A visit to the Koontz 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 Koontz Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Koontz Cemetery:
38.6091, -81.6286
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Koontz Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Koontz Cemetery is located in Jackson County<2>.
The county seat for Jackson County is located in Ripley. Ripley lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Koontz Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Koontz Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 29 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Koontz Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Koontz Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Duff Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Duff Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff Cemetery
- Fisher Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Fisher Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Cemetery
- Boggess Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Thomas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Thomas Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Cemetery
- Shamblin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Shamblin Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamblin Cemetery
- Harris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Harris Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Cemetery
- Milam Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Milam Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milam Cemetery
- Lanham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Lanham Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanham Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Covey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Covey Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covey Cemetery
- Comer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Comer Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer Cemetery
- Mangus Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Mangus Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangus Cemetery
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Siders Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Siders Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siders Cemetery
- Counts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Counts Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Counts Cemetery
- Duff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Duff Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff Cemetery
- Good Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Good Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Cemetery
- Centerview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Centerview Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview Cemetery
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rock Spring Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Rock Spring Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Spring Cemetery
- Slater Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Slater Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slater Cemetery
- Berry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Berry Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Cemetery
- Fields Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Fields Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Cemetery
- Wheatcraft Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Wheatcraft Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatcraft Cemetery
- Kiser Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Kiser Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser Cemetery
- Counts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Counts Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Counts Cemetery
- Marion Counts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Marion Counts Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Counts Cemetery
- The Marion Counts Cemetery has also been known as:
- Counts Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #78085 <5>
- Garrett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Garrett Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett Cemetery
- Goshen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Goshen Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Cemetery
- The Goshen Cemetery has also been known as:
- Goshen Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1824989 <5>
- Paxton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Paxton Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton Cemetery
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]<3> of the Koontz Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Koontz Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Romance
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Romance is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romance
- Kentuck
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kentuck is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Kenna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fletcher
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fletcher is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Sissonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Island Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Island Branch is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Branch
- Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Cicerone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cicerone is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicerone
- Sigman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sigman is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigman
- Legg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Legg is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legg
- Mattie ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mattie is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattie
- Woodyard ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Woodyard is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyard
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Paradise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Paradise is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Aarons
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aarons is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons
- Aplin ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Aplin is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aplin
- Statts Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Statts Mills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statts Mills
- Fairplain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fairplain is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplain
- Flint Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Flint Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Town
- Wills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wills is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills
- Walton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Zona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Zona is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zona
- Bancroft
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bancroft is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
- Raymond City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Raymond City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond City
- Poca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Elkview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Koontz Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Jackson 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 Koontz Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2586194 (Koontz Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2586194 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: Jackson
- Topo Map Name: Sissonville
- Location given for Koontz Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.6091131 Lon: -81.6286325
- 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 Jackson, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Koontz 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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