A visit to the Walkers Creek 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 Walkers Creek Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Walkers Creek Cemetery:
37.1937, -80.8395
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Walkers Creek Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Walkers Creek Cemetery is located in Giles County<2>.
The county seat for Giles County is located in Pearisburg. Pearisburg lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Walkers Creek Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Walkers Creek Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Walkers Creek Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Walkers Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Thessalia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Thessalia Cemetery is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thessalia Cemetery
- Shannon - King Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Eatons Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wilburn Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Cedar Grove Cemetery is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Cemetery
- Beamer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Beamer Cemetery is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beamer Cemetery
- Hales Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Hales Chapel Cemetery is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Chapel Cemetery
- Thornsprings Methodist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Staffordsville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blankenship Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Blankenship Cemetery is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blankenship Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Day Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Day Cemetery is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Goshen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Goshen Cemetery is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Cemetery
- Pinehurst Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Pinehurst Cemetery is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst Cemetery
- Oakwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Dublin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The New Dublin Cemetery is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dublin Cemetery
- Highland Emmanuel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Woolwine Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Woolwine Cemetery is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolwine Cemetery
- Hale Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Hale Cemetery is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 31 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Walkers Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Walkers Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Sassin ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sassin is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassin
- Thessalia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thessalia is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thessalia
- Poplar Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Poplar Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
- Mechanicsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsburg is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Hilton Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hilton Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Shumate
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Shumate is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumate
- Narrows
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pulaski
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wurno
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wurno is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurno
- Dublin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pearisburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff City is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Willowton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Willowton is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowton
- Newbern
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakvale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oakvale is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Lurich
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lurich is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lurich
- Parrott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Parrott is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott
- Glen Lyn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Glen Lyn is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Round Bottom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Round Bottom is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom
- Goodwins Ferry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Goodwins Ferry is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Ferry
- Eggleston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rich Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rich Creek is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Creek
- Rich Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- East River ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- East River is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Draper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- New Town is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Fairlawn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fairlawn is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
- Cowan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cowan is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
- Pembroke
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Peterstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Blake ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blake is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
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 Walkers Creek Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Giles County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Walkers Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Mechanicsburg
- Newbern
- Pearisburg
- Pulaski
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Walkers Creek Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Giles 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 Walkers Creek Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1494576 (Walkers Creek Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1494576 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: Giles
- Est. Elev: 593 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: White Gate
- Location given for Walkers Creek Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.1937319 Lon: -80.8395195
- 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 Giles, 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' (or 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- Walkers Creek 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. |