A visit to the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens (FG ID #78390).
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 Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens:
39.0655, -80.4319
The Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens is located in Lewis County<2>.
The county seat for Lewis County is located in Weston. Weston lies just to the southwest of the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens .
Open a Google Map centered on the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, with the nearest first.
- Butcher Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Smith Run Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Smith Run Cemetery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Run Cemetery
- Life Run Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Life Run Cemetery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Life Run Cemetery
- Hicks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Hicks Cemetery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Cemetery
- Gee Lick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Gee Lick Cemetery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gee Lick Cemetery
- Machperlah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Machperlah Cemetery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machperlah Cemetery
- Old Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Old Hill Cemetery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hill Cemetery
- Peterson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Friendship Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hebron Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Hebron Cemetery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hebron Cemetery
- McCann Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The McCann Run Cemetery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCann Run Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey Ave. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Bailey Ave. Cemetery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Ave. Cemetery
- Weston Masonic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bush Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Bush Cemetery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Cemetery
- Morrison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Morrison Cemetery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Cemetery
- Harmony Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Harmony Cemetery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Cemetery
- Jesse Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Jesse Run Cemetery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesse Run Cemetery
- Straley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Straley Cemetery is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straley Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 19 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, with the nearest first:
- Smith Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Smith Village is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Village
- Weston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cox Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cox Town is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Town
- Berlin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Westfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jane Lew
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lightburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Garton Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Garton Village is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garton Village
- Valley Chapel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- McWhorter
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Alkires Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Alkires Mills is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkires Mills
- Aberdeen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Camden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Tichenal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lost Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lost Creek is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
- West Milford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Big Isaac
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Abbott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Buckhannon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lewis County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Lewis 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 Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #78390
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1539126 (Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1539126 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: Lewis
- Est. Elev: 334 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Weston
- Location given for Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens:
- Lat: 39.0650939 Lon: -80.4325902
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Lewis, 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 from Point A (ie- Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens) 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. |