A visit to the Buffalo 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 Buffalo Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Buffalo Cemetery:
38.9656, -81.4207
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Buffalo Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Buffalo Cemetery is located in Wirt County<2>.
The county seat for Wirt County is located in Elizabeth. Elizabeth lies just to the north of the Buffalo Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Buffalo Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Buffalo Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Buffalo Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Two Run Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Two Run Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Run Cemetery
- Ott Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Ott Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ott Cemetery
- Sheppard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Sheppard Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppard Cemetery
- Pisgah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Pisgah Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah Cemetery
- Baker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Baker Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Cemetery
- New Home Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The New Home Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home Cemetery
- Mayberry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Mayberry Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayberry Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Cranesnest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Cranesnest Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranesnest Cemetery
- Good Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Good Hope Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Cemetery
- McCutcheon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The McCutcheon Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCutcheon Cemetery
- Center Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Board Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Board Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Board Cemetery
- McClung Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The McClung Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClung Cemetery
- Mt. Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Solon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Solon Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Solon Cemetery
- Hill Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Hill Grove Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Grove Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Morgan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Morgan Cemetery is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Cemetery
- Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- 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>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Buffalo Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Buffalo Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Lucile
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lucile is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucile
- Peewee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Peewee is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peewee
- Reedy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Reedy is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Palestine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Palestine is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Burning Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Burning Springs is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs
- Elizabeth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Garfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Garfield is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Liverpool
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Liverpool is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
- Millard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Millard is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
- Windy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Windy is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy
- Creston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Creston is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Meadowdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowdale is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Triplett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Triplett is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplett
- Newark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Newark is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Spencer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Slate
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Slate is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate
- Medina
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Medina is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Odaville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Odaville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odaville
- Greencastle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Greencastle is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Beatysville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beatysville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatysville
- Leachtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Leachtown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leachtown
- Sandyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rocksdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rocksdale is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocksdale
- Big Bend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Big Bend is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
- Cisco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cisco is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco
- Freeport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Freeport is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Browning ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Browning is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
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 Buffalo 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 Buffalo Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Buffalo 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 Buffalo Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1678804 (Buffalo Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1678804 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: 332 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Reedy
- Location given for Buffalo Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.9656377 Lon: -81.4206763
- 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 from Point A (ie- Buffalo 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. |