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A visit to the Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens (FG ID #77796)

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 Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens

Lat:   37.8407°   (37° 50' 26")

Lon:   -81.1901°   (-81° 11' 24")

The Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens is located in Raleigh County<2>.

The county seat for Raleigh County is located in Beckley. Beckley lies just to the south of the Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, with the nearest first.

  • W.T. Warden Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Williams Cemetery is located in Raleigh County
  • Calfee Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Tabor Baptist Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. TaborCemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Davis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunset Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Sunset Memorial Park is located in Raleigh County
  • Teel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Tyree Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tyree Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tyree Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Tyree Cemetery is located in Raleigh County
  • Biggs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Biggs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Biggs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Biggs Cemetery is located in Raleigh County
  • Sweeney Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sweeney Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sweeney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Sweeney Cemetery is located in Raleigh County
  • St. Sebastians Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Sebastians Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Sebastians Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Sebastians Cemetery is located in Raleigh County
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Wildwood Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Greenwood Memorial Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Memorial Park
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Greenwood Memorial Park is located in Raleigh County
    • Pax Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pax Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pax Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pax Cemetery is located in Fayette County
    • William Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the William Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the William Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The William Cemetery is located in Raleigh County
    • Williams Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Maynor Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Maynor Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maynor Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maynor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Maynor Cemetery is located in Raleigh County
    • Turner Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Clay Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clay Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Clay Cemetery is located in Raleigh County
    • Daniel Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Daniel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Daniel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Daniel Cemetery is located in Raleigh County
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Raleigh County
    • Wright Hunter Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wright Hunter Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wright Hunter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wright Hunter Cemetery is located in Raleigh County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 33 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, with the nearest first.

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 Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The following communities are located in Raleigh County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Beckley

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens:

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 Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1536131  (Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens)
    • Note: GNIS record #1536131 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: Beckley
    • County: Raleigh         Elev: 762
    • Location given for GNIS #1536131 (Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #77796

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 Raleigh, 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8407, Longitude: -81.1901    
<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>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.
<6>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.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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