A visit to the Greenbrier 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 Greenbrier Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Greenbrier Cemetery:
37.6540, -80.8498
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Greenbrier Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Greenbrier Cemetery is located in Summers County<2>.
The county seat for Summers County is located in Hinton. Hinton lies just to the west northwest of the Greenbrier Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Greenbrier Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the Greenbrier Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Greenbrier Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hilltop Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Hilltop Cemetery is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop Cemetery
- Upland Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Upland Memorial Cemetery is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upland Memorial Cemetery
- The Upland Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Upland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1987563 <5>
- Bennett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Huffman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Huffman Cemetery is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman Cemetery
- Restwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Restwood Cemetery is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Restwood Cemetery
- Meadows Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Meadows Cemetery is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows Cemetery
- Meadows Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Adkins Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lilly - Crews Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Lilly - Crews Cemetery is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly - Crews Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lilly - Crews Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Nimitz.
- The Lilly - Crews Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crews Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960819 <5>
- Snider Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Snider Cemetery is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider Cemetery
- Fairview Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
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- Barton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Barton Cemetery is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Cemetery
- New Hope Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pence Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- St. Colmans Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Colmans Cemetery is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Colmans Cemetery
- Bragg Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Bragg Cemetery is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg Cemetery
- Richmond Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Richmond Cemetery is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Cemetery
- Farley Farm Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Farley Farm Cemetery is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farley Farm Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Farley Farm Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Pipestem.
- The Farley Farm Cemetery has also been known as:
- Archibald & Jermima Farley Cemetery
- Wayside UMC Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Wayside UMC Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wayside UMC Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Wayside.
- The Wayside UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wayside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80240 <5>
- Hicks - Swell Mtn. Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Hicks - Swell Mtn. Cemetery is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks - Swell Mtn. Cemetery
- The Hicks - Swell Mtn. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hicks Cemetery
- Hix Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Greenbrier Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Greenbrier Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Bellepoint
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bellepoint is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint
- Hinton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brooklin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brooklin is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin
- Packs Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Packs Ferry is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry
- Buck
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Buck is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck
- Hilldale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hilldale is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
- Bargers Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bargers Springs is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargers Springs
- Talcott
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- True
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- True is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True
- Forest Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lowell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lowell is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Jumping Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jumping Branch is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Nimitz
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Nimitz is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimitz
- Sandstone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Riffe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Riffe is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riffe
- Pipestem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Richmond ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- New Richmond is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Wayside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wayside is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Creamery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Creamery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creamery
- Mercers Saltworks ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mercers Saltworks is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercers Saltworks
- Abraham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Abraham is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abraham
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 Greenbrier Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Summers County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Greenbrier Cemetery.
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 Greenbrier Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Summers 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 Greenbrier Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1539698 (Greenbrier Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1539698 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: Summers
- Est. Elev: 459 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Talcott
- Location given for Greenbrier Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.6540086 Lon: -80.8498075
- 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 Summers, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Greenbrier 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |