A visit to the Kerns 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 Kerns Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Kerns Cemetery:
38.9401, -79.5823
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Kerns Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Kerns Cemetery is located in Randolph County<2>.
The county seat for Randolph County is located in Elkins. Elkins lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the west of the Kerns Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Kerns Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 16 miles [25.7 km] of the Kerns Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Kerns Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- White Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The White Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
- Teter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Teter Cemetery is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teter Cemetery
- Flanagan Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Flanagan Hill Cemetery is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanagan Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Flanagan Hill Cemetery is located in Red Creek.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2255172 <5>
- Flanagan Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Laurel Hill Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill Cemetery
- Buena Chapel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fansler Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Fansler Cemetery is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fansler Cemetery
- Collett Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Collett Cemetery is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collett Cemetery
- Goff Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Goff Cemetery is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goff Cemetery
- McNeely Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The McNeely Cemetery is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeely Cemetery
- Cortland Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Cortland Cemetery is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland Cemetery
- Coffman Chapel Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Mountain State Memorial Gardens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Little Arlington Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- The Little Arlington Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Arlington Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Little Arlington Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Leadsville.
- The Little Arlington Cemetery has also been known as:
- American Legion Little Arlington Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Maplewood Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- St. Brendens Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- The St. Brendens Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Brendens Cemetery
- IOOF Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- The IOOF Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
- The IOOF Cemetery has also been known as:
- Elkins Memorial Gardens
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
- Bonifield Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- The Bonifield Cemetery is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonifield Cemetery
- Leading Creek Primitive Baptist Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Thomas Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- The Thomas Cemetery is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Cemetery
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill 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 Kerns Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Kerns Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Wymer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wymer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wymer
- Harman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Evenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evenwood is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evenwood
- Dryfork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harperton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Harperton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harperton
- Gladwin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gladwin is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladwin
- Elk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elk is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
- Canaan Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hendricks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hendricks is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Whitmer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Whitmer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitmer
- Pettit ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pettit is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
- Hambleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hambleton is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Onego
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Onego is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onego
- Porterwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Porterwood is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterwood
- Pleasant Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Run is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
- Parsons
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Canfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Canfield is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Macksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Macksville is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macksville
- Whyte
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Whyte is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whyte
- Davis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coketon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Coketon is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coketon
- Gilman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gilman is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
- Leadsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Leadsville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadsville
- Elkins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hopeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hopeville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
- Thomas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Montrose
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Montrose is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
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 Kerns Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Randolph County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Kerns Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Davis
- Davis lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Kerns Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Davis.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Elkins
- Parsons
- Thomas
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 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 Kerns Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Randolph 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 Kerns Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1551640 (Kerns Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1551640 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: Randolph
- Est. Elev: 1018 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Harman
- Location given for Kerns Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.9401093 Lon: -79.5822784
- 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 Randolph, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Kerns 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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