox Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Cemetery
- Salyer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Salyer Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salyer Cemetery
- Turner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Turner Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Cemetery
- Kilgore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Kilgore Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore Cemetery
- McConnell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The McConnell Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnell Cemetery
- Castle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Castle Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Cemetery
- Salyer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Salyer Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salyer Cemetery
- Gibson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Gibson Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Porter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Porter Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Cemetery
- Steffey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Steffey Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steffey Cemetery
- Isaac Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Isaac Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaac Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Skeen Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Skeen Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Grigbys Store
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Grigbys Store is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grigbys Store
- Nickelsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fugates Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fugates Hill is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fugates Hill
- Mendota
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mendota is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendota
- Dungannon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dungannon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungannon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Maces Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Maces Spring is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maces Spring
- Willow Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Willow Springs is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Leonard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Leonard is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Snowflake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Snowflake is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowflake
- Creswell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Creswell is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Dickensonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dickensonville is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickensonville
- Bickley Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bickley Mill is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bickley Mill
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Castlewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Paul
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Virginia City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Virginia City is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
- Dwina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dwina is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwina
- Hiltons
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Benhams
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Benhams is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benhams
- Craigs Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Craigs Mill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs Mill
- Three Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Three Springs is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Springs
- Burson Place
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burson Place is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burson Place
- Coeburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Carterton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carterton is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterton
- Fort Blackmore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mill Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mill Point is located in Sullivan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Point
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,080 people
- Oak Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Lano
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lano is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lano
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 Skeen 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 Skeen Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Skeen 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 Skeen Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1474638 (Skeen Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1474638 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: 645 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Moll Creek
- Location given for Skeen Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.7762134 Lon: -82.3679236
- 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Skeen 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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