A visit to the Matheny 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 Matheny Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Matheny Cemetery:
38.6537, -81.0479
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Matheny Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Matheny Cemetery is located in Calhoun County<2>.
The county seat for Calhoun County is located in Grantsville. Grantsville lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the north of the Matheny Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Matheny Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Matheny Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Matheny Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Lamb Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Lamb Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Cemetery
- Hicks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Hicks Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Cemetery
- Morris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Coen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Coen Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coen Cemetery
- Mollohan / Cooper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sears Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Sears Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sears Cemetery
- Walnut Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Walnut Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Cemetery
- McCune Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The McCune Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCune Cemetery
- Hicks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Hicks Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Cemetery
- Mollohan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Mollohan Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mollohan Cemetery
- Cooper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Cooper Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Cemetery
- Clark Jarvis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Clark Jarvis Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Jarvis Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hawkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Hawkins Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkins Cemetery
- Murphy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Murphy Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Cemetery
- Hallburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hallburg Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallburg Cemetery
- Mollohan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Mollohan Cemetery is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mollohan Cemetery
- Elmira Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Beech Grove Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove Cemetery
- King Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The King Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Bailey - Siers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Conley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Conley Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conley Cemetery
- Cottrell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Cottrell Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottrell Cemetery
- The Cottrell Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cottrill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2139735 <5>
- Boggs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Chapman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Chapman Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman Cemetery
- Goodrich Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Goodrich Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich Cemetery
- Boone Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Boone Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Matheny Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Matheny Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Lydia
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lydia is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Mudfork
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mudfork is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudfork
- Losie ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Losie is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Losie
- Stinson
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stinson is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Walnut
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Walnut is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Elmira
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Elmira is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Oka
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oka is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oka
- Dink
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dink is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dink
- Sleith ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sleith is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleith
- Gomez ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gomez is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez
- Ira
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ira is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Orma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Orma is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orma
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Clem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Clem is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clem
- Gould
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gould is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Wilsie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wilsie is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsie
- Valley Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Fork is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Fork
- Shock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shock is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shock
- Spread
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Spread is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread
- Harrison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Strange Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Strange Creek is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Creek
- Arnoldsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldsburg
- Rockton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rockton is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Frametown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Frametown is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frametown
- Beech
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Beech is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Pigeon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pigeon is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Roxalana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Roxalana is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxalana
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 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 Matheny Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Calhoun 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 Matheny Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1542863 (Matheny Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1542863 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: Calhoun
- Est. Elev: 382 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Chloe
- Location given for Matheny Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.6537063 Lon: -81.0478873
- 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 Calhoun, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Matheny 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. |