A visit to the Durrett 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 Durrett Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Durrett Cemetery:
38.9629, -80.0348
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Durrett Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Durrett Cemetery is located in Barbour County<2>.
The county seat for Barbour County is located in Philippi. Philippi lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the north of the Durrett Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Durrett Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Durrett Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Nebo Methodist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coffman / Harding Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oldaker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Oldaker Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldaker Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Lovett Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Redabaugh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Redabaugh Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redabaugh Cemetery
- McDermott Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The McDermott Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDermott Cemetery
- Mountain View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Audra Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Audra Bethel Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Audra Bethel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Audra Bethel Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Audra.
- The Audra Bethel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethel Cemetery
- Bethel UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2338500 <5>
- Bethany Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Bethany Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Cemetery
- Heavner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Heavner Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heavner Cemetery
- The Heavner Cemetery has also been known as:
- Heavener Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #78644 <5>
- Old Rights Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Old Rights Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Rights Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Elliott Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Elliott Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Cemetery
- Holbert Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Holbert Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holbert Cemetery
- Pitman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Pitman Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitman Cemetery
- Bailey Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- Westfall Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Westfall Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfall Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Westfall Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southeast of Buckhannon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2175289 <5>
- Reed Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Reed Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Long Run Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Long Run Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run Cemetery
- Barbour Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Barbour Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbour Cemetery
- Booth Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Booth Cemetery is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Durrett Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Durrett Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Gormley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gormley is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gormley
- Midvale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Midvale is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Swamp Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Swamp Run is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamp Run
- Junior
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Junior is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junior
- Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
- Sand Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Run is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Audra
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Audra is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Audra
- Womelsdorf
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Womelsdorf is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womelsdorf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Weaver
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Weaver is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Wilmoth ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wilmoth is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmoth
- Excelsior
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Excelsior is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
- Tigheville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tigheville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigheville
- Belington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Clements ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clements is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clements
- Overhill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Overhill is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overhill
- Valley Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tallmansville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Reger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Reger is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reger
- Tygart Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tygart Junction is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tygart Junction
- Queens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Queens is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens
- Cassity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cassity is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassity
- Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Leadsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Leadsville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadsville
- Huffman ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Huffman is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Calhoun
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Calhoun is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Teter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Teter is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teter
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 Durrett Cemetery. The following communities are located in Barbour County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Durrett 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 professional and volunteer 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 Durrett Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Barbour 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 Durrett Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1538457 (Durrett Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1538457 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: Barbour
- Est. Elev: 712 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Ellamore
- Location given for Durrett Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.9628804 Lon: -80.0347999
- 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 Barbour, 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- Durrett 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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