A visit to the Baker 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 Baker Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Baker Cemetery:
39.4854, -78.9314
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Baker Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Baker Cemetery is located in Mineral County<2>.
The county seat for Mineral County is located in Keyser. Keyser lies just to the southwest of the Baker Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Baker Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Baker Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Dawson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Waxler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Waxler Cemetery is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waxler Cemetery
- Umstot Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Umstot Cemetery is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umstot Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Mead Chapel Biser Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dayton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sulter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Sulter Cemetery is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulter Cemetery
- Urice & Kerns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Reeves Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Reeves Cemetery is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeves Cemetery
- Culp Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Culp Cemetery is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp Cemetery
- Dayton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Dayton Cemetery is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Beeman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Beeman Cemetery is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeman Cemetery
- Moore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Moore Cemetery is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Moore Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Barton (MD).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2403737 <5>
- Duckworth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Duckworth Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- The Duckworth Cemetery is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckworth Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Duckworth Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Westernport (MD).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2399183 <5>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Meadow View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Meadow View Cemetery is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow View Cemetery
- Queens Meadows Point Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Queens Point Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Queens Point Cemetery is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Point Cemetery
- Green Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Green Cemetery is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- Potomac Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cabin Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Cabin Run Cemetery is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Run Cemetery
- Hutson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Hutson Cemetery is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutson Cemetery
- The Hutson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cresap Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2405526 <5>
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 Baker Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Baker Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Keyser
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rawlings
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nikep
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Nikep is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nikep
- Moscow
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Barton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Barton is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- Lonaconing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Frost ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frost is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Westernport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gilmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gilmore is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Piedmont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Luke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Luke is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Headsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Headsville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Short Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Short Gap is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Gap
- Pinto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pinto is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinto
- Midland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Midland is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Bloomington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bloomington is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Klondike
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Klondike is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Fort Ashby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ocean
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ocean is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean
- Woodland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Woodland is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Windom ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Windom is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- New Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Borden Shaft
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Borden Shaft is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Shaft
- Brady
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brady is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Cresaptown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Loarville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Loarville is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loarville
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 Baker Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Mineral County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Baker Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Baker Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Mineral 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 Baker Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1936507 (Baker Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1936507 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: Mineral
- Est. Elev: 227 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Keyser
- Location given for Baker Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.48537 Lon: -78.9314138
- 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 West Virginia's counties, including Mineral, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Baker 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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