A visit to the Wells 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 Wells Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wells Cemetery:
36.8465, -82.8171
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Wells Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Wells Cemetery is located in Wise County<2>.
The county seat for Wise County is located in Wise. Wise lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the northeast of the Wells Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Wells Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Wells Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wells Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Wampler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Wampler Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wampler Cemetery
- Wade Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Wade Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade Cemetery
- Gilly Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Gilly Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilly Cemetery
- Barron Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Barron Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron Cemetery
- Tannery Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Tannery Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery Cemetery
- Exeter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Exeter Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Cemetery
- Olinger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Olinger Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinger Cemetery
- Slemp Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Slemp Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slemp Cemetery
- Slemp Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Slemp Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slemp Cemetery
- Bailey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- Clarkston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Clarkston Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkston Cemetery
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Collier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Collier Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collier Cemetery
- Collier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Collier Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collier Cemetery
- Collier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Collier Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collier Cemetery
- Lawson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Lawson Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson Cemetery
- Greene Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Greene Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Cemetery
- Reasor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Reasor Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reasor Cemetery
- Reasor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Reasor Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reasor Cemetery
- Reasor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Reasor Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reasor Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Rhoton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Rhoton Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoton Cemetery
- Peterson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Peterson Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson Cemetery
- Carroll Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Carroll Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll Cemetery
- Robinette Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Robinette Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinette Cemetery
- Gilley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Gilley Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilley Cemetery
- Glencoe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Glencoe Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe Cemetery
- The Glencoe Cemetery has also been known as:
- Big Stone Gap Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #50367 <5>
- Oak View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Oak View Cemetery is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak View Cemetery
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 Wells Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wells Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Big Stone Gap
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Exeter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Exeter is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
- East Stone Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Stone Gap is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Stone Gap
- Appalachia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Darnell Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Darnell Town is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnell Town
- Keokee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Keokee is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keokee
- Rawhide
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rawhide is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
- Osaka
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Osaka is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaka
- Kent Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kent Junction is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Junction
- Dryden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dryden is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
- Duffield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Blackwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blackwood is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lynch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ely
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ely is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- Stickleyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stickleyville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickleyville
- Benham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Holmes Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Holmes Mill is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Mill
- Partridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Partridge is located in Letcher County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge
- Lano
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lano is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lano
- Norton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clinchport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Clinchport is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinchport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Saint Charles
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Saint Charles is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Pennington Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pennington Gap is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708 people
- Fort Blackmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Esserville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Esserville is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esserville
- Cumberland
(13 miles [20.9 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 Wells 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 Wells Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Appalachia
- Big Stone Gap
- Clinchport
- Norton
- Pennington Gap
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 Wells 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 Wells Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1488226 (Wells Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1488226 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: 453 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Big Stone Gap
- Location given for Wells Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.8464841 Lon: -82.817106
- 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- Wells 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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