A visit to the Billups Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Billups Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Billups Cemetery (FG ID #2544452)
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 Billups Cemetery ...
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Billups Cemetery has been estimated.<2>
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Billups Cemetery
Lat: 38.0523° (38° 3' 8")
Lon: -81.8715° (-81° 52' 17")
The Billups Cemetery is located in Boone County<3>.
The county seat for Boone County is located in Madison. Madison lies just to the east northeast of the Billups Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> of the Billups Cemetery.<5>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Billups Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Tawney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Barker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Miller Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miller Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Ball Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hager Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Old Burwell Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Burwell Miller Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Burwell Miller Cemetery came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<7>
- The Old Burwell Miller Cemetery is located in Boone County
- The Old Burwell Miller Cemetery has also been known as:
- Green - Bias Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2437625 <1>
- Floyd Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miller Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #79199 <1>
- Canterberry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Canterberry Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Canterberry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Canterberry Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77942 <1>
- Canterbury Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bias Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bias Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bias Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Bias Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2543116 <1>
- Miller / Patrick Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Burwell Ballard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Caldwell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Family Gardens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Memory Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ballard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Boone Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miller Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Allen Cemetery (Holly Hills)
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stollings Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Smoot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Price Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- W.H. Turley Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Poor Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Smoot Branch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hopkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Chambers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within Less than 2 miles<4> of the Billups Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Billups Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Turtle Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Low Gap
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Low Gap. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Low Gap is located in Boone County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Low Gap
- From the Billups Cemetery to Low Gap
- Washington Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Madison
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Danville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Powell Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Price Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- South Madison
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rock Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Havana
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Havana. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
- Havana is located in Boone County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Havana
- From the Billups Cemetery to Havana
- Greenview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Foch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Dodson Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ramage
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Uneeda
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Foster
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lory
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- 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.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lory
- Lory is located in Boone County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Lory
- From the Billups Cemetery to Lory
- Manila
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Manila. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Manila is located in Boone County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Manila
- From the Billups Cemetery to Manila
- Hewett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jeffrey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Secoal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Secoal. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secoal
- Secoal is located in Boone County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Secoal
- From the Billups Cemetery to Secoal
- Morrisvale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Quinland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Layville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clothier
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ottawa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harless
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- 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
- Julian
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Horse Creek Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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 Billups Cemetery. The following communities are located in Boone County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Billups 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 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 Billups 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 Billups Cemetery:
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> | 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. |
<3> | 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. |
<4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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 Billups Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0523, Longitude: -81.8715 |
<5> | 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. |
<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> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
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