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A visit to the Little Kanawha Memorial Gardens ...

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 Little Kanawha Memorial Gardens ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Little Kanawha Memorial Gardens

Lat:   38.7736°   (38° 46' 24")

Lon:   -80.6408°   (-80° 38' 26")

The cemetery is located in Braxton County<3>.

As an estimate, the Little Kanawha Memorial Gardens is located between<1> the communities of Heaters and Rollyson.  The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<2> to the south of Rollyson.

The county seat for Braxton County is located in Sutton. Sutton lies just to the south southwest of the Little Kanawha Memorial Gardens .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Little Kanawha Memorial Gardens.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Little Kanawha Memorial Gardens, with the nearest first.

  • Brown Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Brown Cemetery is located in Braxton County
  • Flatwoods Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Stone Run Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stone Run Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stone Run Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Stone Run Cemetery is located in Braxton County
  • Big Run Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Big Run Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Big Run Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Big Run Cemetery is located in Braxton County
  • Ratcliff Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ratcliff Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ratcliff Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ratcliff Cemetery is located in Braxton County
  • Right Hand Fork Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Right Hand Fork Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Right Hand Fork Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Right Hand Fork Cemetery is located in Braxton County
  • Shaver Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Fisher Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fisher Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fisher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Fisher Cemetery is located in Braxton County
  • Sutton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sutton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sutton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Sutton Cemetery is located in Braxton County
  • Hamner Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hamner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hamner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hamner Cemetery is located in Braxton County
  • Hamner Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hamner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hamner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hamner Cemetery is located in Braxton County
  • Highwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Highwood Cemetery is located in Braxton County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • K of P Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the K of P Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the K of P Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The K of P Cemetery is located in Braxton County
    • Sutton Family Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Morrison UMC Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morrison UMC Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morrison UMC Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Morrison UMC Cemetery is located in Braxton County
    • Fleming Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fleming Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fleming Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Fleming Cemetery is located in Braxton County
    • Riffle Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riffle Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riffle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Riffle Cemetery is located in Braxton County
    • Moyers Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moyers Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moyers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Moyers Cemetery is located in Braxton County
    • Camden Hill Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Braxton County Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Braxton County Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Braxton County Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Braxton County Cemetery is located in Braxton County
    • Newville Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Newville Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Newville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Newville Cemetery is located in Braxton County
    • Ware Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ware Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ware Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ware Cemetery is located in Braxton County
    • Mt. Hebron Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hebron Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hebron Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mt. Hebron Cemetery is located in Braxton County
    • Fisher Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fisher Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fisher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Fisher Cemetery is located in Braxton County
    • Gregory Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Chop Fork Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chop Fork Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chop Fork Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Chop Fork Cemetery is located in Braxton County
    • Casto Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Casto Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Casto Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Casto Cemetery is located in Braxton County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Little Kanawha Memorial Gardens.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Little Kanawha Memorial Gardens, with the nearest first.

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 Little Kanawha Memorial Gardens. The following communities are located in Braxton County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Little Kanawha Memorial Gardens.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Burnsville
  • Gassaway
  • Sutton
    • Sutton lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Little Kanawha Memorial Gardens.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Sutton.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton

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 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 Little Kanawha Memorial Gardens:

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 Little Kanawha Memorial Gardens:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #2586197  (Little Kanawha Memorial Gardens)
    • Note: GNIS record #2586197 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: Burnsville
    • County: Braxton
    • Location given for GNIS #2586197 (Little Kanawha Memorial Gardens)

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

Footnotes ...

<1>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Heaters and Rollyson. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<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 Little Kanawha Memorial Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7736, Longitude: -80.6408    
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Braxton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>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.
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