A visit to the Bays 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 Bays Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bays Cemetery:
38.3387, -81.7757
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bays Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bays Cemetery is located in Kanawha County<2>.
The county seat for Kanawha County is located in Charleston. Charleston lies just to the east of the Bays Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bays Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Bays Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bays Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Childress Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Childress Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress Cemetery
- Grandview Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bangor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Bangor Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor Cemetery
- Cunningham Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Graceland Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Graceland Memorial Park is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceland Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Graceland Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the west of Charleston.
- The Graceland Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Graceland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #78482 <5>
- Cobbs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Cobbs Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs Cemetery
- Sunset Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Thurston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Thurston Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston Cemetery
- Bess Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Bess Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bess Cemetery
- Donel C. Kinnard Memorial State Veterans Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- College Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The College Hill Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Hill Cemetery
- Dunlap Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Dunlap Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Sutherland - White Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Henley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Henley Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henley Cemetery
- Templeton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Templeton Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton Cemetery
- Forks of Coal Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Forks of Coal Memorial Park is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Coal Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forks of Coal Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located in Alum Creek.
- The Forks of Coal Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Forks of Coal Cemetery
- Forks of Coal Community Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #78395 <5>
- Forks of Coal Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- French Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The French Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Cemetery
- Glendale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Glendale Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Cemetery
- Martin / Dunlap Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Brick Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Bays Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bays Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Rock Lake Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rock Lake Village is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Lake Village
- Dunbar
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Ruth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- South Charleston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Saint Albans
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alum Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sattes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sattes is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sattes
- Tornado
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tornado is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tornado
- Cross Lanes
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Priestley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Priestley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priestley
- Loudendale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Loudendale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudendale
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Nitro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Elk is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
- Garretts Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Garretts Bend is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretts Bend
- Sod
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sod is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sod
- South Ruffner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Ruffner is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ruffner
- Charleston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Poca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Emmons
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Emmons is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons
- Grippe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Grippe is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grippe
- Morgans Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Morgans Landing is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Landing
- Tango
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tango is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tango
- Raymond City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Raymond City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond City
- Dartmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dartmont is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmont
- Kanawha City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kanawha City is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha City
- Airport Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Airport Village is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
- Airport Village has also been known as:
- Airport
- Scott Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Scott Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Village
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 Bays Cemetery. The following communities are located in Kanawha County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bays Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Charleston
- Cross Lanes
- Dunbar
- Nitro
- Saint Albans
- South Charleston
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 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 Bays 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 Bays Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1535325 (Bays Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1535325 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: 276 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Alum Creek
- Location given for Bays Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.3387063 Lon: -81.7756825
- 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 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' (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- Bays 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |