A visit to the Keener 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 Keener Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Keener Cemetery:
38.6307, -80.8626
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Keener Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Keener Cemetery is located in Braxton County<2>.
The county seat for Braxton County is located in Sutton. Sutton lies just to the east northeast of the Keener Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Keener Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Keener Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Keener Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Stumble Run Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Stumble Run Cemetery is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumble Run Cemetery
- Frame Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Frame Cemetery is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frame Cemetery
- James Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The James Cemetery is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Cemetery
- Dickey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Dickey Cemetery is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey Cemetery
- Murphy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Murphy Cemetery is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Cemetery
- Middle Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Middle Run Cemetery is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Run Cemetery
- Sugar Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Sugar Creek Cemetery is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sugar Creek Cemetery is located between<5> the communities of Frametown and Gassaway. The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Gassaway.
- Houston - Carr Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Boone Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Boone Cemetery is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Cemetery
- Pt. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Pt. Cemetery is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pt. Cemetery
- Hall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Hall Cemetery is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Cemetery
- Strange Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Strange Creek Cemetery is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Creek Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Strange Creek Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Strange Creek
- The Strange Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Keeners Ridge Community Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1976835 <6>
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Eagle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Eagle Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Cemetery
- Duffield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Duffield Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duffield Cemetery
- Lyons Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Lyons Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Cemetery
- Goad Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Goad Cemetery is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goad Cemetery
- Bealls Mill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Bealls Mill Cemetery is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bealls Mill Cemetery
- Starkey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Starkey Cemetery is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkey Cemetery
- Carr Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Carr Cemetery is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr Cemetery
- Elmira Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mollohan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Mollohan Cemetery is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mollohan Cemetery
- Hallburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Hallburg Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallburg Cemetery
- Canfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Canfield Cemetery is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield Cemetery
- Frame Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Frame Cemetery is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frame Cemetery
- Otter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Otter Cemetery is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Keener Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Keener Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Rockton
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rockton is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Frametown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Frametown is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frametown
- Twistville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Twistville is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twistville
- Clem
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Clem is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clem
- Wilsie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wilsie is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsie
- Strange Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Strange Creek is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Creek
- Herold
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Herold is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herold
- Gassaway
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sleith ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sleith is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleith
- Canfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Canfield is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Ira
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ira is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Elmira
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elmira is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Progress ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Progress is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Little Birch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Little Birch is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Birch
- Sutton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Chapel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Chapel is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel
- Harrison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Wattsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wattsville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Losie ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Losie is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Losie
- Lydia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lydia is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Birch River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dink
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dink is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dink
- Widen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Widen is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widen
- Shock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shock is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shock
- McNutt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- McNutt is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Lloydsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lloydsville is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydsville
- Exchange
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Walnut is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Stinson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Stinson is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Mudfork
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mudfork is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudfork
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 Keener Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Braxton County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Keener 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 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 Keener Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Braxton 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 Keener Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1541101 (Keener Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1541101 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: Braxton
- Est. Elev: 303 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Gassaway
- Location given for Keener Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.6306542 Lon: -80.8626025
- 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 Braxton, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Keener 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Frametown and Gassaway. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <6> | 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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