A visit to the May 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 May Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the May Cemetery:
38.0201, -82.0415
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the May Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The May Cemetery is located in Lincoln County<2>.
The county seat for Lincoln County is located in Hamlin. Hamlin lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the north of the May Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the May Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from May Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Frye Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Frye Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
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- Ferrell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Ferrell Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
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- Mobley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Mobley Cemetery is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobley Cemetery
- Duty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Duty Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
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- Bias Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Bias Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
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- Hunter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Hunter Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
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- Toney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Toney Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
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- Lucas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Lucas Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Cemetery
- Lambert Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Lambert Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert Cemetery
- Lily Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Lily Cemetery is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Cemetery
- Perrys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Perrys Cemetery is located in Logan County
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- Old Lucas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Old Lucas Cemetery is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Lucas Cemetery
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Stone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Stone Cemetery is located in Logan County
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- Lucas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Lucas Cemetery is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Cemetery
- Justice Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Justice Cemetery is located in Logan County
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- Thomas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Thomas Cemetery is located in Logan County
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- Varnie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Varnie Cemetery is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varnie Cemetery
- Duty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Duty Cemetery is located in Logan County
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- Duty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Duty Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
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- Frye Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Frye Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frye Cemetery
- Ferrellsburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Ferrellsburg Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrellsburg Cemetery
- Walker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Walker Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Cemetery
- Workman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Workman Cemetery is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Workman Cemetery
- Adams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Adams Cemetery is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cemetery
- Chambers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Chambers Cemetery is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Cemetery
- Butcher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Butcher Cemetery is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butcher Cemetery
- Chapman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Chapman Cemetery is located in Logan County
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- Vickers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Vickers Cemetery is located in Logan County
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For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the May Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from May Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Big Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Big Creek is located in Logan County
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- Banco
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Banco is located in Logan County
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- Chapmanville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harts
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Manila
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Manila is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Whirlwind
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Whirlwind is located in Logan County
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- Mitchell Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mitchell Heights is located in Logan County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
- Spears ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Spears is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears
- Turtle Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Turtle Creek is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Creek
- Layville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Layville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layville
- Wewanta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wewanta is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wewanta
- West Logan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Peach Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Peach Creek is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Creek
- Havana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Havana is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
- Dodson Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dodson Junction is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson Junction
- Morrisvale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Morrisvale is located in Boone County
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- Palermo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Palermo is located in Lincoln County
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- Troy Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Troy Town is located in Logan County
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- Hedgeview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hedgeview is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeview
- Thompson Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Thompson Town is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Town
- Hewett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hewett is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewett
- Powell Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Powell Creek is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Creek
- Low Gap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Low Gap is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Washington Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Washington Heights is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights
- Kinder ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kinder is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinder
- Danville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rock Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Alkol
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alkol is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkol
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 May Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lincoln County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The May Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 May Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Lincoln 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 May Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1542892 (May Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1542892 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: Lincoln
- Est. Elev: 257 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Big Creek
- Location given for May Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.0200987 Lon: -82.0415191
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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 Lincoln, 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 from Point A (ie- May 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |