A visit to the Hatfield 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 Hatfield Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Hatfield Cemetery:
39.0854, -81.0301
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Hatfield Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Hatfield Cemetery is located in Ritchie County<2>.
The county seat for Ritchie County is located in Harrisville. Harrisville lies just to the north of the Hatfield Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Hatfield Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Hatfield Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Hatfield Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Frederick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Frederick Cemetery is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederick Cemetery
- Buzzard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Buzzard Cemetery is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzard Cemetery
- Cunningham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Cunningham Cemetery is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham Cemetery
- Hardman Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- King Knob Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The King Knob Cemetery is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Knob Cemetery
- Westfall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Westfall Cemetery is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfall Cemetery
- Ayers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Ayers Cemetery is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers Cemetery
- Frederick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Frederick Cemetery is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederick Cemetery
- The Frederick Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grass Run Cemetery
- N.H. Frederick Cemetery
- Nicholas H. Frederick Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2590590 <5>
- Indian Creek Churchyard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Haught Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Haught Cemetery is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haught Cemetery
- Moyers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Moyers Cemetery is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyers Cemetery
- Fox Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Fox Cemetery is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- New Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The New Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mt. Olive Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Mt. Olive Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Burnt House.
- Morris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Fluharty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Fluharty Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fluharty Cemetery
- Saunders Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Saunders Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- Cloverleaf Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Cloverleaf Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverleaf Cemetery
- Big Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Big Springs Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 33 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Hatfield Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Hatfield Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Smithville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Smithville is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Burnt House
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Burnt House is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt House
- Slab
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Slab is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab
- Lawford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lawford is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawford
- Berea
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Berea is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Cokeleys
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cokeleys is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokeleys
- Cantwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cantwell is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Freed
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Freed is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freed
- Newberne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Newberne is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberne
- Pullman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pullman is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Harrisville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Auburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Auburn is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Hannahdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hannahdale is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahdale
- Oxbow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Oxbow is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
- Big Bend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Big Bend is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
- Cornwallis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cornwallis is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwallis
- Cairo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grantsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- De Kalb
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- De Kalb is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Alice
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alice is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Rusk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rusk is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- Ellenboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cisco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cisco is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco
- League
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- League is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for League
- Russet
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Russet is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russet
- Staten
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Staten is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staten
- Glenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Troy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Troy is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Conings
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Conings is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conings
- Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Grove is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Toll Gate
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Toll Gate is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toll Gate
- Pennsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Petroleum
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Petroleum is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
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 Hatfield Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Ritchie County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Hatfield Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cairo
- Glenville
- Grantsville
- Harrisville
- Pennsboro
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 Hatfield Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Ritchie 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 Hatfield Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1540059 (Hatfield Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1540059 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: Ritchie
- Est. Elev: 269 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Smithville
- Location given for Hatfield Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.0853609 Lon: -81.0301102
- 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 Ritchie, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hatfield 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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