A visit to the Hively 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 Hively Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Hively Cemetery:
38.5390, -81.1343
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Hively Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Hively Cemetery is located in Clay County<2>.
The county seat for Clay County is located in Clay. Clay lies just to the south southeast of the Hively Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Hively Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Hively Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Hively Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Hall Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Cemetery
- Phillips Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Phillips Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Cemetery
- Grose Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Grose Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grose Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Little Laurel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Moore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Moore Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- Laurel Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Laurel Point Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Point Cemetery
- Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Hill Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Cemetery
- Mullins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Mullins Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins Cemetery
- Newton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Newton Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Cemetery
- King Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The King Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Samples Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Samples Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samples Cemetery
- Blue Knob Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Blue Knob Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob Cemetery
- King Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The King Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
- Cherrytree Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Cherrytree Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrytree Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Dulls Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Dulls Creek Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulls Creek Cemetery
- Pierson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Pierson Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierson Cemetery
- Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
- Reed - Stephenson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Reed - Stephenson Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed - Stephenson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Reed - Stephenson Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Clay.
- The Reed - Stephenson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Reed - Stephenson - Pierson Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1978620 <5>
- Bogg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Bogg Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogg Cemetery
- Harold Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Harold Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harold Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Hively Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Hively Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Valley Fork
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Valley Fork is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Fork
- Procious
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Procious is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Procious
- Spread
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spread is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread
- Gould
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gould is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Dink
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dink is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dink
- Pigeon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pigeon is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Elkhurst
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elkhurst is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhurst
- Clay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Porter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Porter is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Hartland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hartland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Mudfork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mudfork is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudfork
- Bomont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bomont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomont
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Oka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oka is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oka
- Stinson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stinson is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Harrison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Harrison is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Ira
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ira is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Lydia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lydia is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Elmira
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elmira is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Losie ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Losie is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Losie
- Kester ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kester is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kester
- Walnut
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Walnut is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Wellford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wellford is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellford
- Clendenin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Apgah ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Apgah is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apgah
- Strange Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Strange Creek is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Creek
- Roxalana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Roxalana is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxalana
- Looneyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Hively Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Clay County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Hively Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Clay
- Clay lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Hively Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Clay.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Clendenin
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 Hively Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Clay 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 Hively Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1540322 (Hively Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1540322 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: Clay
- Est. Elev: 281 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Newton
- Location given for Hively Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.5389871 Lon: -81.1342784
- 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 Clay, 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- Hively 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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