A visit to the McCoy 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 McCoy Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the McCoy Cemetery:
38.0898, -82.2424
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the McCoy Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The McCoy Cemetery is located in Wayne County<2>.
The county seat for Wayne County is located in Wayne. Wayne lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the northwest of the McCoy Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the McCoy Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from McCoy Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Dean Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Dean Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Webb Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Webb Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Cemetery
- Sias Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Sias Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sias Cemetery
- Saunders Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Saunders Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders Cemetery
- Murphy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Murphy Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Cemetery
- Works Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Works Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Works Cemetery
- Sanders Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Sanders Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Ramey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Ramey Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramey Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Queen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Queen Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hatfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Hatfield Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield Cemetery
- Baker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Baker Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Cemetery
- Saunders Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Saunders Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders Cemetery
- Peyton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Peyton Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peyton Cemetery
- Adkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Adkins Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adkins Cemetery
- Davidson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Davidson Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidson Cemetery
- Finley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Finley Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley Cemetery
- Frasher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Frasher Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frasher Cemetery
- Queens Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Queens Ridge Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Ridge Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Queens Ridge Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the east of Dunlow.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #79635 <5>
- Mann Knob Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Mann Knob Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mann Knob Cemetery
- Frye Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Frye Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frye Cemetery
- Adkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Adkins Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adkins Cemetery
- Fulks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Fulks Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulks Cemetery
- Bear Knob Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Bear Knob Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Knob Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the McCoy Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from McCoy Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Cove Gap
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cove Gap is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Gap
- Wewanta
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wewanta is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wewanta
- Kiahsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kiahsville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiahsville
- Nestlow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nestlow is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nestlow
- Harts
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spears ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Spears is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears
- Kinder ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kinder is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinder
- East Lynn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Lynn is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn
- Doane
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Doane is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doane
- Wilsondale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wilsondale is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsondale
- Sheridan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sheridan is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Armilda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Armilda is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armilda
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Dunlow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dunlow is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlow
- Palermo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Palermo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Myra
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Myra is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra
- Whirlwind
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Whirlwind is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whirlwind
- Big Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Big Creek is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- West Hamlin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- West Hamlin is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hamlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- Chapmanville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Banco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Banco is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banco
- Wayne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Echo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Echo is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Effie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Effie is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effie
- Dingess
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dingess is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingess
- Hamlin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
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 McCoy Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wayne County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The McCoy Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 McCoy Cemetery:
- Pages specific to West Virginia:
- Pages specific to Wayne 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 McCoy Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1542962 (McCoy Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1542962 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: Wayne
- Est. Elev: 320 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Ranger
- Location given for McCoy Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.089815 Lon: -82.2423642
- 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 Wayne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McCoy 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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