A visit to the Brown 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 Brown Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Brown Cemetery:
38.3637, -81.5421
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Brown Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Brown Cemetery is located in Kanawha County<2>.
The county seat for Kanawha County is located in Charleston. Charleston lies just to the west southwest of the Brown Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Brown Cemetery.
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 Brown Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Brown Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Valley Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Valley Grove Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Grove Cemetery
- Lucas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Lucas Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Cemetery
- Martin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Martin Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Cemetery
- Hunt - Donnally Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fisher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Fisher Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Cemetery
- Cline Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Cline Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cline Cemetery
- Hunter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Hunter Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Cemetery
- Hunter Cemetery 2
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Hunter Cemetery 2 is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Cemetery 2
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Cemetery
- The Spring Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Springhill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #79968 <5>
- Hess Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Hess Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hess Cemetery
- Younger Branch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Patterson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Patterson Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Elk Hills Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Elk Hills Memorial Park is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Hills Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elk Hills Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located in Big Chimney.
- The Elk Hills Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Copen Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #175397 <5>
- Newhouse Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Hope Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Cemetery
- Morris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Rummell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Rummell Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rummell Cemetery
- Rock Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Burdette - Walker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Layne Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Layne Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layne Cemetery
- Swannor Watts Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Vickers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Vickers Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickers Cemetery
- Woody Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Woody Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody Cemetery
- Jarretts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Jarretts Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarretts 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 Brown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Brown Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Big Chimney
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Big Chimney is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Chimney
- Airport Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Airport Village is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
- Airport Village has also been known as:
- Airport
- Kanawha City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kanawha City is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha City
- Coal Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Coal Fork is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Fork
- Charleston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Ruffner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Ruffner is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ruffner
- Malden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pinch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pinch is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinch
- Jarretts Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jarretts Ford is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarretts Ford
- Dupont City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dupont City is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont City
- Elkview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wills is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Elk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Elk is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
- Loudendale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Loudendale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudendale
- Coco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Coco is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coco
- Three Mile
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Three Mile is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Mile
- Marmet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Belle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Aarons
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Aarons is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons
- Chesapeake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Chesapeake is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesapeake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,393 people
- Witcher
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Witcher is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witcher
- Legg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Legg is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legg
- Youngs Bottom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Youngs Bottom is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Bottom
- South Charleston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ruth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ruth is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Falling Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Falling Rock is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Rock
- Dunbar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rock Lake Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rock Lake Village is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Lake 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 Brown Cemetery. The following communities are located in Kanawha County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Brown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Belle
- Charleston
- Dunbar
- 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 either 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 Brown 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 Brown Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1536404 (Brown Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1536404 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: 253 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Charleston East
- Location given for Brown Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.3637096 Lon: -81.542066
- 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brown 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. |