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A visit to the Layland Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Layland Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Layland Cemetery

Lat:   37.9101°   (37° 54' 36")

Lon:   -80.9564°   (-80° 57' 23")

The Layland Cemetery is located in Fayette County<1>.

The county seat for Fayette County is located in Fayetteville. Fayetteville lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Layland Cemetery .

Name Variations for Layland Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Layland Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Chestnut Knob Church Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Layland Cemetery.<3>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Layland Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Anderson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Anderson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Anderson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Anderson Cemetery is located in Fayette County
  • Goddard Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goddard Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goddard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Goddard Cemetery is located in Fayette County
  • Beechnut Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Shuck Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shuck Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shuck Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Shuck Cemetery is located in Fayette County
  • Smailes Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smailes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smailes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Smailes Cemetery is located in Fayette County
  • Royal Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Patton Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Wickline Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wickline Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wickline Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Wickline Cemetery is located in Summers County
  • Henson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Henson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Henson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Henson Cemetery is located in Fayette County
  • White Family Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Amick Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Amick Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Amick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Amick Cemetery is located in Fayette County
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Tyree Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tyree Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tyree Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Tyree Cemetery is located in Fayette County
    • Goodson Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goodson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goodson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Goodson Cemetery is located in Raleigh County
    • William Thomas Lowry Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • William Kidwell Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Richmond Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richmond Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richmond Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Richmond Cemetery is located in Summers County
    • Bragg Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bragg Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bragg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bragg Cemetery is located in Summers County
    • Rider Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rider Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rider Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Rider Cemetery is located in Fayette County
    • Pleasant View Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant View Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pleasant View Cemetery is located in Fayette County
    • Hilltop Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hilltop Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hilltop Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hilltop Cemetery is located in Fayette County
    • St. Colmans Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Colmans Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Colmans Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Colmans Cemetery is located in Raleigh County
    • Hicks - Swell Mtn. Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)

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]<2> of the Layland Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Layland Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Alaska ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alaska have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
    • Alaska is located in Fayette County
  • Stonecliff ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stonecliff. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecliff
    • Stonecliff is located in Fayette County
    • Stonecliff has also been known as:
    • Stone Cliff
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Stonecliff
    • From the Layland Cemetery to Stonecliff
  • McKendree
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McKendree have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKendree
    • McKendree is located in Fayette County
  • Prince
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Royal ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Royal. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
    • Royal is located in Raleigh County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Royal
    • From the Layland Cemetery to Royal
  • Quinnimont
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Meadow Bridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bridge
    • Meadow Bridge is located in Fayette County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
  • Bellwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Sewell ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sewell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
    • Sewell is located in Fayette County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Sewell
    • From the Layland Cemetery to Sewell
  • Clifftop
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • East Sewell ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Sewell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sewell
    • East Sewell is located in Fayette County
  • Sewell Knob ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sewell Knob. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell Knob
    • Sewell Knob is located in Fayette County
    • Sewell Knob has also been known as:
    • Swell Knob
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Sewell Knob
    • From the Layland Cemetery to Sewell Knob
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...

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 Layland Cemetery:

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 Layland Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #2586195  (Layland Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #2586195 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Danese
    • County: Fayette
    • Location given for GNIS #2586195 (Layland Cemetery)

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Fayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Layland Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9101, Longitude: -80.9564    
<3>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<4>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.
<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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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