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A visit to the Howesville United Methodist Church (UMC) Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Howesville UMC Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Howesville UMC Cemetery (FG ID #2244623).

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 Howesville UMC Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Howesville UMC Cemetery:

39.4333, -79.7607

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Howesville UMC Cemetery has been estimated.<2> - use with caution.

The Howesville UMC Cemetery is located in Preston County<3>.

The county seat for Preston County is located in Kingwood. Kingwood lies just to the east northeast of the Howesville UMC Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Howesville UMC Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4> of the Howesville UMC Cemetery.<5>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Howesville UMC Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Pratt Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • The Pratt Cemetery is located in Preston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Cemetery
  • Concord Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Concord Cemetery is located in Preston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
  • Denver Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • The Denver Cemetery is located in Preston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver Cemetery
  • West Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • The West Cemetery is located in Preston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cemetery
  • Cobun Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Cobun Cemetery is located in Preston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobun Cemetery
  • Kingwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • The Kingwood Cemetery is located in Preston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood Cemetery
  • Reedsville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • The Reedsville Cemetery is located in Preston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsville Cemetery
  • Arthurdale Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Arthurdale Cemetery is located in Preston County
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  • Union Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Blackwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Blackwood Cemetery is located in Preston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood Cemetery
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Wilson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • The Wilson Cemetery is located in Preston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Dinkerberger Family Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sanders Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The Sanders Cemetery is located in Preston County
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    • Hunt Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • The Hunt Cemetery is located in Preston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Cemetery
    • Bethel Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • The Bethel Cemetery is located in Preston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
    • Nazareth Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • The Nazareth Cemetery is located in Preston County
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    • Red Oak Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • The Red Oak Cemetery is located in Preston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak Cemetery
    • Knotts Family Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • The Knotts Family Cemetery is located in Preston County
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    • Watkins Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • The Watkins Cemetery is located in Preston County
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    • Burns Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • The Burns Cemetery is located in Preston County
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    • Riverview Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • The Riverview Cemetery is located in Preston County
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    • Albright - St. Joe Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> of the Howesville UMC Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Howesville UMC Cemetery, with the nearest first:

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 Howesville UMC Cemetery. The following communities are located in Preston County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Howesville UMC Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Howesville UMC Cemetery:

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 Howesville UMC Cemetery:

Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2244623

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>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.
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Preston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Howesville UMC Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.