A visit to the Lanham 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 Lanham Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Lanham Cemetery:
38.4362, -81.7385
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Lanham Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Lanham Cemetery is located in Kanawha County<2>.
The county seat for Kanawha County is located in Charleston. Charleston lies just to the southeast of the Lanham Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Lanham Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Lanham Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Lanham Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Brick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Brick Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Cemetery
- Goff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Goff Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goff Cemetery
- Sam Derrick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Sam Derrick Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sam Derrick Cemetery
- Burdette Lilly Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Burdette Lilly Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette Lilly Cemetery
- The Burdette Lilly Cemetery has also been known as:
- Thacker Cemetery
- Donel C. Kinnard Memorial State Veterans Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Martin / Dunlap Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Casdorph Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Casdorph Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casdorph Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- McClanahan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The McClanahan Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClanahan Cemetery
- Lilly Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Lilly Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly Cemetery
- Grandview Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bess Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Bess Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bess Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Thaxton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Thaxton Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thaxton Cemetery
- Good Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Good Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Cemetery
- Shorts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Shorts Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Cemetery
- Altz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Altz Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altz Cemetery
- Sinclair Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Sinclair Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinclair Cemetery
- Lane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Lane Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Cemetery
- Cartwright Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Cartwright Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright Cemetery
- Cunningham Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bangor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Bangor Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor Cemetery
- Thurston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Thurston Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston Cemetery
- Sunset Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cobbs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Cobbs Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs Cemetery
- Floral Hills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Floral Hills Cemetery is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral Hills 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 Lanham Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Lanham Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Cross Lanes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Nitro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jefferson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Poca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sattes
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sattes is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sattes
- Dunbar
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Raymond City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Raymond City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond City
- Saint Albans
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Lake Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rock Lake Village is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Lake Village
- South Charleston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elk is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
- Morgans Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morgans Landing is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Landing
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bancroft
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bancroft is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
- Tornado
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tornado is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tornado
- Ruth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ruth is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Charleston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Legg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Legg is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legg
- Sissonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Ruffner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Ruffner is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ruffner
- Airport Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Airport Village is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
- Airport Village has also been known as:
- Airport
- Scott Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Scott Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Village
- Paradise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Paradise is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Loudendale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Loudendale is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudendale
- Red House
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Winfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sigman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sigman is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigman
- Teays Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
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 Lanham Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kanawha County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Lanham Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Charleston
- Cross Lanes
- Dunbar
- Nitro
- Saint Albans
- South Charleston
- Winfield
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Lanham 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 Lanham Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1541348 (Lanham Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1541348 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
- Est. Elev: 215 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Pocatalico
- Location given for Lanham Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.4362045 Lon: -81.7384613
- 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lanham 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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