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A visit to the West Charleston 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 West Charleston Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the West Charleston Cemetery:

44.8978, -72.0551

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the West Charleston Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The West Charleston Cemetery is located in Orleans County<2>.

The county seat for Orleans County is located in Newport. Newport lies just to the west northwest of the West Charleston Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the West Charleston Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 29 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the West Charleston Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from West Charleston Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Gore Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • The Gore Cemetery is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore Cemetery
  • Wilcox Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • The Wilcox Cemetery is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox Cemetery
  • Salem Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • The Salem Cemetery is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
  • Crawford Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • The Crawford Hill Cemetery is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford Hill Cemetery
  • Clark Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • The Clark Cemetery is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
  • Crandall Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • The Crandall Cemetery is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Cemetery
  • Morgan Center Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • The Morgan Center Cemetery is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Center Cemetery
  • Mead Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • The Mead Hill Cemetery is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mead Hill Cemetery
  • Mead Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • The Mead Hill Cemetery is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mead Hill Cemetery
  • Mitchell - Derusha Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Blyhill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • The Blyhill Cemetery is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blyhill Cemetery
  • Bly Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Cargill Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Castle Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • The Castle Cemetery is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Cemetery
    • Davis Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • The Davis Cemetery is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
    • Derby Center Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • The Derby Center Cemetery is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Center Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Derby Center Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located
      • The Derby Center Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Darby Center Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103971 <5>
    • Hillside Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Kelsey Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • The Kelsey Cemetery is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey Cemetery
    • Pine Hill Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • The Pine Hill Cemetery is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill Cemetery
    • Day Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • The Day Cemetery is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Cemetery
    • North Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • The North Cemetery is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cemetery
    • Brownington Center Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • East Brownington Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • East Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • The East Cemetery is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cemetery
    • Buck Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The Buck Cemetery is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Cemetery
    • Frenchmans Plot
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • The Frenchmans Plot is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchmans Plot
    • Moon Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • The Moon Cemetery is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Cemetery
    • Tice - Marston Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Tice - Marston - Moon Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)

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 West Charleston Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from West Charleston Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • West Charleston
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Charleston
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Charleston is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 984 people
  • Morgan
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Morgan is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 695 people
  • Brownington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Brownington is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 955 people
  • East Charleston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • East Charleston is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Charleston
  • Holland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Holland is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
  • Derby Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Derby Center is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Center
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
  • Derby
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Derby is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,184 people
  • Brownington
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Brownington is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownington
  • Brownington Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Brownington Village is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownington Village
  • Rock Island
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Derby Line
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Warner's Grant
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Warner's Grant is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner's Grant
    • Holland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Holland is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 608 people
    • Stanstead Plain
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Stanstead
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Warren's Gore
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Warren's Gore is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren's Gore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4 people
    • Beebe Plain
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Beebe Plain is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebe Plain
    • Judd's Mills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Lindsay Beach
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Lindsay Beach is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay Beach
    • Newport
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Stanstead
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Coventry
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Coventry is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
    • Orleans
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Westmore
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Westmore is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
    • Beebe
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebe
    • Beebe Junction
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)

For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 West Charleston Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Vermont:
  • Pages specific to Orleans 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 West Charleston Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1920139  (West Charleston Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1920139 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: Orleans
      • Est. Elev: 343 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: West Charleston
      • Location given for West Charleston Cemetery:
      • Lat: 44.8978255     Lon: -72.0550983
      • 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 Vermont's counties, including Orleans, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Charleston 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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