A visit to the Bailey 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 Bailey Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bailey Cemetery:
37.2707, -81.1659
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bailey Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bailey Cemetery is located in Mercer County<2>.
The county seat for Mercer County is located in Princeton. Princeton lies just to the north northeast of the Bailey Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 31 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Bailey Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bailey Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Calfee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Calfee Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calfee Cemetery
- Neal Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Neal Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Cemetery
- Lambert Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Lambert Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert Cemetery
- Hartwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Hartwell Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell Cemetery
- Stowers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Stowers Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowers Cemetery
- Stowers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Stowers Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowers Cemetery
- Bailey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- Nunn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Nunn Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunn Cemetery
- Shrader Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Shrader Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrader Cemetery
- Gibson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Gibson Cemetery is located in Bland County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Atkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Atkins Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins Cemetery
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Belcher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Belcher Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcher Cemetery
- Monte Vista Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Monte Vista Park is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Vista Park
- Calfee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Calfee Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calfee Cemetery
- Hager Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Hager Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hager Cemetery
- Belcher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Belcher Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcher Cemetery
- Thomason Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Thomason Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomason Cemetery
- Morgan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Morgan Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Cemetery
- Doyle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Doyle Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle Cemetery
- Hutchinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Hutchinson Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchinson Cemetery
- McQuire Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The McQuire Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQuire Cemetery
- Maple Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Maple Park Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Park Cemetery
- The Maple Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bluefield Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #79030 <5>
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Walnut Grove Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Cemetery
- Pruett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Pruett Cemetery is located in Bland County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruett Cemetery
- Shumate Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Shumate Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumate Cemetery
- Wimmer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Wimmer Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimmer Cemetery
- Harry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Harry Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harry Cemetery
- Neal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Neal Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Cemetery
- Neal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Neal Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Cemetery
- Lincoln Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Lincoln Park Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park 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 Bailey Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bailey Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bethel is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Edison
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Edison is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- Rocky Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Gap is located in Bland County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap
- El Centro ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- El Centro is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Centro
- Bluefield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Littlesburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Littlesburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlesburg
- Bluefield
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hicksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hicksville is located in Bland County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
- Blake ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Blake is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Round Bottom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Round Bottom is located in Bland County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom
- Johnston Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Johnston Town is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston Town
- Princeton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Montcalm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montcalm is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Flipping
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flipping is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flipping
- Nemours
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Falls Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Saint Clair
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Bastian
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East River ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- East River is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Freeman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Freeman is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Bramwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Yards
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Yards is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
- Yards
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Yards is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
- Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Coopers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Coopers is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Pocahontas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
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 Bailey Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Mercer County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bailey Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bastian
- Bluefield
- Princeton
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 Bailey Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Mercer 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 Bailey Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1550146 (Bailey Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1550146 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: Mercer
- Est. Elev: 808 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bluefield
- Location given for Bailey Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.2706734 Lon: -81.1659275
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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 West Virginia's counties, including Mercer, 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- Bailey 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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