A visit to the Baxter 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 Baxter Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Baxter Cemetery:
38.5018, -81.5340
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Baxter Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Baxter Cemetery is located in Kanawha County<2>.
The county seat for Kanawha County is located in Charleston. Charleston lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Baxter Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 34 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Baxter Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Baxter Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Vickers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Vickers Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickers Cemetery
- Newhouser Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Newhouser Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhouser Cemetery
- Walker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Walker Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Cemetery
- Withrow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Withrow Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withrow Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Given Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Given Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Given Cemetery
- Fields Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Fields Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Cemetery
- The Fields Cemetery has also been known as:
- Taylor Cemetery
- Milam Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Milam Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milam Cemetery
- Dawson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Dawson Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson Cemetery
- Vandine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Vandine Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandine Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Vandine Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Sissonville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80179 <5>
- Hanes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Hanes Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanes Cemetery
- Cavender Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Cavender Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavender Cemetery
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Burdette - Walker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Reynolds Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Reynolds Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Cemetery
- Sheets Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Sheets Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheets Cemetery
- Pauley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Pauley Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauley Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Clendenin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Clendenin Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clendenin Cemetery
- Berry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Berry Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Cemetery
- Milam Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Milam Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milam Cemetery
- Dawson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Dawson Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson Cemetery
- Albert E. Humphreys Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Albert E. Humphreys Memorial Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert E. Humphreys Memorial Cemetery
- The Albert E. Humphreys Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Humphreys Cemetery
- Humphries Memorial - Sissonville Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #196918 <5>
- John Beane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The John Beane Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Beane Cemetery
- The John Beane Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beane Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #172253 <5>
- Sissonville Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Sissonville Memorial Gardens is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sissonville Memorial Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sissonville Memorial Gardens is located outside and to the southeast of Sissonville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1168153 <5>
- Fisher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Monk Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Monk Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monk Cemetery
- Rock Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jarretts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Jarretts Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarretts Cemetery
- Chandler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Chandler Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Cemetery
- Donahue Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Donahue Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donahue Cemetery
- Hunt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Hunt Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Cemetery
- Thompson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Hunt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Hunt Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Cemetery
- Haynes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Haynes Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Baxter Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Baxter Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Aarons
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Aarons is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons
- Wills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wills is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills
- Elkview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Legg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Legg is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legg
- Jarretts Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jarretts Ford is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarretts Ford
- Island Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Island Branch is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Branch
- Sissonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Big Chimney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Big Chimney is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Chimney
- Youngs Bottom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Youngs Bottom is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Bottom
- Pinch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pinch is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinch
- Three Mile
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Three Mile is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Mile
- Falling Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Falling Rock is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Rock
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Romance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Romance is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romance
- Mattie ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mattie is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattie
- Cicerone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cicerone is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicerone
- Airport Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Airport Village is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
- Airport Village has also been known as:
- Airport
- Coco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coco is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coco
- Reamer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Reamer is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reamer
- Fletcher
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fletcher is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Clendenin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wellford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wellford is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellford
- Charleston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kentuck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Kentuck is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Walton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodyard ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Woodyard is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyard
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 Baxter Cemetery. The following communities are located in Kanawha County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Baxter Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Baxter Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Kanawha 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 Baxter Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1535315 (Baxter Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1535315 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: Kanawha
- Est. Elev: 246 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Romance
- Location given for Baxter Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.5017619 Lon: -81.5340133
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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 Kanawha, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Baxter 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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