A visit to the Witten 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 Witten Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Witten Cemetery:
37.1507, -81.4543
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Witten Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Witten Cemetery is located in Tazewell County<2>.
The county seat for Tazewell County is located in Tazewell. Tazewell lies just to the west southwest of the Witten Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Witten Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 30 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Witten Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Witten Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Herts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Herts Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herts Cemetery
- Mays Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Mays Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Cemetery
- Watts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Watts Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts Cemetery
- Morton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Morton Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- The Morton Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Morton Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the west of Springville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #51238 <5>
- Bowen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Bowen Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen Cemetery
- Wilburn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Wilburn Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilburn Cemetery
- Peery Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Peery Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peery Cemetery
- Stevens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Stevens Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Cemetery
- Earls Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Earls Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earls Cemetery
- Green Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Green Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- Bowman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Bowman Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Graham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Graham Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Cemetery
- Dickenson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Dickenson Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickenson Cemetery
- Hezekiah Harman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Ireson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Ireson Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ireson Cemetery
- Harmon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Harmon Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmon Cemetery
- Sinkford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Sinkford Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinkford Cemetery
- Billips Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Billips Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billips Cemetery
- Sluss Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Sluss Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sluss Cemetery
- Billips Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Billips Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billips Cemetery
- Hayes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Hayes Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes Cemetery
- Maplewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Maplewood Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Cemetery
- McMullen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The McMullen Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullen Cemetery
- Harmon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Harmon Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmon Cemetery
- Wallace Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Wallace Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Cemetery
- McDowell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The McDowell Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDowell Cemetery
- Mathena Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Mathena Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathena Cemetery
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson 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 Witten Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Witten Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Wittens Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wittens Mills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittens Mills
- Five Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Five Oaks is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Oaks
- Tazewell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Springville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Springville is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Shawver Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shawver Mill is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawver Mill
- Adria
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Adria is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adria
- Pisgah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pisgah is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Little Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Little Town is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Town
- Abbs Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Abbs Valley is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley
- Bishop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bishop is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Shraders
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shraders is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shraders
- Thompson Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson Valley is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Valley
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bishop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bishop is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Maxwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Maxwell is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Saint Clair
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Boissevain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Boissevain is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boissevain
- Sayersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sayersville is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayersville
- Dunford Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dunford Village is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunford Village
- Asberrys
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Asberrys is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asberrys
- Falls Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Bluefield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yards
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yards is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
- Yards
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yards is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
- Pocahontas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
- Anawalt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Anawalt is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anawalt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Newhall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Newhall is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhall
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 Witten Cemetery. The following communities are located in Tazewell County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Witten 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 either 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 Witten Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Tazewell 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 Witten Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1488431 (Witten Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1488431 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: Tazewell
- Est. Elev: 866 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Tiptop
- Location given for Witten Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.1506714 Lon: -81.4542739
- 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 Tazewell, 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- Witten 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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