A visit to the Butt 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 Butt Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Butt Cemetery:
37.3190, -81.2851
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Butt Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Butt Cemetery is located in Mercer County<2>.
The county seat for Mercer County is located in Princeton. Princeton lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Butt Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 31 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km] of the Butt Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Butt Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Dillon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Dillon Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Patterson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Patterson Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Miles Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Miles Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Cemetery
- Powell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Powell Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Oak Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Delp Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Delp Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Woodlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Hale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Hale Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Poe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Poe Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Wall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Wall Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Shrader Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Shrader Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Belcher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Belcher Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcher Cemetery
- Coopers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Coopers Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers Cemetery
- Isaac Bell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Isaac Bell Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Bryant Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pocahontas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Pocahontas Cemetery is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas Cemetery
- Rye Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Rye Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye Cemetery
- Witten Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Witten Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witten Cemetery
- Page Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Page Cemetery is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Cemetery
- Belcher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Belcher Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcher Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Mercer County
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- Davidson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Davidson Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidson Cemetery
- Wall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Wall Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Cemetery
- Herndon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Herndon Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon Cemetery
- Bailey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- King Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The King Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
- Belcher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Belcher Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcher Cemetery
- Owens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Owens Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Cemetery
- Barnett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Barnett Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Butt Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Butt Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Nemours
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Freeman
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Freeman is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Bramwell
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Yards
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yards is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
- Yards
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yards is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
- Flipping
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Flipping is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flipping
- Coopers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Coopers is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Pocahontas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
- Falls Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Littlesburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Littlesburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlesburg
- Montcalm
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Montcalm is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Bluefield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bluefield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coaldale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coaldale is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Boissevain
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Boissevain is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boissevain
- Saint Clair
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Weyanoke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Weyanoke is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyanoke
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Edison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Edison is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- Matoaka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Matoaka is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- El Centro ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- El Centro is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Centro
- Johnston Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Johnston Town is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston Town
- Lashmeet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lashmeet is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lashmeet
- Elkhorn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Elkhorn is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Anawalt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Anawalt is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anawalt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
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 Butt Cemetery. The following communities are located in Mercer County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Butt 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 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 Butt Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Mercer 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 Butt Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1536805 (Butt Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1536805 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: Mercer
- Est. Elev: 774 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bramwell
- Location given for Butt Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.3190054 Lon: -81.2851001
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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 Mercer, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Butt 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |