A visit to the Steel Fork 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 Steel Fork Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Steel Fork Cemetery:
37.0243, -82.5038
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Steel Fork Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Steel Fork Cemetery is located in Wise County<2>.
The county seat for Wise County is located in Wise. Wise lies just to the southwest of the Steel Fork Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 37 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> of the Steel Fork Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Steel Fork Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hutchinson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Hutchinson Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchinson Cemetery
- Mullins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Mullins Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins Cemetery
- Clark Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Clark Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
- Bevins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Bevins Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevins Cemetery
- Page Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Page Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Cemetery
- Greene Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Greene Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Cemetery
- Bennett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Bennett Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett Cemetery
- Culbertson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Culbertson Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culbertson Cemetery
- Powers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Powers Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Cemetery
- Lane Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Lane Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Cemetery
- Lane Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Lane Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Cemetery
- Boggs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Boggs Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggs Cemetery
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- Bevins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Bevins Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevins Cemetery
- Jessee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Jessee Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessee Cemetery
- Dale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Dale Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Cemetery
- Wheatley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Wheatley Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatley Cemetery
- Parsons Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Parsons Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons Cemetery
- Beverly Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Beverly Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Cemetery
- Beverly Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Beverly Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Cemetery
- Wheatley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Wheatley Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatley Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Darter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Darter Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darter Cemetery
- Stallard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Stallard Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stallard Cemetery
- Freeman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Freeman Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Cemetery
- Sanders Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Sanders Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Cemetery
- Adkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Adkins Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adkins Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Adkins Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the north of Coeburn.
- The Adkins Cemetery has also been known as:
- Funk Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #50313 <5>
- Ring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Ring Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ring Cemetery
- Gouge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Gouge Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gouge Cemetery
- Hamilton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Hamilton Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Cemetery
- Freeman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Freeman Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Cemetery
- Dingus Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Dingus Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingus Cemetery
- Salyer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Salyers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Salyers Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salyers Cemetery
- Davis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
- Hale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Hale Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale Cemetery
- Slemp Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Slemp Cemetery is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slemp Cemetery
- Roberson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Roberson Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberson 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 Steel Fork Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Steel Fork Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Wise
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Coeburn
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Darwin
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Darwin is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Hamilton town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton town is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton town
- Herald
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Herald is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herald
- Omaha
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Omaha is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha
- Esserville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Esserville is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esserville
- Pound
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Norton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Nora is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Clintwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Haddonfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Haddonfield is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddonfield
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Almira
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Almira is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almira
- Dwina
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dwina is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwina
- Virginia City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Virginia City is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
- Dante
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dante is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dante
- Blackwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blackwood is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Burdine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burdine is located in Letcher County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdine
- Aily
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Aily is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aily
- Clinchco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jenkins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dungannon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dungannon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungannon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Saint Paul
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tarpon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tarpon is located in Dickenson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarpon
- Kent Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kent Junction is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Junction
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 Steel Fork Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wise County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Steel Fork Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Clinchco
- Clintwood
- Coeburn
- Jenkins
- Norton
- Wise
- Wise lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the Steel Fork 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 turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Steel Fork Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Wise 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 Steel Fork Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1487546 (Steel Fork Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1487546 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: Wise
- Est. Elev: 513 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Pound
- Location given for Steel Fork Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.0242704 Lon: -82.5037643
- 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 Wise, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Steel Fork 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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