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Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Memorial Park ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Forest Memorial Park can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Forest Memorial Park

Lat:   38.4284°   (38° 25' 42")

Lon:   -82.1843°   (-82° 11' 3")

The Forest Memorial Park is located in Cabell County<2>.

The county seat for Cabell County is located in Huntington. Huntington lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the west of the Forest Memorial Park .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Forest Memorial Park.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Forest Memorial Park, with the nearest first.

  • Love Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Love Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Love Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Love Cemetery is located in Cabell County
  • Chapman Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chapman Family Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chapman Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Chapman Family Cemetery is located in Cabell County
  • Blue Sulphur Burial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blue Sulphur Burial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blue Sulphur Burial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Blue Sulphur Burial Park is located in Cabell County
  • Mud River Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mud River Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mud River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mud River Cemetery is located in Cabell County
  • Waugh Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Waugh Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Waugh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Waugh Cemetery is located in Cabell County
  • Milton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Milton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Milton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Milton Cemetery is located in Cabell County
  • Arthur Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arthur Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arthur Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Arthur Cemetery is located in Cabell County
  • White Chapel Memorial Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Chapel Memorial Gardens
    • The White Chapel Memorial Gardens is located in Cabell County
    • The White Chapel Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
    • White Chapel Cemetery
  • Zoar Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zoar Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zoar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Zoar Cemetery is located in Cabell County
  • Neal Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Neal Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Neal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Neal Cemetery is located in Cabell County
  • Swann Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Swann Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Swann Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Swann Cemetery is located in Cabell County
  • Hatfield Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hatfield Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hatfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hatfield Cemetery is located in Cabell County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Enom Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Enom Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Enom Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Enom Cemetery is located in Cabell County
    • Brown Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Brown Cemetery is located in Cabell County
    • Oaklawn Memorial Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oaklawn Memorial Park
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oaklawn Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Oaklawn Memorial Park is located in Cabell County
    • Morris Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morris Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morris Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Morris Cemetery is located in Cabell County
    • Culloden Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Union Ridge Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Ridge Cemetery
      • The Union Ridge Cemetery is located in Cabell County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Ridge Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the south of Yates Crossing.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80158 <5>
    • Caldwell Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Caldwell Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Caldwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Caldwell Cemetery is located in Cabell County
    • Herrenkohl Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Herrenkohl Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Herrenkohl Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Herrenkohl Cemetery is located in Cabell County
    • Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery
      • The Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Lawrence County (OH)
      • The Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Beulah Baptist Cemetery
    • Porter Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Porter Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Porter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Porter Cemetery is located in Cabell County
    • Gill Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Gill Cemetery is located in Cabell County
    • Ray Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ray Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ray Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ray Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
    • Thompson Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thompson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thompson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Thompson Cemetery is located in Putnam County
    • Valley View Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley View Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Valley View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Valley View Cemetery is located in Putnam County
    • Lundsford Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lundsford Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lundsford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lundsford Cemetery is located in Mason County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Forest Memorial Park.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Forest Memorial Park, with the nearest first.

  • Yates Crossing
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossing
    • Yates Crossing is located in Cabell County
  • Fudges Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fudges Creek
    • Fudges Creek is located in Cabell County
  • Ona
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Milton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Milton is located in Cabell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,523 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <6>
  • Barboursville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Culloden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Culloden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culloden
    • Culloden is located in Cabell County
  • Sarah
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sarah. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarah
    • Sarah is located in Cabell County
  • Portersville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Portersville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
    • Portersville is located in Lincoln County
  • Pea Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pea Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
    • Pea Ridge is located in Cabell County
  • Melissa
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melissa
    • Melissa is located in Cabell County
  • Hurricane
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Athalia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Athalia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athalia
    • Athalia is located in Lawrence County (OH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Wilson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wilson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
      • Wilson is located in Cabell County
    • West Hamlin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Hamlin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hamlin
      • West Hamlin is located in Lincoln County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
    • Proctorville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Guyandotte
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guyandotte
      • Guyandotte is located in Cabell County
    • Hamlin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Crown City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crown City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown City
      • Crown City is located in Cabell County
    • Upland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upland
      • Upland is located in Mason County
    • Reid
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Reid. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reid
      • Reid is located in Cabell County
    • Crown City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crown City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown City
      • Crown City is located in Gallia County (OH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
    • Hodges
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges
      • Hodges is located in Cabell County
    • Sheridan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
      • Sheridan is located in Lincoln County
    • Sweetland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sweetland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetland
      • Sweetland is located in Lincoln County
    • Teays Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teays Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teays Village
      • Teays Village is located in Putnam County
    • Teays Valley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teays Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teays Valley
      • Teays Valley is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Teays Valley <6>
    • Scottown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottown
      • Scottown is located in Lawrence County (OH)
    • Rockwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rockwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
      • Rockwood is located in Lawrence County (OH)
    • Huntington
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)

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 Memorial Park. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cabell County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Forest Memorial Park.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Memorial Park:

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 Memorial Park:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1539127  (Forest Memorial Park)
    • Note: GNIS record #1539127 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Milton
    • County: Cabell         Elev: 230
    • Location given for GNIS #1539127 (Forest Memorial Park)

The official website for Cabell County: www.cabellcounty.org/

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/

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 Cabell, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Forest Memorial Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4284, Longitude: -82.1843       In this case, the coordinates for the Forest Memorial Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<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.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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