A visit to the Buck Hill 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 Buck Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Buck Hill Cemetery:
39.4143, -78.1117
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Buck Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Buck Hill Cemetery is located in Berkeley County<2>.
The county seat for Berkeley County is located in Martinsburg. Martinsburg lies just to the east northeast of the Buck Hill Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Buck Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Buck Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Central Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Trinity Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
- Shanghai Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Shanghai Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai Cemetery
- Ganotown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Ganotown Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganotown Cemetery
- Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Lutheran Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutheran Cemetery
- Mountain Side Tabernacle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roe Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Roe Chapel Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe Chapel Cemetery
- Gerrardstown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Gerrardstown Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerrardstown Cemetery
- Arden UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Arden UMC Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Arden UMC Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Arden.
- The Arden UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Quaker Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968375 <5>
- Pitzers Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Pine Grove UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Darkesville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Darkesville Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darkesville Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Jones Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Jones Springs Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Springs Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- Morgan Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Morgan Chapel Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Chapel Cemetery
- Providence Quaker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarora Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Tuscarora Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora Cemetery
- Riner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Riner Cemetery is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riner Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Buck Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Buck Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Gerrardstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Arden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Arden is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden
- Inwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Darkesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Darkesville is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darkesville
- Bunker Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shockeysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Shockeysville is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shockeysville
- Siler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Siler is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siler
- White Hall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rest is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest
- Ridgeway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Martinsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stotlers Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stotlers Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotlers Crossroads
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Oakland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Grimes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Grimes is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes
- Baker Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Baker Heights is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Heights
- Collinsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Collinsville is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
- Cedar Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Middleway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Welltown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Welltown is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welltown
- Hedgesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nordic Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nordic Village is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nordic Village
- Wadesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wadesville is located in Clarke County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadesville
- Good
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Good is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good
- Good
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Good is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good
- Jefferson Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Bardane
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bardane is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardane
- Swan Pond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Swan Pond is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Pond
- Bedington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bedington is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedington
- Holton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Holton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
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 Buck Hill Cemetery. The following communities are located in Berkeley County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Buck Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 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 Buck Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Berkeley 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 Buck Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1727403 (Buck Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1727403 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: Berkeley
- Est. Elev: 260 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Tablers Station
- Location given for Buck Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.4142657 Lon: -78.1116682
- 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 Berkeley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Buck Hill 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. |