A visit to the Davidson 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 Davidson Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Davidson Cemetery:
37.2951, -81.2465
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Davidson Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Davidson Cemetery is located in Mercer County<2>.
The county seat for Mercer County is located in Princeton. Princeton lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Davidson Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km] of the Davidson Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Davidson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Poe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Poe Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Hale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Hale Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Harry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Harry Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harry Cemetery
- Perdue Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Perdue Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdue Cemetery
- McQuire Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The McQuire Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQuire Cemetery
- Hutchinson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Hutchinson Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchinson Cemetery
- Morgan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Morgan Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Cemetery
- Doyle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Doyle Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle Cemetery
- Taylor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Phillips Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Phillips Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Cemetery
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- Butt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Butt Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butt Cemetery
- Butt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Butt Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butt Cemetery
- Mt. Herman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Herman Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Herman Cemetery
- Belcher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Belcher Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcher Cemetery
- Maple Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Maple Park Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Park Cemetery
- The Maple Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bluefield Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #79030 <5>
- Shrader Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Shrader Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrader Cemetery
- Nunn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Nunn Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunn Cemetery
- Belcher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Belcher Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcher Cemetery
- Thomason Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Thomason Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomason Cemetery
- Holt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Holt Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt Cemetery
- Sandlick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Sandlick Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandlick Cemetery
- Wall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Wall Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Davidson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Davidson Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Bluefield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Littlesburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Littlesburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlesburg
- Falls Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Bluefield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Flipping
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Flipping is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flipping
- Freeman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Freeman is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Nemours
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Yards
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Yards is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
- Yards
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Yards is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bethel is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Montcalm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Montcalm is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Bramwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Coopers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coopers is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Saint Clair
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Edison
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Edison is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- Pocahontas
(5 miles [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
- El Centro ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- El Centro is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Centro
- Coaldale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coaldale is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Johnston Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Johnston Town is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston Town
- Boissevain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Boissevain is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boissevain
- Rocky Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Gap is located in Bland County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap
- Matoaka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Matoaka is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Weyanoke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Weyanoke is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyanoke
- Hicksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hicksville is located in Bland County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
- Blake ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Blake is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Princeton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lashmeet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lashmeet is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lashmeet
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 Davidson Cemetery. The following communities are located in Mercer County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Davidson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bluefield
- Matoaka
- Princeton
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 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 Davidson 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 Davidson Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1550874 (Davidson Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1550874 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: 741 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bluefield
- Location given for Davidson Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.2951169 Lon: -81.2464877
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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- Davidson 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. |
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