A visit to the Barker Cemetery ...
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Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Barker Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Barker Cemetery (FG ID #77660)
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Barker Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Barker Cemetery
Lat: 38.1853° (38° 11' 7")
Lon: -81.7186° (-81° 43' 6")
The Barker Cemetery is located in Boone County<2>.
The county seat for Boone County is located in Madison. Madison lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the southwest of the Barker Cemetery .
Establishment of the Barker Cemetery ...
The Barker Cemetery was established in 1858.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Barker Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Barker Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Morris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Morris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kinder Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Snodgrass Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rumble Heights Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- McDerment Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Perry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Harless Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Price Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Price Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Price Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Price Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Price Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #79619 <1>
- Barker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barker Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Barker Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77661 <1>
- Javins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
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- Javins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Barker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wade Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wade Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wade Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Wade Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80200 <1>
- Kirk Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Courtney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- G.W. Estep Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Drawdy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Evans Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evans Family Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evans Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Evans Family Cemetery is located in Boone County
- The Evans Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Evans Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #78304 <1>
- Workman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Workman Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Workman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Workman Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Foster Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Foster Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Foster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Foster Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #78401 <1>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 31 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Barker Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Barker Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Ashford
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dartmont
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Brushton
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rumble
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Grippe
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grippe. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grippe
- Grippe is located in Boone County
Google driving directions:
From your current location to Grippe
From the Barker Cemetery to Grippe
- Nellis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Easly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Easly. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easly
- Easly is located in Boone County
Google driving directions:
From your current location to Easly
From the Barker Cemetery to Easly
- Johns
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Emmons
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Emmons. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons
- Emmons is located in Boone County
Google driving directions:
From your current location to Emmons
From the Barker Cemetery to Emmons
- Ridgeview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Peytona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Racine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Andrew
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sharlow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sharlow. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharlow
- Sharlow is located in Boone County
Google driving directions:
From your current location to Sharlow
From the Barker Cemetery to Sharlow
- Bloomingrose
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lory. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lory
- Lory is located in Boone County
Google driving directions:
From your current location to Lory
From the Barker Cemetery to Lory
- Foster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Comfort
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Horse Creek Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Julian
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Harless
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harless have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harless
- Harless is located in Boone County
- Seth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hopkins Fork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kirbyton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fosterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Winifrede
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Loudendale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Alum Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ruth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ruth. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Ruth is located in Kanawha County
Google driving directions:
From your current location to Ruth
From the Barker Cemetery to Ruth
- Priestley
(8 miles [12.9 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 Barker Cemetery. The following communities are located in Boone County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Barker 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 Barker Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Boone County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
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 Barker Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1535226 (Barker Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #1535226 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
- Class: cemetery Map Name: Racine
- County: Boone Elev: 220
- Location given for GNIS #1535226 (Barker Cemetery)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #77660
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | 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. |
<2> | If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Boone, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Barker Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1853, Longitude: -81.7186 |
<4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
<5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
<6> | 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. |
<7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |