A visit to the Bethel 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 Bethel Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bethel Cemetery:
39.0501, -81.5118
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bethel Cemetery is located in Wirt County<2>.
The county seat for Wirt County is located in Elizabeth. Elizabeth lies just to the east of the Bethel Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bethel Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Bethel Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bethel Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Mt. Moriah Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Moriah Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Limestone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Limestone Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cemetery
- Sandy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Sandy Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cemetery
- Gaites Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Gaites Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaites Cemetery
- Prosperity Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Prosperity Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity Cemetery
- Gates Ridge EUB Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Central Church of Christ Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lowdell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Lowdell Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowdell Cemetery
- Archer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Archer Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Grandview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Grandview Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Naylor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Amos Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Amos Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amos Cemetery
- Anderson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Anderson Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Cemetery
- Shaffer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Shaffer Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaffer Cemetery
- Gridley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Gridley Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gridley Cemetery
- Union Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Pisgah Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah Cemetery
- Sheppard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Sheppard Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppard Cemetery
- Ott Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Ott Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ott Cemetery
- Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Palestine.
- The Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethesda Church Cemetery
- Palestine Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2327950 <5>
- Beauchamp - Newman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Bethel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bethel Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Windy
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Windy is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy
- Palestine
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Palestine is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Garfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Garfield is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Peewee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Peewee is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peewee
- Elizabeth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Slate
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Slate is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate
- Beatysville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Beatysville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatysville
- Medina
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Medina is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Newark
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newark is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Leachtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leachtown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leachtown
- Mineral Wells
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Browning ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Browning is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Greencastle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Greencastle is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Mineral Acres
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mineral Acres is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Acres
- Lucile
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lucile is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucile
- Willowdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Willowdale is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdale
- Odaville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Odaville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odaville
- Liverpool
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Liverpool is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
- Kanawha
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kanawha is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha
- Wilding
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wilding is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilding
- Meadowdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowdale is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Pleasant View
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Reedy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reedy is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Burning Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burning Springs is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs
- Freeport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Freeport is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Mozelle ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mozelle is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozelle
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 Bethel Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wirt County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bethel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Elizabeth
- Reedy
- Reedy lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Bethel Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Reedy.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy
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 Bethel Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Wirt 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 Bethel Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1852304 (Bethel Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1852304 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: Wirt
- Est. Elev: 231 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Rockport
- Location given for Bethel Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.0500797 Lon: -81.5117892
- 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 Wirt, 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- Bethel 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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