A visit to the Kennedy 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 Kennedy Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Kennedy Cemetery:
38.3744, -81.3790
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Kennedy Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Kennedy Cemetery is located in Kanawha County<2>.
The county seat for Kanawha County is located in Charleston. Charleston lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the west of the Kennedy Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Kennedy Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Kennedy Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Kennedy Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- O Dell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The O Dell Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O Dell Cemetery
- Odell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Odell Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell Cemetery
- Ryder Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Ryder Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryder Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ryder Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the east of Pinch.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #79780 <5>
- Hayes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Hayes Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes Cemetery
- Perry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Perry Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Cemetery
- Murdock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Murdock Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murdock Cemetery
- Vickers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Vickers Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickers Cemetery
- Woody Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Woody Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody Cemetery
- Morris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Price Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Price Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Cemetery
- Sand Run Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Deer Run - Keaton - Myers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Rummell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Rummell Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rummell Cemetery
- Hunter Cemetery 2
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Hunter Cemetery 2 is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Cemetery 2
- Hunter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Hunter Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Cemetery
- Patterson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Patterson Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Cemetery
- Blakley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Blakley Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakley Cemetery
- Hinkle Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Hinkle Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkle Cemetery
- Reamer Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Reamer Hill Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reamer Hill Cemetery
- Reynolds Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Reynolds Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Cemetery
- Jarretts Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Jarretts Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarretts Cemetery
- Rock Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lucas Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Lucas Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Cemetery
- Cline Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Cline Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cline Cemetery
- Proctor Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Proctor Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor Cemetery
- Clendenin Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hayes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Hayes Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hayes Cemetery is located between<6> the communities of Clendenin and Falling Rock. The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Falling Rock.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #78635 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Kennedy Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Kennedy Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Coco
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coco is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coco
- Three Mile
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Three Mile is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Mile
- Apgah ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Apgah is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apgah
- Pinch
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pinch is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinch
- Youngs Bottom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Youngs Bottom is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Bottom
- Falling Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Falling Rock is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Rock
- Reamer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Reamer is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reamer
- Elkview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jarretts Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jarretts Ford is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarretts Ford
- Coal Fork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Fork is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Fork
- Clendenin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wills is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Big Chimney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Big Chimney is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Chimney
- Bomont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bomont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomont
- Malden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Porter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Porter is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Wellford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wellford is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellford
- Airport Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Airport Village is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
- Airport Village has also been known as:
- Airport
- Kanawha City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kanawha City is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha City
- East Bank
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- East Bank is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bank
- Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people
- Glasgow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pratt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pratt is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Hugheston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hugheston is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugheston
- Aarons
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aarons is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons
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 Kennedy Cemetery. The following communities are located in Kanawha County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Kennedy 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 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 Kennedy Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Kanawha 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 Kennedy Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2586306 (Kennedy Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2586306 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: Kanawha
- Topo Map Name: Quick
- Location given for Kennedy Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.3743553 Lon: -81.3790272
- 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 Kanawha, 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' (or 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- Kennedy 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Clendenin and Falling Rock. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |